Koji Yanagi

Koji Yanagi (柳広司) is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.

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: Tokyo Prison
 * 2009 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Linked Short Stories: Joker Game
 * 2009 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Joker Game
 * 2009 – Nominee for Haruhiko Oyabu Prize: Joker Game
 * 2014 – Nominee for Yamada Futaro Prize: Knight and Shadow

Joker Game series (aka D Agency series)
Each book includes three to six short stories.


 * 1) Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム), 2008
 * 2) Double Joker (ダブル・ジョーカー), 2009
 * 3) Paradise Lost (パラダイス・ロスト), 2012
 * 4) Last Waltz (ラスト・ワルツ), 2015

Standalone novels

 * Ogon no Hai (黄金の灰), 2001 (The Golden Ash)
 * Gansaku "Botchan" Satsujin Jiken (贋作『坊っちゃん』殺人事件), 2001 (A "Botchan" Parody Murder Mystery)
 * Shunposhion: Sokuratesu Saigo no Jiken (饗宴 ソクラテス最後の事件), 2001 (Symposium: The Last Case of Socrates)
 * Hajimari no Shima (はじまりの島), 2002 (The First Island)
 * Shinsekai (新世界), 2003 (New World)
 * Zabieru no Kubi (ザビエルの首), 2004 (Xavier's Head)
 * Wagahai wa Sharokku Homuzu de aru (吾輩はシャーロック・ホームズである), 2005 (I am Sherlock Holmes)
 * Tokyo Purizun (トーキョー・プリズン), 2006 (Tokyo Prizon)
 * Tora to Tsuki (虎と月), 2009 (Tiger and the Moon)
 * Kingu ando Kuin (キング&クイーン), 2010 (Kind and Queen)
 * Saisho no Tetsugakusha (最初の哲学者), 2010 (The First Philosopher)
 * Romansu (ロマンス), 2011 (Romance)
 * Rakuen no Cho (楽園の蝶), 2013 (Butterfly in Paradise)
 * Naito ando Shadou (ナイト&シャドウ), 2014 (Knight and Shadow)
 * Sokuratesu no Tsuma (ソクラテスの妻), 2014 (The Wife of Socrates)

Short story collections

 * Parutenon (パルテノン), 2004 (Parthenon)
 * Shiton Tantei Dobutsuki (シートン（探偵）動物記), 2006 (Detective Seton Animal Chronicles)
 * Hyakuman no Maruko (百万のマルコ), 2007 (Marco The Million)
 * Soseki Sensei no Jikenbo: Neko no Maki (漱石先生の事件簿 猫の巻), 2007 (The Case-Book of Soseki)
 * Kaidan (怪談), 2011 (Kaidan)