『Watari Wataru』

Wataru Watari(渡航, Watari Wataru, born 24 January 1987)is a Japanese light novel author and screenwriter.

His most notable series is My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected.

He is often referred to as Watarin(わたりん) by his fan base.

Overview

Watari was born on 24 January 1987 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture.

He graduated from high school in March 2005before attending and graduating from the Information and Communication Faculty of Meiji University in March 2009.

He debuted with his novel Ayakashigatari(あやかしがたり) in May of the same year, which won the 3rd Shogakukan Gagaga Bunko Light Novel Award.

In March 2011, the first volume of his most known work, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, was published by Gagaga Bunko.

This series received its first anime adaptation in April 2013, followed by a continuation in April 2015 before concluding with a final season in 2020.

His next work, Kazu to Kinka no Qualidea(クズと金貨のクオリディア) was published in January 2015.

This novel alongside its sequels written by Kōshi Tachibana and Sō Sagara were adapted into an anime in July 2016.

Dōdemo Ii Sekai Nante: Qualidea Code, a further novel written by Watari, was released during the airing of the anime.

Watari's next major project, Girlish Number, started as a serial novel in March 2016 and ended in July 2017.

He also wrote the manga and the anime adaptation in 2016.