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Hideo Aiba

あいば ひでお

Aiba Hideo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-09-18 (Sanjo, Niigata, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Economic Journalist
Active Years
2005-

Education

Niigata Prefectural Sanjo High School
Country: Japan
Foreign Language Vocational School
Country: Japan

Awards

Diamond Economic Novel Award
2005
Work: Default: Debt Default
Organization: Diamond Inc.
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Default: Debt Default

2005 Economic novel

Debut novel by Hideo Aiba, belonging to the economic novel genre.

EconomyDebt

Shivering Cow

2012 Economic novel

A bestseller handling the BSE issue, with over 280,000 copies sold.

BSE issueEconomy
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Shivering Cow (2013)

Blood Tracks

2013 Novel
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Blood Tracks (2014)

Dud Bomb

2017 Novel
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Dud Bomb: The Man Who Controls Black Money (2018)

Galapagos

2016 Novel
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Galapagos (2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realistic novel style with economic backgroundIncludes mystery elements
Recurring Motifs
Economic issuesSocial conspiracies

Legacy

Hideo Aiba is highly regarded as a novelist with background as an economic journalist, noted for economic novels with many adaptations.