An image from Out, one of the productions that also features Natsuo Kirino.
Natsuo Kirino
October 7, 1951 — Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Japan) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.