Koji Yanagi Explained

Koji Yanagi
Birth Date:	20 September 1967
Birth Place:	Mie Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Period:	2001–present
Genre:	Mystery, thriller
Notableworks:	Joker Game series
Awards:	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2009)

is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.^[1]

Awards and nominations

• 2001 – Asahi Award for New Writers: Gansaku "Botchan" Satsujin Jiken (A "Botchan" Parody Murder Mystery)
• 2007 – Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories:^[2] Tokyo Prison
• 2009 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories:^[3] Joker Game
• 2009 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers:^[4] Joker Game
• 2009 – Nominee for Haruhiko Oyabu Prize: Joker Game
• 2014 – Nominee for Yamada Futaro Prize:^[5] Knight and Shadow

Bibliography

Joker Game series (aka D Agency series)

See main article: article and Joker Game. Each book includes three to six short stories.

1. , 2008^[6]
2. , 2009
3. , 2012
4. , 2015

Standalone novels

• , 2001 (The Golden Ash)
• , 2001 (A "Botchan" Parody Murder Mystery)
• , 2001 (Symposium: The Last Case of Socrates)
• , 2002 (The First Island)
• , 2003 (New World)
• , 2004 (Xavier's Head)
• , 2005 (I am Sherlock Holmes)
• , 2006 (Tokyo Prizon)
• , 2009 (Tiger and the Moon)
• , 2010 (Kind and Queen)
• , 2010 (The First Philosopher)
• , 2011 (Romance)
• , 2013 (Butterfly in Paradise)
• , 2014 (Knight and Shadow)
• , 2014 (The Wife of Socrates)

Short story collections

• , 2004 (Parthenon)
• , 2006 (Detective Seton Animal Chronicles)
• , 2007 (Marco The Million)
• , 2007 (The Case-Book of Soseki)
• , 2011 (Kaidan)

See also

• Japanese detective fiction

References

• Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Koji Yanagi (List of members). Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. August 12, 2015. Japanese.
2. Web site: 2007 (60th) Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. August 12, 2015. Japanese.
3. Web site: 2009 (62nd) Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. August 12, 2015. Japanese.
4. Web site: List of the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers winners. Kodansha. August 12, 2015. Japanese.
5. Web site: 2014 (5th) Yamada Futaro Prize. Kadokawa Shoten. August 12, 2015. Japanese.
6. http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/239-joker-game J'Lit | Publications : Joker Game | Books from Japan