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Toshikazu Kawaguchi
川口 俊和
Born	(1971-04-03) 3 April 1971 Osaka
Occupations	Author, Playwright, Director
Known for	Novels and Plays
Notable work	Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi (川口 俊和; born 3 April 1971) is a Japanese author, screenwriter, and director born in Osaka, Japan. He has received the Grand Prize of the Suginami Theatre Festival for his stage version of Before the Coffee Gets Cold as well as having been nominated for the Bookseller's Award for the novel version. He formerly produced, directed, and wrote for theatrical group Sonic Snail.

Works

Plays

• COUPLE
• Sunset Song
• Family Time
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Novels

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold (December 2015, Sunmark Publishing, ISBN 978-4-7631-3507-0 C0093)
• Tales from the Café (March 2017, Sunmark Publishing, ISBN 978-4-7631-3607-7 C0093)
• Before Your Memory Fades (September 2018, Sunmark Publishing, ISBN 978-4-7631-3720-3 C0093)
• Before We Say Goodbye (September 2021, Sunmark Publishing, ISBN 978-4-7631-3937-5 C0093)
• Before We Forget Kindness (March 2023, Sunmark Publishing, ISBN 978-4-7631-4039-5 C0093)
• Before I Knew I Loved You (September 2024, Sunmark Publishing, ISBN 978-4-7631-4104-0 C0093)

Awards

He has received the 10th Grand Prize of the Suginami Theatre Festival for his stage version of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and his own novel adaptation received a nomination for the Bookseller's Award.