Hideo Yokoyama

Hideo Yokoyama (横山 秀夫 Yokoyama Hideo, born 1957) is a Japanese novelist.

Yokoyama specialized in mystery novels. He worked constantly during the first three days of 2003 and received a heart attack and subsequent hospitalization on the fourth.^[1]

He repeated his Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! No. 1 ranking in 2013 with Six Four (64).

He is known for his career as journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma.

Works in English translation

Novel

• Six Four (original title: 64 Rokuyon), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Quercus, 2016)

Short story

• Motive (original title: Dōki), trans. Beth Cary (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2008)

Awards and nominations

• 1998 - Matsumoto Seicho Prize: Kage no Kisetsu (Season of Shadows)
• 2000 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: Motive
• 2003 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2003): Han'ochi (Half a Confession)
• 2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Rinjō (Initial Response ^[2])
• 2013 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013): Six Four

Bibliography

Novels

• Deguchi no Nai Umi (出口のない海), 1996
• Han'ochi (半落ち), 2002
• Kuraimāzu hai (Climber's High) (クライマーズ・ハイ), 2003
• Rupan no Shōsoku (ルパンの消息), 2005
• Shindo Zero (震度0), 2005
• Rokuyon (64), 2012 (Six Four, Quercus, 2016)

Short story collections

• Kage no Kisetsu (陰の季節), 1998
• Dōki (動機), 2000
• Kao (顔), 2002
• Fukaoi (深追い), 2002
• Shinsō (真相), 2003
• Kagefumi (影踏み), 2003
• Kanshugan (看守眼), 2004
• Rinjō (臨場), 2004
• Rinjō Special Book (臨場スペシャルブック), 2010

Film adaptations

• Half a Confession (2004) (Han'ochi)
• Deguchi no Nai Umi (2006)
• Climber's High (2008) (Kuraimāzu hai)
• Rinjō (2012)
• "Rokuyon (64) Part I" (2016)
• "Rokuyon (64) Part II" (2016)

References

1. "Affairs of the heart." Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. December 27, 2003. Retrieved on February 18, 2009.
2. J'Lit | Publications : Initial Response | Books from Japan (English)

External links

• Hideo Yokoyama at J'Lit Books from Japan (English)
• Doki (translated into Mandarin Chinese) - Google Books