Kōichi Iiboshi

Kōichi Iiboshi^[1] (飯干 晃一 Iiboshi Kōichi, 2 June 1927 in Osaka - 2 March 1996 in Tokyo) was a Japanese journalist for Yomiuri Shinbun and author.

Career

Iiboshi was an alumnus of Kyoto University. He was the vice copy chief of the social news division of the national Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.

When Shigeru Okada, the president of Tōei Film Studio got a manuscript from the yakuza Kōzō Minō (美能幸三), he asked Iiboshi to rewrite it as a novel. After that, Iiboshi wrote several series of novels about yakuza conflicts and the dark side of Japanese politics.

Main works

• "Jingi naki Tatakai" (Battles Without Honor and Humanity) series
• "Nippon no Don" (Tycoon in Japan) series

Notes

1. The personal name may also appear as "Koichi" or "Kohichi".

Resources

Asahi Newspaper. Gendai Nihon Jinbutsu Jiten (Who's Who Today). 1990. ISBN 978-4-02-340051-1.