196 When 17 years old, he won the "Jumping Novel Award" of the 6th Ying Ji Society for his work "Summer, Fireworks, My Body", which was strongly recommended by Kaoru Kurimoto, a member of the Examination and Election Committee. In 2002, he won the third "Bengel Mystery Award" for Goth's broken palm.
Otsuichi is good at short stories, and his writing style is a combination of various literary schools and diverse styles. His writing style can be divided into "Black Otsuichi" with cruelty as the keynote and "White Otsuichi" with cure as the keynote. The former focuses on his works in Jiying Society and Gothic-Broken Palm Event, while the latter takes his works published in Jiaochuan Shoe Stadium as an example. Its delicate description of the role, fantastic plot, reasoning part to be considered, unexpected ending, etc. , let readers find everything new and fresh.
In 2006, he married film writer Yasushi Yasui, the daughter of film director Mamoru Oshii.
The main works are: Goth's palm-breaking event, only you can hear it, the frequency of loneliness, missed festivals, forgotten stories, flat dogs, zoos, injuries, dark fairy tales, the fox in heaven, the music of death, letting go, young birds.