Yoshiki Shibata

Yoshiki Shibata (born October 14, 1959[1]) is a Japanese novelist and mystery writer. He received the 15th Masafumi Yokomizo Award for "RIKO-Eternal Goddess".[2] He was born in Tokyo.[3] Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, Faculty of Letters, French Literature.[4] Worked for clothing companies, hospitals, publishers, etc. and started writing after retiring and raising children.[5] In 1995, "RIKO - goddess of eternity" won the 15th Masafumi Yokomizo Award.[2] In 1998, "Cut Smile" was selected as a candidate for the 51st Mystery Writers of Japan Award [6] In 2001, “For Your Pleasure” was selected as a candidate for the 54th Mystery Writers of Japan Award. He lived in Kyoto for 20 years, but has lived in Kanagawa since 2004.

Yoshiki Shibata
Born(1959-10-14)October 14, 1959
Japan Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Nationality Japan
Notable awardsMasafumi Yokomizo Award (1995)
Website
www.shibatay.com

List of works

RIKO series

  • RIKO - 女神の永遠( RIKO-Eternal Goddess) (Published May 1995 Kadokawa Shoten / October 1997 Kadokawa Bunko )[7]
  • 聖母の深き淵(Our Lady's Deep abyss) (May 1996 Kadokawa Shoten / March 1998 Kadokawa Bunko)[8]
  • 月神の浅き夢(Tsukigami's shallow dream) (Published January 1998 Kadokawa Shoten / May 2000 Kadokawa Bunko)[3]

References