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Otsuichi

Born

in Fukuoka, Japan

October 21, 1978

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels

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Otsuichi (乙一, Otsuichi?), also known as Eiichi Nakata and Asako Yamashiro, is the pen-name of Hirotaka Adachi (安達寛高), born 1978.

He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories. He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse while still in high school.

Major works include the novel Goth, which was made into a manga, and the short story collection Zoo, which was made into a movie.

Tokyopop has released his short story collection Calling You, and will release Goth in November. His short story F-Sensei's Pocket appears in the English language edition of Faust. ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 17,942 ratings · 2,531 reviews · 98 distinct works • Similar authors

	Goth by Otsuichi, Andrew Cunningham (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 4,531 ratings — published 2002 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mi amigo Capricornio by Otsuichi, Masaru Miyokawa 4.01 avg rating — 2,148 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zoo by Otsuichi, Terry Gallagher (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 1,991 ratings — published 2003 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi, Nathan Collins (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 958 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calling You really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ฤดูร้อน ดอกไม้ไฟ และร่างไร้วิญญาณของฉัน by Otsuichi, พรพิรุณ กิจสมเจตน์ (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 740 ratings — published 1996 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Fairy Tale by Otsuichi, Nathan Collins (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	きみにしか聞こえない [Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai] by Otsuichi, 乙一, Hiro Kiyohara (Artist) 3.89 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hạnh Ngộ Trong Bóng Tối by Otsuichi, Chuông Lá (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ซากศพสีฟ้า by Otsuichi, รัตน์จิต ทองเปรม (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kimi Ni Shika Kikoenai (2 books)
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3.99 avg rating — 72 ratings

Arknoah (2 books)
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3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings

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