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Ryusei Taira

たいら りゅうせい

Taira Ryusei

ペンネーム: Tadao TairaUsed early in his career (including the 1972 newcomer prize) as his real-name byline

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1935-04-05 (Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Writer
活動期間
1972年〜

学歴

Waseda University
Second Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
国: Japan
Graduated (exact graduation year not specified in source)

受賞歴

All Yomimono Newcomer Prize
1972
対象作品: Midnight Boy
主催: All Yomimono editorial
結果: winner
Yokomizo Seishi Prize
1983
対象作品: Escape: Journey of Death
主催: Yokomizo Seishi Prize Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Escape: Journey of Death

1983年 Suspense/Crime

A suspense novel focusing on prison escape, revenge and a journey toward death. Winner of the Yokomizo Seishi Prize.

Prison breakRevengeDeathViolence

Midnight Boy

1972年 Short story/Suspense

The newcomer-prize-winning piece portraying unsettling scenes around night and a boy.

IsolationDarknessTurning points

Arson: Fire Game

1983年 Suspense/Erotic

A suspense-heavy novel centered on arson, containing erotic elements.

ArsonPassionRuin

全著作

  • Hello from the TV Tube: CM Writers Collective (Tadao Taira)
  • 3.5th Dimension: Tales Before the Afterworld (Tadao Taira)
  • Escape: Journey of Death
  • Arson: Fire Game
  • Prison Break: Wails of the Demon
  • The Scent of Blood on Crimson Roses
  • Takeover
  • Heresy Assassination Group
  • Frenzy of Death
  • Prison Break Strait
  • Three Sisters
  • Torment of Erotic Flesh
  • Trembling Flower Core
  • Legend of the Golden Spirit Leopard
  • Tale of the Dead Spirit Beast
  • Murderous TV Spot Notice
  • Executor of the Dead
  • Bouquet of Death Murder
  • Ema Marriage Legend
  • Dark Cat Sniper: Erotic Violence
  • Legend of the North Star Kill
  • Mountain Wolf
  • Murder of the Doll Marriage Legend
  • Festival of Honey
  • Even If It Flies: Detective Gang
  • Murder Case of the Scent of Seduction
  • Tales of Prison Breaks
  • Legend of the Kurobe Human Pillar
  • Die Like a Shark
  • Okuhiei Tree-Spirit Murder Legend
  • Prison-Break Detective
  • Phantom: Mt. Gassan Murder Legend
  • Super Funeral: My Way — 34 Departures to Death (collaborator)
  • Goodbye Triangle, Come Again Square
  • Sky of the Firefly Tree
  • Diary of a Defeated Nation (by Kaede Kazeno; work under Taira Ryusei pen name)

作風・主題

文体
Strongly suspenseful proseHard-edged style with erotic descriptionsHorror elements and violent depiction
頻出モチーフ
Escape and confinementRevenge and deathPhysical violence and the bodyDarkness and the underbelly of cities

評価・遺産

Ryusei Taira is a genre writer active since the 1970s, known for blending suspense, eroticism, horror and violence. He won the All Yomimono Newcomer Prize and the Yokomizo Seishi Prize, and has been recognized within the field of popular fiction for his long career.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (Bibliographic ID: 00134193)

豆知識

  • Real name: Tadao Taira.
  • Born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture.
  • Graduate of Waseda University, Second Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature.
  • Worked in the advertising industry before becoming a novelist.
  • Won the All Yomimono Newcomer Prize in 1972 for "Midnight Boy" under the name Tadao Taira.
  • Won the Yokomizo Seishi Prize in 1983 for "Escape: Journey of Death" and thereafter published under the name Ryusei Taira.
  • Mainly wrote suspense, erotic fiction, horror and violent fiction.