Agathe
French author based in Tokyo since 2014, I studied law at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and political science at Paris Dauphine University – PSL before abandoning Parisian comfort for a 9 m² room in Tokyo and a life that made considerably less sense – and far better stories.
Since then, I have been teaching French, acting badly in some random Japanese TV programs, and writing about Japanese society – reflecting my curiosity for identity, culture, and the joys and oddities of life in a city I now call home.
I have published several books:
Pourquoi Tokyo?
A year in Tokyo, told from the inside out. She leaves Paris with questions and lands in a 9 m² room in Japan, juggling odd jobs, cultural misunderstandings and her own expectations. Blending gonzo reportage, diary fragments and sharp social observation, the book dismantles clichés about Japan while embracing its strangeness. Curious, funny and lucid, it captures the quiet vertigo of starting over in a city that never quite explains itself.
Calme comme une bombe
A novel built on tension: what explodes, what doesn't, and what simmers underneath. Through a protagonist navigating emotional extremes and fragile composure, the story explores the paradox of contained intensity. Precise, intimate and psychologically alert, it examines how restraint can be just as radical as rupture.
Adore
Set against the hyper-manufactured world of J-pop and contemporary Japan, this novel dives into idol culture, isolation and the fine line between admiration and fixation. Through its exploration of hikikomori, fandom and constructed femininity, Adore dissects desire in a society where fantasy is carefully curated – and sometimes dangerously consumed.
Giri Giri
Created with French photographer Nicolas Boyer, Giri Giri sits between visual narrative and literary fragment. Text and image collide in a work shaped by tension, proximity and cultural thresholds. The title itself – meaning "just barely" in Japanese – hints at what the project captures: moments suspended at the edge of balance.
Contre-culture confiture. Fragments d'une fille classée Y
Part diary, part cultural dissection, this collection of fragments sketches a generation Y consciousness from the inside. She moves from pop culture to feminism, roller derby to work anxiety, sex education to boredom, without asking permission to be coherent. Playful, self-aware and occasionally irreverent, the book treats identity as something jammed together from contradictions – sweet, sharp and slightly unruly.
My work has also appeared in cultural publications including Gonzaï, Pen, Pièce Détachée, and Tempura.