is a Japanese novelist who specializes in mystery novels. He is also known for his career as a journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma. He repeated his Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! No. 1 ranking in 2013 with Six Four (64). The English edition of Six Four, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, was shortlisted for the 2016 CWA International Dagger.
Works in English translation Novels Six Four (original title: 64 Rokuyon), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (riverrun, 2016) Seventeen (original title: Kuraimāzu hai [Climber's High]), trans. Louise Heal Kawai (riverrun, 2018) Prefecture D (original title: Kage no Kisetsu), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (riverrun, 2019) The North Light (original title: Nōsu Raito), trans. Louise Heal Kawai (riverrun, 2023)
Short story Motive (original title: Dōki), trans. Beth Cary (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2008)
Essay My Favourite Mystery, "Paradise lost in the box" by Kenji Takemoto (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. )
Awards and nominations Japanese Awards 1998 – Matsumoto Seicho Prize: "Kage no Kisetsu" (Season of Shadows) 2000 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: "Motive" 2003 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2003): Han'ochi (Half a Confession) 2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Rinjō (Initial Response J'Lit | Publications : Initial Response | Books from Japan ) 2013 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013): Six Four
UK Award 2016 – Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger: Six Four
Bibliography
Novels , 1996 , 1998 English translation: Prefecture D, riverrun, 2019 , 2002 , 2003 English translation: Seventeen, riverrun, 2018 , 2005 , 2005 , 2012 English translation: Six Four, riverrun, 2016 , 2019 English translation: North Light, riverrun, 2024
Short story collections , 2000 , 2002 , 2002 , 2003 , 2003 , 2004 , 2004 , 2010
Film adaptations Half a Confession (2004) (Han'ochi) Deguchi no Nai Umi (2006) Climber's High (2008) (Kuraimāzu hai) Rinjō (2012) Rokuyon (64) Part I (2016) Rokuyon (64) Part II (2016) Kagefumi (2019)
References
External links Doki (translated into Mandarin Chinese) – Google Books