Katakura Yoshifumi

Katakura Yoshifumi is the kind of person who quietly does the work while everyone else chases the spotlight, and honestly I find that kind of admirable. A writer born in Kanagawa in late 1969, Waseda University in his background — there's something fitting about that combination, like the pieces just slot together naturally. Writing as a profession doesn't come with much fanfare, and most people don't stop to think about how grueling it is to actually fill a book with something worth reading. The fact that he's made a career of it tells me there's real staying power there. Kanagawa has that interesting mix of Tokyo energy and Yokohama's slightly more polished, port-city feel, and I'd like to think some of that atmosphere seeped into his writing voice.

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Katakura Yoshifumi is a Japanese author born on December 17, 1969, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He studied at Waseda University and has built a career as a writer. Most personal details, including his agency and debut, remain private or undisclosed.

Name (English)

Katakura Yoshifumi

Name (Japanese)

片倉佳史

Reading

かたくら よしふみ

Born

December 17, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Author

University

Waseda University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%87%E5%80%89%E4%BD%B3%E5%8F%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8977601

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Author

Last updated

2026-06-02

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