hiː ˈɔːlsoʊ wˈʌn ðɪ ˌɛdəɡˈɑːwɚ ɹˈæmpoʊ pɹˈaɪz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən fɔːɹ hˈeɪsən nˈoʊ mæɹˈɪsuː dˈɑːɾᵻdlˈaɪn mˈælɪs ænd ðɪ ˈaɪdʒi jˌɑːʃɪkˈɑːwə pɹˈaɪz fɔːɹ nˈuː ɹˈaɪɾɚz ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn fɔːɹ ʃˈɪŋkuː kɹˈɪmsən.
He also won the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1997 for Hasen no marisu (Dotted-line Malice) and the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers in 2001 for Shinku (Crimson).