Hideo Yokoyama

Hideo Yokoyama
Native name
横山秀夫
Born (1957-01-17) January 17, 1957 (age 67)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
GenreCrime fiction, mystery fiction, thriller
Notable worksSix Four
Notable awardsMatsumoto Seicho Prize (1998)
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2000)
The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2003, 2013)

Hideo Yokoyama (横山 秀夫, Yokoyama Hideo, born 1957) is a Japanese novelist.

Yokoyama specializes in mystery novels.

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.[1]

He is known for his career as journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma.

Works in English translation

Novels

Short story

Essay

Awards and nominations

Japanese Awards
UK Award

Bibliography

Novels

  • Deguchi no Nai Umi (出口のない海), 1996
  • Kage no Kisetsu (陰の季節), 1998
    • English translation: Prefecture D, riverrun, 2019
  • Han'ochi (半落ち), 2002
  • Kuraimāzu hai (Climber's High) (クライマーズ・ハイ), 2003
    • English translation: Seventeen, riverrun, 2018
  • Rupan no Shōsoku (ルパンの消息), 2005
  • Shindo Zero (震度0), 2005
  • Rokuyon (64), 2012
    • English translation: Six Four, riverrun, 2016
  • Nōsu Raito (North Light) (ノースライト), 2019
    • English translation: North Light, riverrun, 2024

Short story collections

  • Dōki (動機), 2000
  • Kao (), 2002
  • Fukaoi (深追い), 2002
  • Shinsō (真相), 2003
  • Kagefumi (影踏み), 2003
  • Kanshugan (看守眼), 2004
  • Rinjō (臨場), 2004
  • Rinjō Special Book (臨場スペシャルブック), 2010

Film adaptations

References

  1. ^ a b "Six Four". The Crime Writers' Association. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  2. ^ J'Lit | Publications : Initial Response | Books from Japan (in English)