Yuya Sato

Yuya Sato (佐藤友哉, Satō Yūya) is a Japanese mystery novelist and pure literature author. He won the 21st Mephisto Prize for his debut novel Flicker Style: Perfect Murder for Kimihiko Kagami, and the 20th Yukio Mishima Prize for 1000 Novels and Backbeard, and was nominated for the Noma Literary New Face Prize twice for his novels ''Children Shout Shit! Shit! Shit! in 2005 and Gray-Colored Diet Coke'' in 2007. His novel Dendera also received a live action movie adaption in 2011.

He wrote the light novel series Danganronpa: Togami and is credited on the cover of Danganronpa Kirigiri Volume 7. He has expressed an interest in also writing a light novel focusing on Rantaro Amami at the request of Kazutaka Kodaka, a long term fan of Yuya's, and current friend. .

Works
Sato's works for the Danganronpa series include:
 * Danganronpa: Togami Vol. 1 (Light novel; 2015)
 * Danganronpa: Togami Vol. 2 (Light novel; 2016)
 * Danganronpa: Togami Vol. 3 (Light novel; 2017)

Credited
Other Danganronpa titles Sato is credited in include:
 * Danganronpa Kirigiri Vol. 7 (Light novel; 2020)

Notable Works
In addition to working on the Danganronpa series, Sato's most prominent works include:

Kagami Family Saga

 * Flicker Style (Novel, 2001)
 * Specific Gravity of the Soul Coated with Enamel (Novel, 2001)
 * Sunken Piano (Novel, 2002)
 * Christmas Terror: Invisible x Inventor (Novel, 2002)
 * Kagami Sisters in the Flying Classroom (Novel, 2005)
 * Cream Sodium Cyanide (Novel, 2009)
 * Nine Stories (Short Story Collection, 2013)
 * Multiple uncollected stories yet to be properly published.

Standalone

 * Children Shout Shit! Shit! Shit! (Short Story Collection, 2005)''
 * Gray-Colored Diet Coke (Short Story Collection, 2005)
 * 1000 Novels and Backbeard (Novel, 2007)
 * Dendera (Novel, 2009)