Ai Ota

Novelist, Scriptwriter

 

■Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

■First got involved in theater at university. Scriptwriting debut came in 1997 with the TV series “Ultraman Tiga.” Has worked on scenarios in a variety of genres, earning great acclaim for work on police and suspense dramas like  “Trick” and “Aibo:Tokyo Detective Duo”.

■Debuted as a novelist in 2012 with “Hanzaisha：Criminal”. Published “Genka：Phantasmal Summer" in 2013, and nominated for the 67th Mystery Writers of Japan Award.

■Published "Tenjo no Ashi：A reed in Heaven" in 2017. In addition to its high entertainment value, this book became a major topic of discussion due to its prescient nature. This novel describes the danger of the news media pandering to those in the halls of state power and not reporting on government mistakes and policy flaws, thus creating a situation in which state power controls the media. And in fact, three months after the book's publication, a bureaucrat was involved in an incident exactly like the one described in the story, which made headlines and caused quite a stir. 

■ Prize winner at the 4th Yamanaka Award for "They Stand Sundered in the World," which published in 2020.

■Prize winner at the 26th Oyabu Haruhiko Award for "Mimei no Toride : The Fortress at Dawn" which published in 2024. (all five works above are published by KADOKAWA)

■Nominated for the 77th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for "Reaping the summer".

WORKS

As novelist

 

●2024 "Jugatsu no Kodomotachi：The Children in October"

●2023 "Natsu wo Karu : Reaping the Summer"  *Nominated for the 77th Mystery Writers of Japan Award.

●2023 "Mimei no Toride : The Fortress at Dawn"  *Awarded the 26th Oyabu Haruhiko Award.

●2022 "Koi : The Carp"

●2020 "They Stand Sundered in the World"   *Awarded the 4th Yamanaka Prize. 

●2017 "Tenjo no Ashi : A reed in Heaven"

●2015 "The Siren"

●2013 "Genka : Phantasmal Summer"  *Nominated for the 67th Mystery Writers of Japan Award.

●2012 "Hanzaisha : Crinimal" 

 

 　※ Korean translations of "Hanzaisha" and "Genka" have been published and are available.

 

As scriptwriter

 

【Film】 

●2017 "Aibo The Movie Ⅳ"

●2011 "The Stories on Dogs and You" segment : "His Name"

 

【Television】

● 2009-2022"Aibo:Tokyo Detective Duo”

・season20 #11  "The Two" (New Year's Day Special)

・season18 #19 "The Breakthrough"

・season17 #10 "The Diva"

                 #18&19 "Hyoryu Shonen : The Juvenile Drifters"   

・season16 #3 "The Silver Wedding"

                 #10 "The SAKURA" (New Year's Day Special)

                 #15 "An Accidental Property"

・season15  #13&14 "Voiceless"

・season13  #11 "Where Is The Fortune? "

                 #13 "The Thistle"

・season12 #11 "The Bomber" (New Year's Day Special)

・season11  #3 "The Golden Boy "

                 #11"Alice" (New Year's Day Special)

・season10 #3 "Late Summer"

                 #10 Pierrot, The Clown " (New Year's Day Special)

・season9  #3 "The End of his Atelier"

                 #9 "Femme fatale"

　　　　　　#13 "The Caller"

・season8  #2 "Goodbye Birdland"

                 #3 "Miss Green's Secret"

                 #11 "Wish"

                 #14 "The Fallen Hero"

 

●2012 "Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Section 9"

・season7 #7 "A Gentle Corpse"

 

●2002"Trick 2"

 #6&7 "The Psychic Tracker "

 

●2001 "Take me to the Inn"

 #5 "The Memory of The Trip"

 #8 "The Woman on The Run"

 

●2001 "The Inside Stories"

 "The Answering Machine"

 "I Can't Remember"

 "Lively Night"

 "My Family's Style"

 

●2000"The Scary Stories That Really Happened 2"

#4 "That Distant Summer"

 

●1998 "Girls' Stories"

"The COLOR GIRL"

"Lilies of Summer"

"Please Mr. Tomorrow"

 

【SF & Animated Drama】

●2010 "DRRR!!"

#6 "東奔西走 : Being on the move "

#10 "空前絶後 : Unprecedented"

#14 "物情騒然 :Turmoil Reigning "

#19 "蒼天已死 : The Blue Sky Has Already Died" 

 

●2009 VIPER'S CREED

#4 "Witch -Sorcerer-"

#7 "Riot"

#10 "Counterattack"

 

●2008 "BLASSREITER"

#13 "Distant Memories"

#14 "The Saint's Choice"

#18 "The Fourth Revelation"

 #19 "Thoughts from the Past"

 

●2007 "Ultraseven X"

#2 "CODE NAME R"

#4 "DIAMOND S"

#9 "The RED MOON"

 

●2006 "Ultraman Moebius"

#14 "The Way to Go"

#19 "The Lone Standout Player"

#23 "Tides of Time"

#38 "ISANA of The Team OCEAN"

#45 "The Plot of DEATHLEM"

 

●2005 "Ultraman Max"

#20 "The Drifting Monster"

#25 "A Friend from afar"

#26 "Elly at Christmas"

 

●2005 "Ultraman Nexus"

#26 "REN-The Third"

#27 "The Prayer"

#28 "Reunion"

#30 "The Watcher"

#31 "Bird"

#35 "Revolt"

#36 "Farewell"

 

●2004 "Ultra Q The Dark Fantasy"

#10 " Fire to Send The Dead Off"

#12 "Dreaming Stone"

#13 "Shadow Invaders"

#15 "The Glowing Boat"

 

●2003 "ASTRO BOY"

#4 "Denko : Electric Light"

#5 "Save the Robot Farm"

#11 "The Robot Circus Comes"

#13 "Birth of Uran"

#16 "Robot Hunter in the Darkness"

#22 "Farewell Princess"

#26 "The Blue Knight Appears"

#28 "The Space Plant Crisis"

#31 The Great Adventure of GOUNON"

#41 "Memories of a Giant"

#43 "The Robot Who Longed to be Human"

#44 "To the Dragon Forest"

#45 "The Night Before the Revolution"

 

●2001 "Ultraman Cosmos"

#13&14 "The Daughter of Time"

#57 "The Door to Snow" 

 

●2000 "Inuyasha" 

#18 "Temporary Arm"　

#19 "Farewell"　　

#32 "Evil Hole"

#33 "Trapped KIKYO"

 

●1999 Turn A Gundam"

#25 "Wilgem Takeoff"

#32 "The King of Myth"

#33 "The Manupiti Attack"

 

●1999 "Booska! Booska!!"

#3 "The Boy Who Gave Me the UFO"

#4 "The Appearance of Matsudo Saien, the Nemesis!

#12 "A Tale from the Land of Winter"

#13 "The Adventurous Papa Returns

#21 "The Secret of the OHINASAMA"

#36 "PACK of The Shimmer Valley

  

●1999 "Ultraseven 1999 The Final"

#4 "The End of The Contract"

 

●1998 "Ultraman Gaia"　

#9 The SEAGULL Takes Off"

#22 "A Wing of Stone"

#29 "Faraway Town, Uqbal" 

#35 "Ransom for The Monster"

#43 "ISAK of the Silver Eye"

 

●1997 "Ultraman Dyna"

#8 "Baon"

#11 "Himala, the Phantom Thief"

#20 "The Alien Boy"

#22 "Monnlit Soldiers"

#41  "To See Our Home, The Earth"

 

●1997 "Ultraman Tiga"

#21 "It's time to go, DEBAN!"

#27 "I Saw OBIKO!"

#32 "The Battle at The Zelda Point"

#41 "My Friend Back From Space"