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Kan Shoda

しょうだ かん

Shoda Kan

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1958-01-01 (Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Mystery writer
活動期間
2000年〜

学歴

Gakushuin University
Graduate School of Humanities
国: Japan
Withdrew from doctoral program

受賞歴

Shōsetsu Suiri Newcomer Award
2000
対象作品: Kagefumi-ki
結果: Winner
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story)
2001
対象作品: Naraku Yami Koi no Michiyuki
部門: 短編
結果: Nominee
Edogawa Rampo Prize
2008
対象作品: Yūkai-ji
結果: Winner
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story)
2014
対象作品: The Voice Called from the Tombstone
部門: 短編
結果: Nominee
Haruhiko Oyabu Prize
2016
対象作品: Shinhanin
結果: Nominee

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Kagefumi-ki

2001年 Short story collection / Mystery

A debut short story collection including the title piece "Kagefumi-ki." Contains short mysteries that often weave historical figures and uncanny elements.

Historical figuresThe uncannyMystery

Yūkai-ji

2008年 Novel / Mystery

A suspense novel centered on a kidnapping case. Winner of the 54th Edogawa Rampo Prize.

KidnappingPsychologyCrime

Shinhanin

2015年 Mystery novel

A police procedural mystery. Later adapted into a TV drama on WOWOW.

False convictionInvestigationJustice
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV drama] Shinhanin (2018)

Enzaifan

2017年 Police novel

A detective novel themed on false convictions and evidentiary blind spots. Adapted for TV in 2021.

False convictionEvidenceJudiciary
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV drama] Enzaifan (2021)

全著作

  • Kagefumi-ki
  • The Missing High-Crowned Hat
  • The Councillor's Strange Death
  • The Sleeping Cat
  • Yūkai-ji
  • Loyalty Without a Homeland
  • The Disappeared (The Debt Returned by a Ghost)
  • The Vagrant Island (The Man Who Stole the Past)
  • Ninja Samurai Raizou
  • Tsukiji Phantom Hotel
  • Aimai Soshi: The Sword of Ten Deaths and Zero Lives
  • Detective Female Worker: The Locked Room at Tomioka Silk Mill
  • Crime Planner
  • The Oil Painting Whispers a Mystery

翻案

  • Shinhanin (WOWOW DramaW, 2018)
  • Enzaifan (TV Tokyo "Monday Premiere 8", 2021)
  • Mokuhihan (TV Tokyo "Monday Premiere 8", 2022)

作風・主題

文体
Intricate plottingBlending historical fact and fictionProcedural depictions based on police practice
頻出モチーフ
Appearance of historical figuresFalse conviction / evidentiary blind spotsShadows of the past and memory

評価・遺産

Kan Shoda is known for mystery works that incorporate historical elements and police procedurals; his Edogawa Rampo Prize win brought wider attention. Several works have been adapted for screen, earning him a steady reputation in contemporary Japanese mystery fiction.

大衆文化への影響

  • The novel "Shinhanin" was adapted into a WOWOW TV drama and received attention
  • "Enzaifan" and "Mokuhihan" aired on TV Tokyo

豆知識

  • He has worked at a museum and taught art history at university.
  • Debuted in 2000 by winning the 22nd Shōsetsu Suiri Newcomer Award with "Kagefumi-ki."
  • Won the 54th Edogawa Rampo Prize in 2008 for "Yūkai-ji."