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Otsuichi

Born

in Fukuoka, Japan

October 21, 1978

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels

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Otsuichi (乙一, Otsuichi?), also known as Eiichi Nakata and Asako Yamashiro, is the pen-name of Hirotaka Adachi (安達寛高), born 1978.

He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories. He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse while still in high school.

Major works include the novel Goth, which was made into a manga, and the short story collection Zoo, which was made into a movie.

Tokyopop has released his short story collection Calling You, and will release Goth in November. His short story F-Sensei's Pocket appears in the English language edition of Faust.

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* Otsuichi
* 乙一 (Japanese Profile)
* โอตสึ อิจิ (Thai Profile)
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Average rating: 3.93 · 20,827 ratings · 3,025 reviews · 79 distinct works • Similar authors

	Goth by Otsuichi, Andrew Cunningham (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 5,469 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mi amigo Capricornio by Otsuichi, Masaru Miyokawa 4.02 avg rating — 2,466 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zoo by Otsuichi, Terry Gallagher (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 2,241 ratings — published 2003 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi, Nathan Collins (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 1,953 ratings — published 1996 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calling You really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Fairy Tale by Otsuichi, Nathan Collins (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hạnh ngộ trong bóng tối by Otsuichi, Chuông Lá (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	きみにしか聞こえない [Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai] by Otsuichi, 乙一, Hiro Kiyohara (Artist) 3.88 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ซากศพสีฟ้า by Otsuichi, รัตน์จิต ทองเปรม (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	傷 [Kizu] by Otsuichi, Hiro Kiyohara (Illustrator), 清原紘 (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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