Koji Yanagi

Koji Yanagi 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
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.

Joker Game, 2008
Double Joker, 2009
Paradise Lost, 2012
Last Waltz, 2015

Standalone novels

Ogon no Hai, 2001 Gansaku "Botchan" Satsujin Jiken, 2001 Shunposhion: Sokuratesu Saigo no Jiken, 2001 Hajimari no Shima, 2002 Shinsekai, 2003 Zabieru no Kubi, 2004 Wagahai wa Sharokku Homuzu de aru, 2005 Tokyo Purizun, 2006 Tora to Tsuki, 2009 Kingu ando Kuin, 2010 Saisho no Tetsugakusha, 2010 Romansu, 2011 Rakuen no Cho, 2013 Naito ando Shadou, 2014 Sokuratesu no Tsuma, 2014

Short story collections

Parutenon, 2004 Shiton Tantei Dobutsuki, 2006 Hyakuman no Maruko, 2007 Soseki Sensei no Jikenbo: Neko no Maki, 2007 Kaidan, 2011