Arimasa Osawa

Arimasa Osawa (大沢おおさわ在昌ありまさ, Ōsawa Arimasa, born 8 March 1956) is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.

Arimasa Osawa
Born	(1956-03-08) 8 March 1956 Nagoya, Japan
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Period	1978–present
Genre	Hardboiled, crime fiction, thriller
Notable awards	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1991) Naoki Prize (1993)
Website
www.osawa-office.co.jp/write/osawa.html

Works in English translation

Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)

• Shinjuku Shark (original title: Shinjuku-Zame), trans. Andrew Clare (Vertical, 2007)
• The Poison Ape (original title: Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2), trans. Deborah Iwabuchi (Vertical, 2008)

"Same" or "zame" means "shark" in English.

Essay

• My Favourite Mystery, "The Darkest Hour" by William P. McGivern (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. [1])

Awards

• 1978 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: Kanshō no Machikado (Sentimental Streets) (short story)
• 1991 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Shinjuku Shark
• 1991 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Shinjuku Shark
• 1991 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991): Shinjuku Shark
• 1993 – Naoki Prize: Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4 (Poisoning Doll: Shinjuku Shark 4)
• 2000 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kokoro de wa Omosugiru (The Heart Is Too Heavy)
• 2001 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Yamisaki Annainin (Guide into Darkness)
• 2004 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Pandora Airando (Pandora Island )
• 2006 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9 (The Werewolf: Shinjuku Shark 9)
• 2010 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 2011 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10 (Ties That Bind: Shinjuku Shark 10)

Main works

Private detective Ko Sakuma series

• Novels
  • Hyōteki Sōro (標的ひょうてき走路そうろ), 1980
  • Tsuisekisha no Kettō (追跡ついせき者しゃの血統けっとう), 1986
  • Yukihotaru (雪ゆき蛍ぼたる), 1996
  • Kokoro de wa Omosugiru (心しんでは重おもすぎる), 2000
• Short story collections
  • Kanshō no Machikado (感傷かんしょうの街角まちかど), 1982
  • Hyōhaku no Machikado (漂泊ひょうはくの街角まちかど), 1985

Arbeit detective series

1. Arubaito Ai (アルバイト探偵たんてい), 1986 (short story collection)
2. Arubaito Ai: Chōdokushi o Sagase (アルバイト探偵たんてい 調ちょう毒どく師しを捜さがせ), 1987 (novel)
3. Joō-heika no Arubaito Ai (女王じょおう陛下へいかのアルバイト探偵たんてい), 1988 (novel)
4. Fushigi no Kuni no Arubaito Ai (不思議ふしぎの国くにのアルバイト探偵たんてい), 1989 (novel)
5. Arubaito Ai: Gōmon Yūenchi (アルバイト探偵たんてい 拷問ごうもん遊ゆう園地えんち), 1991 (novel)
6. Kaette kita Arubaito Ai (帰かえってきたアルバイト探偵たんてい), 2004 (novel)

Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)

• Novels
  1. Shinjuku-Zame (新宿しんじゅく鮫さめ), 1990 (Shinjuku Shark, Vertical, 2007)
  2. Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2 (毒どく猿ざる 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめII), 1991 (The Poison Ape, Vertical, 2008)
  3. Shikabane Ran: Shinjuku-Zame 3 (屍かばね蘭らん 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめIII), 1993
  4. Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4 (無む間あいだ人形にんぎょう 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめIV), 1993
  5. Honō Sanagi: Shinjuku-Zame 5 (炎ほのお蛹さなぎ 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめV), 1995
  6. Kōri Mai: Shinjuku-Zame 6 (氷こおり舞まい 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめVI), 1997
  7. Haiya: Shinjuku-Zame 7 (灰はい夜よる 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめVII), 2001
  8. Fūka Suimyaku: Shinjuku-Zame 8 (風化ふうか水脈すいみゃく 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめVIII), 2000
  9. Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9 (狼おおかみ花はな 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめIX), 2006
  10. Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10 (絆きずな回廊かいろう 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめX), 2011
• Short story collection
  • Samejima no Kao: Shinjuku-Zame Tampenshū (鮫島さめしまの貌 新宿しんじゅく鮫さめ短たん編集へんしゅう), 2012

Standalone novels

• Yamisaki Annainin (闇やみ先さき案内あんない人じん), 2001
• Pandora Airando [Pandora Island] (パンドラ・アイランド), 2004

See also

• Japanese detective fiction
• Tozai Mystery Best 100

External links

• Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)