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Takashi Hayasaka

はやさか たかし

Takashi Hayasaka

Pen Names: Takashi Hayasaka（Real name and pen name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1973-09-02 （Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Non-fiction writer, Reporter
Active Years
1990-
Affiliations
Japan Writers' Association
Memberships
Japan Writers' Association

Education

Aichi Prefectural Okazaki Kita High School
Country: Japan
Teikyo University
Faculty of Literature / Department of Psychology
Country: Japan
Japan Editor School
Journalist Writing Course
Country: Japan

Awards

Mizuno Sports Writer Award
2011
Work: Summer of Showa 17: Phantom Koshien
Organization: Mizuno Sports Promotion Foundation
Result: 最優秀賞
Samurai Japan Baseball Literature Award
2011
Work: Summer of Showa 17: Phantom Koshien
Category: ベストナイン賞
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Romania: Records of Manhole Dwellers

Non-fiction

A work based on two years of stay and reporting in Romania.

ConflictSocial issues

World Collection of Japanese Jokes

2006 Joke Collection

A collection of jokes collected worldwide, a bestseller exceeding 750,000 copies.

JokesHumor

Summer of Showa 17: Phantom Koshien

Non-fiction

Details the 1942 secondary baseball tournament held during wartime; adapted into an NHK documentary.

SportsHistory
Adaptations
  • [TV Documentary] Phantom Koshien (2010)

Bibliography

  • Why I Became a Pilgrim
  • The Real Iraq
  • Romania: Records of Manhole Dwellers
  • Jokes from Conflict Zones Around the World
  • World Anti-American Joke Collection
  • Grandfather's War
  • World Collection of Japanese Jokes
  • Japanese Wartime Joke Collection: Manchurian Incident and Sino-Japanese War
  • Japanese Wartime Joke Collection: Pacific War
  • Soldier Manyoshu
  • Chinese vs. Japanese
  • World Islamic Joke Collection
  • Continued World Collection of Japanese Jokes
  • The More Intelligent Laugh More
  • Record of Wartime Entertainment Comfort Corps 'Warawashi Team'
  • Commander’s Decision: General Kiichiro Higuchi of Manchuria and Attu
  • Iwane Matsui and the Truth of the Nanjing Incident
  • Masterpieces of 'World Jokes Collection' Laughed by One Million People!
  • Requiem Journey: Secret Records of the Greater East Asia War
  • Baseball Players Who Fell on the Battlefield
  • The Day Patriots Became Terrorists: The Truth of Ahn Jung-geun
  • Tetsuzan Nagata: The 'Man of Fate' in the Showa Army
  • Famous Words from the Battlefield: Now Touching Last Words
  • Winter of Showa 18: The Last Hakone Ekiden
  • New World Collection of Japanese Jokes
  • Joke Collection: Trump vs. Kim Jong-un
  • The World is Made of Jokes
  • The Japan of Admiration Found Walking the World’s Back Alleys
  • Modern Craftsmen: Lives and Working Styles of Pursuing Quality
  • Perilieu Final Stand: The Battle of Samurai Kunio Nakagawa in the South Seas
  • Wonderful Country Japan: Japanese Virtues That Surprised Foreigners
  • Voices of Showa History
  • World Collection of Japanese Jokes: Reiwa Edition
  • Incident Records of the Greater East Asia War: The Hidden Truth of Showa History
  • No Side Under Wartime: Lives and Deaths of University Rugby Players
  • The Sino-Japanese War Seen by My Grandfather: A University of Tokyo Graduate Literary Youth Became a Soldier
  • World Money Jokes Collection: Learning About Money with Laughter
  • Secret Records of the Greater East Asia War: Lives and Deaths of Common People Erased
  • Showa War History: The Last Testimony to Leave for Reiwa

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Non-fictionReportage
Recurring Motifs
WarJokesHistorySports

Legacy

Takashi Hayasaka is highly regarded as a Japanese non-fiction writer whose works focus on war and social issues both domestically and abroad. He has unique achievements in sports literature and joke collections, influencing a wide range of readers.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Writers' Association