Hideo Yokoyama
Hideo Yokoyama 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!
Hideo Yokoyama
- Name
- Hideo Yokoyama
- Born
- 17 January 1957
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Writer
- Awards
- Matsumoto Seicho Prize (1998) Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2000) The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2003, 2013)
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- literature
- Education
- Tokyo International University
- Known for
- Six Four
- Honours
- Seichō Matsumoto Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Hideo Yokoyama 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!
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Hideo Yokoyama (born 1957 in Tokyo) is a Japanese writer and novelist.
Hideo Yokoyama studied at Tokyo International University. The writer is active in literature.
Works include Six Four. Awards and honours include Seichō Matsumoto Award.
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Biography
Biography
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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Hideo Yokoyama • Native Name — 横山秀夫 • Born — 17 January 1957 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Writer • Language — Japanese • Genre — Crime fiction, mystery fiction, thriller • Notable Works — Six Four • Awards — Matsumoto Seicho Prize (1998) Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2000) The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2003, 2013)
Novels
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
Short story
• Motive (original title: Dōki), trans. Beth Cary (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2008)
Essay
Essay
• My Favourite Mystery, "Paradise lost in the box" by Kenji Takemoto (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.)
Novels
Novels
• Deguchi no Nai Umi, 1996 • Kage no Kisetsu, 1998 • English translation: Prefecture D, riverrun, 2019 • Han'ochi, 2002 • Kuraimāzu hai (Climber's High), 2003 • English translation: Seventeen, riverrun, 2018 • Rupan no Shōsoku, 2005 • Shindo Zero, 2005 • Rokuyon, 2012 • English translation: Six Four, riverrun, 2016 • Nōsu Raito (North Light), 2019 • English translation: North Light, riverrun, 2024
Identity
Identity
Hideo Yokoyama is recorded with the occupation novelist. Recorded as novelist and writer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1957
Hideo Yokoyama was born on 17 January 1957.
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)
Short story collections
• Dōki, 2000 • Kao, 2002 • Fukaoi, 2002 • Shinsō, 2003 • Kagefumi, 2003 • Kanshugan, 2004 • Rinjō, 2004 • Rinjō Special Book, 2010
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) • 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
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