Kōta Nozomi
Kōta Nozomi is a Japanese novelist from Fukushima Prefecture. He graduated from Yokohama National University. His original pen name was Taikōbō.
Career
In February 2011, while attending Yokohama National University, his novel Boku wa Yappari Kizukanai won the 5th Novel Japan Gold Prize. In April of the same year, his novel Happy Death Day won the 3rd GA Bunko Award of Excellence. Nozomi debuted when Boku wa Yappari Kizukanai was published in August later that year. Happy Death Day would also be published the next month under the name Happy Death Day Jisatsuya Yomiji to Satsujinki Dorian.In the afterword of Happy Death Day, Nozomi wrote that even though Boku wa Yappari Kizukanai was released first, Happy Death Day was the first novel he ever wrote.
In 2012, he graduated from Yokohama National University, and in June of the same year, the first volume of When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace was released. This series would later be adapted to an audio drama in May 2013, a manga in July 2013, and then an anime in October 2014.
Notable works
Boku wa Yappari Kizukanai Happy Death Day When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace - Inō-Batoru wa Nichijō-kei no Naka de. Publishing in English by J-Novel Club.Uchi no Class no Tayorinai Last Boss Kuroki Eiyū no Wanta One Turn Kill! Ikai Shinki to no Reunion Aisare World -I really, truly surrender to you.- Jaiantokiringu no Dark Hero Light Novel Pro! Saiaku Tantei Isekai Tennis Musō Are You Okay With a Slightly Older Girlfriend? - Choppiri Toshiue demo Kanojo ni shite kuremasu ka? Published in English by J-Novel Club.Shindō Yūsha to Maid Onesan Seiharu Days ~Danshikōkō no Sei no Shinrisen You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! - Musume jyanakute Mama ga Suki nano!? Kimitte Watashi no Koto Suki Nandesho? Toriaezu Otameshi de Tsukiattemiru?- ''Motokano tono Jirettai Gisōkekkon''