is the pen name of , born 1978. He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories, as well as a filmmaker. He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse while still in high school. Major works include the novel Goth, which was adapted into a comic and a feature film (Goth: Love of Death) and the Zoo short story collections which were also adapted into a feature film.
Tokyopop has published English-language translations of his short story collection Calling You, the novel Goth and the comic adaptations of both. Another short story, F-Sensei's Pocket, appears in the English edition of the literary magazine Faust.
Books
Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse (Shueisha:ISBN 4087030520, Shueisha bunko:ISBN 4087471985)
Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse
Yuko
Tentei Y?ko (Shueisha: ISBN 4087030709, Shueisha bunko: ISBN 4087473422)
A Masked Ball - Or, the appearance and disappearance of the bathroom smoker
Tentei Y?ko
Ishi no Me (Shueisha: ISBN 4087020134)/Heimen Inu (Shueisha Bunko:ISBN 4087475905)
Ishi no Me
Hajime
Blue
Heimen Inu
Ankoku Dowa (Shueisha: ISBN 4087020142, Shueisha Bunko: ISBN 4087476952)
Shinizokonai no Ao (Gentosha Bunko: ISBN 4344401638)
Kurai tokoro de machiawase (Gentosha Bunko?ISBN 4344402146)
Goth Wristcut Case Yoru no Sho (Kadokawa Bunko: ISBN 4044253048)
Goth
Dog
Twins
Goth Wristcut Case Boku no Sho (Kadokawa Bunko: ISBN 4044253056)
Wristcut
Grave
Voice
Shisso Holiday (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko: ISBN 4044253013)
Happiness is a Warm Kitty
Shisso Holiday
Calling You (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko: ISBN 4044253021)
Calling You
Kiz/Kids
Flower Song
Samishisa no Shuhas?(Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko: ISBN 404425303X)
Mirai Yoho Ashita, Harereba ii
Te o Nigiru dorobo no Monogatari
Film no naka no Shojo
Ushinawareta Monogatari
Zoo(Shueisha: ISBN 4087745341
Kazari to Yoko
Ketsueki wo Sagase!
Hidamari no Shi
So-far
Tsumetai Mori no Shiroi Ie
Closet
Kami no Kotoba
Zoo
Seven Rooms
Ochiru hikoki no Naka de
Zoo 1 (Shueisha Bunko: ISBN 4087460371)
Kazari to Yoko
Seven Rooms
So-far
Hidamari no Shi
Zoo
Zoo2 (Shueisha Bunko: ISBN 408746038X)
Ketsueki wo Sagase!
Tsumetai Mori no Shiroi Ie
Closet
Kami no Kotoba
Ochiru Hikoki no Naka de
Mukashi Yuhi no K?en de
Not included in the original edition of Zoo...originally appeared on Otsu-Ichi's now defunct website.
Kutsushita wo Kakuse! (Koubunsha: ISBN 433492414X)
So far, his only picture book
Ushinawareru Monogatari (Kadokawa Shoten: ISBN 4048735004, Kadokawa Bunko: ISBN 4044253064)
Calling You
Ushinawareru Monogatari
Kiz/Kids
Te wo Nigiru Dorobo no Monogatari
Happiness is a Warm Kitty
Maria no Yubi
Boku no Kashikoi Pantsu-kun
Only in bunko edition:
Usokano
Kosei Monokagatari (Gentosha: ISBN 4344006550)
Collection of essays written for the web
Toruko Nikki ~ Dame Ningen Sakka Trio no Datsuryoku Tabi Nikki~ (Shueisha: ISBN 4087804240)
Serialized on the web, heavily revised; in tandem with Shinji Sadakane and Makoto Matsubara.
Gun and Chocolate (Kodansha Mystery Land: ISBN 406270580X)
Uncollected Stories
Ugoku Omocha (Shosetsu Subaru)
Tsuma no Denwa (Shosetsu Subaru)
Kamikakushi (Shosetsu Subaru
Shufuku sareta Mizu (Da Vinci)
F-Sensei no Pocket (Faust)
Kodomo ha T?ku ni Itta (Faust)
Dare ni mo Tsuzukanai (Faust)
A relay novel written with Takekuni Kitayama, Yuya Sato, Tatsuhiko Takimoto and Nisio Isin.
Mado ni fuku Kaze (Faust)
Utopia (Light novel wo kaku!)
Dankai (Akumu seigyo Souchi horror anthology)
Kono ko no e wa Mikansei (Nanatsu no Kuroi Yume)
Scripting/planning
Hajime (Weekly Shonen Jump)
Script. Art by Takeshi Obata. Two part short story, appeared in Jump in 2003.
Misshitsu Kanojo (2006, gekidan, Yukiko Mototani)
Planning. Not published, but his plot in script for was distributed at performances.
Shonen Shojo Horyuki (Shosetsu Subaru)
Script. Art by Usamaru Furuya.
Movies
His movie work is often done under his real name.
Nikako no Hitomi(2002)
Directed by Keisaku Sato. Script by Keisaku Sato and Hirotaka Adachi.
Pool de Oyoda Kaerimichi (2002)
5 minute long short film. Written and directed by Hirotaka Adachi.
Rittai Tokyo (2007)
Scheduled to be shown at the Yubari Ouen Eigasai. Directed by Hirotaka Adachi.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure novelization
In 2000, it was announced that Otsu-ichi would be writing a novel set during the fourth arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. The novel proved difficult to complete; in Kono Mystery ga Sugoi 2004, Otsu-ichi claimed to have written over 2000 pages, but thrown them all out. Intent on writing a novel that lived up to the manga, it took him until 2007 to complete it.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure The Book: 4th Another Day.
Anthology film, covering five of the stories in the Zoo short story collection. Kazari to Yoko, Seven Rooms, So-far, Youdamari no Shi, and Zoo. Youdamari no Shi was animated; each film had a different director.
Kurai tokoro de Machiawase (2006)
Calling You (2007)
Kids (2008)
Goth (2008)
Manga
Goth (Monthly Shonen Ace)
-Kiz/Kids- (Asuka)
Calling You (Asuka)
These two were collected as Calling You and published in English by Tokyopop.
Kimi ni shika Kikoenai (Shonen Ace)
Shinizokonai no Ao (Mystery Bst.)
Collection from Gentosha comics, collectsion Shinisokonai no ao, Kurai tokoro de Machiawase, and Happiness is a Warm Kitty.
Zoo (Young Jump Special Mankaku)
Collection contains Kazari to Yoko, Kami no Kotoba, Youdamari no Shi, and Zoo.
Shisso Holide (Beans Ace)
Shonen Shojo Hyonikki (Shueisha)
Collects the serial from Shosetsu Subaru. The authors name is given as Furuya x Otsuichi x Usamaru