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Arimasa Osawa

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Osawa Arimasa

Pen Names: Arimasa Osawa（Same as real name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1956-03-08 （Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1978-
Affiliations
Raccoon Agency
Influenced By
Raymond Chandler, Jiro Ikushima
Influenced
Reki Kawahara

Education

Tokai Junior and Senior High School
Country: Japan
Keio University
Faculty of Law
Country: Japan
Dropped out
Bunka Gakuin
Creative Writing Course
Country: Japan
Dropped out

Awards

Shosetsu Suiri New Author Award
1978
Work: The Sentimental Street Corner
Organization: Shosetsu Suiri
Result: 受賞
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
1991
Work: Shinjuku Shark
Category: 長編部門
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 受賞
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
1991
Work: Shinjuku Shark
Organization: Kodansha
Result: 受賞
Naoki Prize
1994
Work: Shinjuku Shark: The Infernal Doll
Organization: Japan Literature Promotion Society
Result: 受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award (Short Story)
1985
Work: Midnight Circus Troupe
Category: 短編部門
Organization: Japan Adventure Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award (Domestic)
2001
Work: Too Heavy in Heart
Category: 国内部門
Organization: Japan Adventure Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award (Domestic)
2002
Work: Guide to the Darkness
Category: 国内部門
Organization: Japan Adventure Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Shibata Renzaburo Prize
2004
Work: Pandora Island
Organization: Shueisha
Result: 受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award (Domestic)
2006
Work: Wolf Flower Shinjuku Shark IX
Category: 国内部門
Organization: Japan Adventure Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Japan Mystery Literary Award
2010
Organization: Kobun Cultural Foundation
Result: 受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award (Domestic)
2011
Work: Shinjuku Shark X: Corridor of Bonds
Category: 国内部門
Organization: Japan Adventure Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize
2014
Work: Maze of the Sea and Moon
Organization: Kodansha
Result: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2022
Organization: Japanese Government
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Shinjuku Shark

1990 Hard-Boiled

A representative hard-boiled series depicting the dark side of the police organization.

JusticeCrimeHuman Drama

Style & Themes

Literary Style
RealismTense descriptionsCinematic style
Recurring Motifs
Sense of justiceLonelinessConflictSacrifice

Legacy

A representative author in Japan's hard-boiled fiction world, having won numerous literary awards and received high acclaim.

Trivia

  • His unusual name is often mistaken for a pen name.
  • Dislikes airplanes and mainly uses the Shinkansen.
  • Is fond of games and has experience in game production.