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第8回（1998年） award
Toshihiko Yahagi
やはぎ としひこ
Yahagi Toshihiko
ペンネーム:
Daddy Goose（Pen name used for manga work (early career)）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1950-07-18 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Yokohama → Tokyo
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Manga writer, Screenwriter, Film director, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 1972年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Jirō Ikushima, Haruhiko Ōyabu, Norio Kawano, Yasutaka Tsutsui
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Kyoiku University Attached Komaba High School (now Tsukuba University Attached Komaba) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo Kyoiku University Attached Komaba High School (now Tsukuba University Attached Komaba)
国:
Japan
Graduated after repeating a year; took four years to complete high school.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Seiun Award (Comic Division) | Kibun wa Mou Sensou (Feels Like War) | コミック部門 | Seiun Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Kadokawa Novel Award | Kurayami ni No-Side | — | Kadokawa Shoten | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Bunkamura-Dumago Literary Prize | a-ja-pan | — | Bunkamura (Dumago Literary Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Mishima Yukio Prize | Rarara Kagaku no Ko | — | Mishima Yukio Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Japan Adventure Fiction Association Grand Prize | The Wrong Good-bye / Long Goodbye | — | Japan Adventure Fiction Association | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Falcon Prize | The Wrong Good-bye / Long Goodbye | — | Maltese Falcon Society | 受賞 |
Seiun Award (Comic Division)
1982
対象作品:
Kibun wa Mou Sensou (Feels Like War)
部門:
コミック部門
主催:
Seiun Award Committee
結果:
受賞
Kadokawa Novel Award
1983
対象作品:
Kurayami ni No-Side
主催:
Kadokawa Shoten
結果:
受賞
Bunkamura-Dumago Literary Prize
1998
対象作品:
a-ja-pan
主催:
Bunkamura (Dumago Literary Prize)
結果:
受賞
Mishima Yukio Prize
2004
対象作品:
Rarara Kagaku no Ko
主催:
Mishima Yukio Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Grand Prize
2004
対象作品:
The Wrong Good-bye / Long Goodbye
主催:
Japan Adventure Fiction Association
結果:
受賞
Falcon Prize
2005
対象作品:
The Wrong Good-bye / Long Goodbye
主催:
Maltese Falcon Society
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Dakishimetai (I Want to Hold You)
1972年 Short storyA short story published in Mystery Magazine; his debut as a fiction writer.
YouthEarly work
Message to Mike Hammer
1978年 Novel (hard-boiled elements)His first full-length novel; notable for strong hard-boiled elements and drew attention to his work in that vein.
CrimeUrban life
Manhattan Op
1981年 Hard-boiled / SeriesA series of linked stories; editions featured illustrations by artists such as Jirō Taniguchi.
DetectiveRevengeUrban settings
Feels Like War (Kibun wa Mou Sensou)
1982年 Manga original / FictionA collaborative work with Katsuhiro Otomo blending manga art and novelistic storytelling; the novel served as the basis for a manga illustrated by Otomo.
ParodyPolitical satirePop culture
映像化・舞台化
- [Manga] Feels Like War (manga) / 大友克洋（作画） (1982)
a-ja-pan
1997年 NovelA large-scale novel set in an alternate Japan divided into communist and capitalist states; notable for its technical construction using extensive quotations, parody and intertextual play, receiving critical attention.
Political divisionMetafictionHistorical parody
Rarara Kagaku no Ko
2003年 NovelA novel incorporating motifs of science and thought; awarded the Mishima Yukio Prize in 2004.
ScienceIdeasIdentity
The Wrong Good-bye
2004年 Adventure novel / Hard-boiled elementsA novel influenced by hard-boiled tradition; recipient of the Japan Adventure Fiction Association Grand Prize and the Falcon Prize.
AdventureDetective elementsHomage
Film Noir / Black Motion Picture
2014年 Essays / Film criticismA collection of essays and criticism paying homage to Nikkatsu action films and other aspects of Japanese cinema.
Film criticismHomageMedia critique
全著作
- Message to Mike Hammer
- Ringo Kid's Holiday
- God's Pinch Hitter
- A Convenient Day to Die
- Bicycle of Broadway
- Manhattan Op
- Like a Wandering Rose
- One More Step to Midnight
- Those Who Steer Toward the Wind
- Cortes' Harvest
- Tell Yoko 'I Love You'
- Suzuki-san's Rest and Pilgrimage
- Tokyo Cowboy
- Work Is Calling Me
- The Woman Who Breathes Fire
- Pornographia; Or Eternity in the Corner of the Corridor
- Summer Engine
- a-ja-pan
- Rarara Kagaku no Ko
- The Wrong Good-bye / Long Goodbye
- Tragedy Week
- Wounded Angel: A Hammer of Angels in the Demon City
- Engine
- Film Noir / Black Motion Picture
翻案
- AGAIN (contributed to film anthology)
- God's Pinch Hitter (directed by Yahagi, 1990)
- The Gambler (directed by Yahagi, 1992)
- Feels Like War (manga adaptation by Katsuhiro Otomo)
作品の翻訳
- The Wrong Good-bye
作風・主題
- 文体
- Complex narrative with hard-boiled elementsMeta-fictional techniques using parody and extensive intertextual quotationPop-inflected style incorporating cinematic and manga imagery
- 頻出モチーフ
- Urban settingsViolence and crimeFragments of pop-culture referencePolitical and social division
評価・遺産
A writer, screenwriter and film director active since the 1970s. Known for hard-boiled elements, extensive pop-culture references and cross-genre creativity; he has received critical acclaim and multiple literary prizes. He frequently collaborated with manga artists and filmmakers, maintaining a strong presence in popular culture.
資料所蔵先
- Holdings in the National Diet Library (NDL)
大衆文化への影響
- Influenced popular culture through collaborations with manga artists (e.g. Katsuhiro Otomo) and through his own film direction.
引用
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This isn't a screenplay — it's a novel.
出典: Hiroshi Ōta, editor-in-chief of Mystery Magazine (comment when shown Yahagi's scenario) (1972年) -
I don't want to be included in an anthology with those people.
出典: Statement at a 2014 publication event (dialogue with Jō Shishido) (2014年)
豆知識
- Legal name is not publicly disclosed.
- Debuted as a manga artist at 17 under the pen name 'Daddy Goose'.
- Graduated high school after repeating a year, taking four years to finish.
- Has expressed resistance to being labeled simply as a hard-boiled writer.