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Ōtarō Maijō(舞城 王太郎,Maijō Ōtarō, born 1973) is a Japanese novelist from Fukui Prefecture. Winner of the 19th Mephisto Prize for Smoke, Soil, and Sacrifices, and the 16th Mishima Yukio Prize for Asura Girl. His short story, "Drill Hole in the Brain" was translated into English as part of Del Rey's Faust anthology, and described by the Anime News Network as the "crowning glory" of the anthology.
Many of Maijō's novels are set in Fukui and make extensive use of that dialect. He is known for an aggressive, colloquial writing style. His early works were mystery novels, but he has branched out into literary magazines. He illustrates much of his own work, and has contributed several brief manga to Faust.
Works in English translation
Novel
Asura Girl, trans. Stephen Snyder (Haikasoru, 2014)
Short story
"Drill Hole in the Brain" (Faust 1. Del Rey, 2008. ISBN 034550206X)
Awards and nominations
2001 – Mephisto Prize: Kemuri ka Tsuchi ka Kuimono (Smoke, Soil or Sacrifices) (Novel)
2003 – Mishima Yukio Prize: Asura Girl (Novel)
2003 – Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: "Pikōn!"
2004 – Nominee for Akutagawa Prize: Suki Suki Daisuki Cho Ai shiteru (Love Love Love You, I Love You) (Novella)
2009 – Nominee for Akutagawa Prize: Bitch Magnet (Novella)
2012 – Nominee for Akutagawa Prize: Tanpen Gobosei (Short-Story Pentagram) (Five short stories)
Kuma no Basho (short story collection; 2004 (Kodansha novels), 2006 (bunko)
Kuma no Basho (appeared in Gunzou magazine, September 2001)
Bat Otoko (Gunzou, February 2002)
Pikōn! (later adapted into a manga by Kei Aoyama)
Minna Genki, 2004 (Shinchosha), 2007 (bunko - in two volumes, Minna Genki and School Attack Syndrome)
Minna Genki, (Shincho, September 2004)
Dead for Good
Wagaya no Totoro (Shincho, June 2003)
Ya wo Tomeru Gowa no Kuchinashidori (Shincho, June 2004)
School Attack Syndrome (Shincho, January 2004)
Ikiru Kisu (2010)
Tanpen Gobosei (2012)
Kimitopia (2013)
Translations
Thom Jones –Cold Snap (short story collection)
Anime
The Dragon Dentist
HammerHead
Real Coffee
Currently, Otaro Maijo is part of the Real Coffee Project, which, according to their website, is attempting to inspire new and better Japanese movies. Maijo has written and illustrated a number of flash movies, which are hosted on the website.