Kazuaki Takano Explained

Kazuaki Takano
Birth Date:	1964 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tokyo
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Period:	2001–present
Genre:	Crime fiction, thriller
Awards:	Edogawa Rampo Prize (2001) Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2012)

is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.^[1]

He worked for a time under the Japanese film director Kihachi Okamoto in his youth. After that he studied film at Los Angeles City College from 1989 to 1991.

His first novel Jūsan Kaidan (literally "Thirteen Steps", 2001) is a crime fiction novel which deals with the Japanese capital punishment system.

Awards and nominations

• 2001 - Edogawa Rampo Prize: Jūsan Kaidan (Thirteen Steps)^[2]
• 2011 - Yamada Futaro Award: Genocide Of One^[3]
• 2011 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Genocide Of One^[4]
• 2012 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012): Genocide Of One^[5]
• 2012 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Genocide Of One^[6]

Bibliography

Standalone novels

• (2001)
• (2002)
• (2003)
• (2004)
• (2005; co-authored with Hitoshi Sakagami)
• (2011; translated by Philip Gabriel as Genocide Of One, Mulholland Books, 2014)

Short story collection

• , 2007

TV and film adaptations

Japanese film

• Jūsan Kaidan (2003)

Japanese TV drama

• Roku Jikango ni Kimi wa Shinu (2008)

See also

• Japanese detective fiction

References

• Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan
• Profile and the synopsis of Genocide Of One at Mulholland Books

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of members, Kazuaki Takano. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. 7 July 2014. Japanese.
2. Web site: 2001 (47th) Edogawa Rampo Prize. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. 7 July 2014. Japanese.
3. Web site: 2nd (2011) Yamada Futaro Award. Kadokawa Shoten. 7 July 2014. Japanese.
4. Web site: 145th (2011) Naoki Prize. Naoki Sho no Subete. 7 July 2014. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20150725064501/http://homepage1.nifty.com/naokiaward/senpyo/senpyo145.htm. 25 July 2015. dead.
5. Book: Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012. Takarajimasha. 978-4-7966-8812-3. December 2011. Japanese.
6. Web site: 2012 (65th) Mystery Writers of Japan Award. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. 7 July 2014. Japanese.