Arimasa Osawa Explained

Arimasa Osawa
Birth Date:	1956 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Nagoya, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Period:	1978–present
Genre:	Hardboiled, crime fiction, thriller
Awards:	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1991) Naoki Prize (1993)

is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.

Works in English translation

Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)

• Shinjuku Shark (original title: Shinjuku-Zame), trans. Andrew Clare (Vertical, 2007)^[1]
• The Poison Ape (original title: Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2), trans. Deborah Iwabuchi (Vertical, 2008)^[2]

"Same" or "zame" means "shark" in English.

Essay

• My Favourite Mystery, "The Darkest Hour" by William P. McGivern (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. http://www.mystery.or.jp/en/column.html?id=favorite-7)

Awards

• 1978 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: Kanshō no Machikado (Sentimental Streets) (short story)
• 1991 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Shinjuku Shark
• 1991 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Shinjuku Shark
• 1991 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991): Shinjuku Shark
• 1993 – Naoki Prize: Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4 (Poisoning Doll: Shinjuku Shark 4)
• 2000 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kokoro de wa Omosugiru (The Heart Is Too Heavy)
• 2001 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Yamisaki Annainin (Guide into Darkness)
• 2004 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Pandora Airando (Pandora Island ^[3])
• 2006 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9 (The Werewolf: Shinjuku Shark 9)
• 2010 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 2011 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10 (Ties That Bind: Shinjuku Shark 10)

Main works

Private detective Ko Sakuma series

• Novels
  • , 1980
  • , 1986
  • , 1996
  • , 2000
• Short story collections
  • , 1982
  • , 1985

Arbeit detective series

1. , 1986 (short story collection)
2. , 1987 (novel)
3. , 1988 (novel)
4. , 1989 (novel)
5. , 1991 (novel)
6. , 2004 (novel)

Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)

• Novels
  1. , 1990 (Shinjuku Shark, Vertical, 2007)
  2. , 1991 (The Poison Ape, Vertical, 2008)
  3. , 1993
  4. , 1993
  5. , 1995
  6. , 1997
  7. , 2001
  8. , 2000
  9. , 2006
  10. , 2011
• Short story collection
  • , 2012

Standalone novels

• , 2001
• , 2004

See also

• Japanese detective fiction
• Tozai Mystery Best 100

External links

• Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shinjuku Shark by Arimasa Osawa. Vertical. 14 October 2013.
2. Web site: The Poison Ape by Arimasa Osawa . Vertical . 14 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017105142/http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/poisonape.html . 17 October 2013 .
3. http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/1870-pandora-island J'Lit | Publications : Pandora Island | Books from Japan