Hideo Yokoyama Explained

Hideo Yokoyama
Native Name:	横山秀夫
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	17 January 1957
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Genre:	Crime fiction, mystery fiction, thriller
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Notableworks:	Six Four
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Awards:	Matsumoto Seicho Prize (1998) Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2000) The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2003, 2013)

is a Japanese novelist.

Yokoyama specializes in mystery novels.

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

The English edition of Six Four, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, was shortlisted for the 2016 CWA International Dagger.^[1]

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

Works in English translation

Six Four (original title: 64 Rokuyon), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (riverrun, 2016)
Seventeen (original title: Kuraimāzu hai [Climber's High]), trans. Louise Heal Kawai (riverrun, 2018)
Prefecture D (original title: Kage no Kisetsu), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (riverrun, 2019)

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

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

Web site: Six Four. The Crime Writers' Association. 4 December 2018.
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/2296-initial-response J'Lit | Publications : Initial Response | Books from Japan