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Yuta Yokoyama

横山悠太

Born 1981 · Japan

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Books on prize lists

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    Akutagawa 2014 (first half) · Candidate

    吾輩ハ猫ニナル

    Wagahai wa neko ni naru

    Title translated by AI:“I Am Becoming a Cat”

    Yuta Yokoyama · 33 when first published

    Novella · 135 pages · Satire, Migration

    AI-generated summary:Kakeru, the son of a Japanese and a Chinese parent, lazes away his days far from his family in Shanghai, until a visa renewal sends him to Japan, where he winds up in Akihabara, the mecca of otaku culture.