Golden Elephant Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2011) grand prize
Tomotake Ishikawa
いしかわ ともたけ
Ishikawa Tomotake
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1985-06-17 （Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Part-time writer
- Active Years
- 2012-
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of Japan
- Influenced By
- Alexandre Dumas, père
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyo University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Toyo University
Faculty of Letters
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2nd Golden Elephant Award — Grand Prize | Gray Men | — | Golden Elephant Award Committee (International Novel Award) | 大賞 (Grand Prize) |
2nd Golden Elephant Award — Grand Prize
2011
Work:
Gray Men
Organization:
Golden Elephant Award Committee (International Novel Award)
Result:
大賞 (Grand Prize)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gray Men
2012 Mystery / SuspenseDebut novel. A tense suspense story built around conspiracies and enigmas.
crimeconspiracymoral ambiguity of justice
Translations
- English edition: Gray Men (Vertical, 2013)
The Probability of Eureka: Economist Detective Mamoru Fushimi
2014 Economic mystery / Detective fictionSeries opener in which economic theories are used as clues to solve crimes.
economicsgame theorycriminal investigation
Translations
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan): (2015)
The Probability of Eureka: The Murder of the Nash Equilibrium
2015 Economic mystery / MysteryA mathematically-tinged novel centered on game theory (Nash equilibrium).
game theoryinvestigationrationality and crime
Translations
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan): (2016)
The Probability of Eureka: Economist Detective VS Collusion Investigation
2016 Economic mystery / Detective fictionA detective story dealing with economic crimes such as collusion and bid-rigging.
collusionbid-rigginginstitutional blind spots
Cover-ups Should Be Speedy
2014 Societal mystery / Entertainment fictionA novel about concealment by corporations and organizations; later retitled for paperback.
cover-uporganizational ethicscontemporary society
The Boundary Line of 60 t and f (retitled: 60 Misjudgment Response Unit)
2015 Legal mystery / Social mysteryA novel addressing wrongful convictions and the justice system; retitled and later adapted for television.
wrongful convictionjudicial reformdefense work
Adaptations
- [TV drama] 60: Misjudgment Response Unit / 熊切和嘉 (2018)
Translations
- No widely distributed English edition noted
Killing Club
2019 Psycho-suspense / MysteryA suspense novel themed around group psychology and violence.
violencegroup psychologyethics
Translations
- Korean edition: Killing Club (2022)
The Mental Image of Fuyuma Kotori
2017 Human drama / MysteryA character-driven novel with mystery elements focusing on inner lives.
memoryidentityhuman relationships
Zombie 3.0
2022 Horror / Speculative fictionA near-future zombie story exploring societal collapse and human reactions.
panicsurvivalsocietal collapse
Translations
- Korean edition: Zombie 3.0 (2022)
Metropolitan Police Violence Unit
2023 Police procedural / HardboiledA police procedural focused on violent crime investigations within the Metropolitan Police.
organized crime investigationsdetective conflictprofessional ethics
Bibliography
- Gray Men
- The Probability of Eureka: Economist Detective Mamoru Fushimi
- The Probability of Eureka: The Murder of the Nash Equilibrium
- The Probability of Eureka: Economist Detective VS Collusion Investigation
- Cover-ups Should Be Speedy (retitled: Third-party Concealment Agency)
- The Boundary Line of 60 t and f (retitled: 60 Misjudgment Response Unit)
- The Out-of-Court Lawyer Kei Sagara: It Began with a Mojito
- The Mental Image of Fuyuma Kotori
- Drowning in Sighs
- Killing Club
- 20: Misjudgment Response Unit (sequel)
- If You Dance with Books, You Fall in Love
- Trapping This Color
- Condemnation: Evil at the Bottom of Summer
- Investigation Report of a Mischievously Popular Detective
- I Drift, I Sink
- Margins of Darkness
- Zombie 3.0
- Tokyo Mansion
Adaptations
- TV drama adaptation: 60 (Misjudgment Response Unit) — WOWOW 'Drama W' (2018), starring Hiroshi Tachi
Translations of Works
- Gray Men — English edition (Vertical, 2013)
- Gray Men — Korean edition (2012)
- The Probability of Eureka series — Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, 2015–)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A cerebral style incorporating economics and game theoryA brisk narrative with sharp dialogue and detailed investigative description
- Recurring Motifs
- questions of wrongful conviction and the justice systemconflict between rationality and irrationalityorganizational concealment and civic ethics
Legacy
A contemporary writer known for mysteries that interrogate judicial and economic issues. He won an international new-writer award with his debut, and his work has been adapted for television and translated overseas.
Academic Societies
- Mystery Writers of Japan
In Popular Culture
- '60: Misjudgment Response Unit' adapted as a WOWOW 'Drama W' TV series
Trivia
- Won the 2nd Golden Elephant Award Grand Prize (2011) and debuted
- Graduate of Toyo University, Faculty of Letters
- Member of the Mystery Writers of Japan
- Official X (formerly Twitter) account: @i_tomotake
- Some major works have been translated and published overseas