is a Japanese writer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Her work has won the 58th Edogawa Rampo Prize and she was a finalist for the 6th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. She won the 55th Seiun Award for Best Japanese Long Work for her novel Graf Zeppelin: The Airship of That Summer.
Selected works
Selected Books in Japanese
- Mujika Makëna (Musica Machina), Shinchosha, 1995, ; Hayakawa, 2002,
- Kanto Anjeriko (Canto Angelico), Kodansha, 1996,
- KaramÃÂzofu no imÃ
Âto (The Sister Karamazov), Kodansha, 2012,
Selected works in English translation
- Swan Knight, trans. Sharni Wilson, 2024, Luna Press
- "Lest You Remember", trans. Jim Hubbert, Speculative Japan 3, 2011, Kurodahan Press
- "Anton and Kiyohime", trans. Hart Larrabee, Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, 2010, edited by Holly Thompson, Stone Bridge Press
- "Barcarolle", trans. Sharni Wilson, AI x SF, 2019, review by Sara L. Uckelman
- "The Secret", trans. Sharni Wilson, khÃ
ÂréÃ
Â, 2025, edited by Zhui Ning Chang
References