Yuuya Satou

**Yuuya Satou** (佐藤(さとう) 友哉(ゆうや), *Satō Yūya*) is a Japanese author. He is known for being the winner of the twenty-first Mephisto Prize.

## Biography

He was born in Chitose Town, in the Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan. In middle school, he became very interested in *Neon Genesis Evangelion*, and later in Kodansha Novels authors like Natsuhiko Kyougoku, Hiroshi Mori and Kazuhiro Uraga, who inspired him to apply to the Mephisto Prize.

After graduating Chitose Hokyou High School, he worked as a freeter before winning the Mephisto Prize in 2001 for *Flicker Style*, with which he launched the *Kagami Saga*. However, due to poor sales, the series was cancelled in 2002 after four volumes, before eventually returning in 2005 with *The Kagami Sisters' Flying Classroom*. Also in 2002 he participated in the making of *Tandem Rotor's Methodology*, a doujinshi magazine with contributions by Nisio Isin, Outarou Maijou and Katsushi Oota, which served as a precursor to the Faust Magazine. At the end of the year, he moved to Tokyo and and began writing for various literary magazines.

In 2006, he married author Rio Shimamura, whom he would later divorce before remarrying her in 2010. In 2007, he won the 20th Yukio Mishima Award for his book *1000 Novels and Backbeard*, at the time being the youngest ever writer to receive the prize. In 2012, as part of a project called the *Satou Yuuya x Seikaisha $1000 Novel Journey*, he wrote the novel *Last Order Reboot: Kagami Sana Is A Never-Ending Detective*, currently the latest main story of the *Kagami Saga*, only twelve copies of which were made, each with a different ending, sold for $1000 dollars on Gumroad and handed out personally by Satou and Oota.

In 2019, he formed a rock band along with authors Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Melon Uminekozawa, pho and Robes called Elites.

## External Links

* Satou's English Wikipedia Page
* Satou's Japanese Wikipedia Page
* Satou's Twitter Account
* Youtube Channel of Satou's band, Elites

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flicker Style: A Murder Perfect For Kimihiko Kagami (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Weight of an Enamel-Varnished Soul: Ryouko Kagami And The Dress-Up Locked Room (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Submerged Piano: The Crime Souji Kagami Restores (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Christmas Terror: Invisible × Inventor (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Kagami Sisters' Flying Classroom (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hydrocyanic Cream Soda (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Nine Stories (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Reincarnation! Osamu Dazai: Sorry For Reincarnating. (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Reincarnation! Osamu Dazai 2: I want the Akutagawa Prize (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Reincarnation! Osamu Dazai Final: Covid and Goodbye (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Danganronpa Togami Part 1: Repeated World-Conquering Attempts (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Danganronpa Togami Part 2: Kibougamine Academy Vs. Despair High School (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Danganronpa Togami Part 3: Swearing by the Name of Togami (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Children Shout Shit! Shit! Shit! (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 The 1000 Novels and Backbeard (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Grey-Colored Diet Coke (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 The End of The End of The World (in Japanese). Published by Kadokawa.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Dendera (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 333's Teppen (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Nocturne For the Ocean of Stars (in Japanese). Published by Seikaisha.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Lectures of Novels to Survive 1000 Years (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Bedside Murder Case (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Actor Detective: Me, The Stage, and That Dazzling Guy (in Japanese). Published by Kadokawa.
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Adolescence and Serial Killers (in Japanese). Published by Homesha.