Souichirou Watase , who was born in 1978, is a Japanese author from Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Honshū, Japan. He made his debut with the novel Onmyo no Miyako in 2000, winning Gold in the 7th Dengeki Novel Prize. In 2004, he stood on a platform for one year in Nishogakusha University from which he graduated.