Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, Murayama graduated from Rikkyo University and majored in Japanese literature.
[citation needed] In 1993 her first novel, The Angel's Egg (天使の卵 (エンジェルス・エッグ), Enjerusu eggu), won the Subaru Literary Newcomer Prize in Japan.
[2] After garnering the prize, she produced many other novels: Wild Winds, Bad Kids, Delicious Coffee Series, among others.
[3] In 2003 Murayama won the 129th Naoki Prize for Voyage Through Stars (星々の舟, Hoshiboshi no fune).
[5] Double Fantasy was adapted into a 2018 Wowow television drama starring Asami Mizukawa.