Yukito Ayatsuji

{{Infobox writer

| name = Yukito Ayatsuji

| pseudonym = Yukito Ayatsuji

| birth_name = Naoyuki Uchida

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|23}}

| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| image = Yukito Ayatsuji (Naoyuki Uchida).jpg

| occupation = Writer

| language = Japanese

| period = 1987–present

| genre = Whodunit, closed circle mystery, mystery fiction, thriller, horror

| movement = The new traditionalist movement

| website =

| spouse = Fuyumi Ono

| children =

| awards = Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1992)

| Siblings =

| signature = Ayatsuji Yukito signature.png

}}

{{nihongo|Naoyuki Uchida|内田直行|Uchida Naoyuki|extra=born December 23, 1960}}, who writes under his pen name {{nihongo|Yukito Ayatsuji|綾辻行人|Ayatsuji Yukito}}, is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror. He is one of the founders of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing.{{cite web|url= http://honkaku.com/date.html#pageLink01|script-title=ja:本格ミステリ作家クラブ（準備会）設立に寄せて|publisher= Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|access-date=July 16, 2015|language=ja}}{{cite web|last = Wong|first = Ho-Ling|url= http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/05/ellery-queen-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-japan|title= Ellery Queen is Alive and Well and Living in Japan| date=May 28, 2011 |publisher= Criminal Element|access-date=November 11, 2013}} His wife is Fuyumi Ono, a Japanese fantasy and horror writer who is known for her fantasy series The Twelve Kingdoms.{{cite web|url= http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/227-yukito-ayatsuji|title= Yukito Ayatsuji, Books from Japan|publisher= J-Lit Center|access-date=November 11, 2013}}

His first novel The Decagon House Murders was ranked as the No. 8 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time.{{cite web|url= http://ebookstore.sony.jp/stc/special/news/tozaimystery_j/index.html|title= Tozai Mystery Best 100 (Revised Edition 2012), The Top 50 Japanese Mystery Novels|publisher= Reader Store|access-date=November 11, 2013|language=ja}}

In 2018, a minor planet (2001 RG46) was named as Yukito Ayatsuji.{{cite web |title=55212 Yukitoayatsuji (2001 RG46) |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=55212#content |website=JPL Small-Body Database Browser |access-date=18 August 2018}}

Translations

;Another series

Another, translated by Karen McGillicuddy (Yen Press, 2013){{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/series/another-novel|title=Another (novel) by Yukito Ayatsuji|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=October 3, 2023}}
Another Episode S / 0, translated by Karen McGillicuddy (Yen Press, 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/yukito-ayatsuji/another-episode-s-0/9780316312318/?yen|title=Another Episode S / 0|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=July 3, 2016}}
Another 2001, translated by Nicole Wilder (Yen Press, 2022)

;Bizarre House/Mansion Murders series

The Decagon House Murders (original title: Jukkakukan no Satsujin), translated by Ho-Ling Wong (Locked Room International, 2015)
The Mill House Murders (original title: Suishakan no Satsujin), translated by Ho-Ling Wong (Pushkin Vertigo, 2023)
The Labyrinth House Murders (original title: Meirokan no Satsujin), translated by Ho-Ling Wong (Pushkin Vertigo, 2024){{cite web|url=https://ho-lingnojikenbo.blogspot.com/2023/12/turnabout-memories-part-13.html|title=The Best Project Outside The Blog! In 2023!|publisher=Ho-Ling Wong|access-date=2024-01-01}}
The Clock House Murders (original title: Tokeikan no Satsujin), translated by Ho-Ling Wong (Pushkin Vertigo, 2025)

;Short story

Heart of Darkness (original title: Kokoro no Yami), translated by Daniel Jackson (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/jp0024cate.html|title=Speculative Japan 3|publisher=Kurodahan Press|access-date=October 12, 2013}}

;Essay

My Favourite Mystery, "Farewell, My Mask" by Akimitsu Takagi (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. [http://www.mystery.or.jp/en/column.html?id=favorite-5])

His first novel The Decagon House Murders is available in French translation under the title Meurtres dans le decagone ({{ISBN|2-9533-9621-7}}).{{cite journal|title = AYATSUJI Yukito, la tradition a du bon|journal = Zoom Japon|volume = 1|pages = 7|date = June 2010|language = fr|url = http://www.zoomjapon.info/pdf/mag/ZOOM_Japon-001.pdf|access-date = October 12, 2013|archive-date = October 15, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131015095918/http://www.zoomjapon.info/pdf/mag/ZOOM_Japon-001.pdf|url-status = dead}}

Awards and nominations

1992 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Tokeikan no Satsujin (Clock Mansion Murders){{cite web|url= http://db2.dcube.co.jp/mystery/FMPro?-db=mystery_sakuhin.fp5&-format=prize_detail.html&-lay=cgi&-error=prize_detail.html&-Op=eq&w_kai==45&w_sho==1&%8D%EC%95i==%8E%9E%8Cv%8A%D9%82%CC%8EE%90l&-max=1&-Find|title= 1992 (45th) Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel|publisher= Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.|access-date=November 11, 2013|language=ja}}
2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Ankokukan no Satsujin (Dark Mansion Murders){{cite web|url= http://honkaku.com/taishou2005.html|title= 5th (2005) Honkaku Mystery Award|publisher= Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|access-date=July 16, 2015|language=ja}}
2010 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Another{{cite web|url= http://honkaku.com/taishou2010.html|title= 10th (2010) Honkaku Mystery Award|publisher= Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|access-date=July 16, 2015|language=ja}}{{cite web|url= http://honkaku.com/english.html|title= The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|publisher= Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|access-date=July 16, 2015|language=en}}

Bibliography

=Bizarre House/Mansion Murders series=

{{nihongo|Jukkakukan no Satsujin|十角館の殺人|}}, 1987 (The Decagon House Murders)
{{nihongo|Suishakan no Satsujin|水車館の殺人|}}, 1988 (The Mill House Murders)
{{nihongo|Meirokan no Satsujin|迷路館の殺人|}}, 1988 (The Labyrinth House Murders)
{{nihongo|Ningyōkan no Satsujin|人形館の殺人|}}, 1989 (The Doll Mansion Murders)
{{nihongo|Tokeikan no Satsujin|時計館の殺人|}}, 1991 (The Clock Mansion Murders)
{{nihongo|Kuronekokan no Satsujin|黒猫館の殺人|}}, 1992 (The Black Cat Mansion Murders)
{{nihongo|Ankokukan no Satsujin|暗黒館の殺人|}}, 2004 (The Dark Mansion Murders)
{{nihongo|Bikkurikan no Satsujin|びっくり館の殺人|}}, 2006 (The Surprise Mansion Murders)
{{nihongo|Kimenkan no Satsujin|奇面館の殺人|}}, 2012 (The Queer Mask Mansion Murders)

=Whispering series=

{{nihongo|Hiiro no Sasayaki|緋色の囁き|}}, 1988 (The Scarlet Whispering)
{{nihongo|Kurayami no Sasayaki|暗闇の囁き|}}, 1989 (The Darkness Whispering)
{{nihongo|Tasogare no Sasayaki|黄昏の囁き|}}, 1993 (The Twilight Whispering)

=Equation of Murder series=

{{nihongo|Satsujin Hōteishiki: Setsudansareta Shitai no Mondai|殺人方程式切断された死体の問題|}}, 1989
{{nihongo|Satsujin Hōteishiki 2: Meifūsō Jiken|殺人方程式II 鳴風荘事件|}}, 1995

=Blood Thirsty Killer series=

{{nihongo|Satsujinki: Kakusei-hen|殺人鬼覚醒篇|}}, 1990
{{nihongo|Satsujinki: Gyakushū-hen|殺人鬼逆襲篇|}}, 1993

=Horror Stories of Midorogaoka series=

A series of 28 short stories published from 2004 to 2016, which were collected in 3 volumes.{{cite web|url=https://kadobun.jp/reviews/bunko/7sk01utoeask.html|title=綾辻行人の奇想怪談連作集、ここに終幕！恐ろしくも魅惑的な“もうひとつの京都”の物語『深泥丘奇談・続々』|publisher=Kadobun|access-date=2024-01-03|language=ja}}