Hideo Yokoyama

Hideo Yokoyama (横山 秀夫, Yokoyama Hideo; born 1957) is a Japanese novelist who specializes in mystery novels. He is also known for his career as a journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma. 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]

Hideo Yokoyama
Native name	横山秀夫
Born	(1957-01-17) January 17, 1957 (age 68) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Genre	Crime fiction, mystery fiction, thriller
Notable works	Six Four
Notable awards	Matsumoto Seicho Prize (1998) Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2000) The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2003, 2013)

Works in English translation

Novels

• 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)

Short story

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

Essay

• My Favourite Mystery, "Paradise lost in the box" by Kenji Takemoto (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. )

Awards and nominations

Japanese Awards

• 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

UK Award

• 2016 – Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger: Six Four^[1]

Bibliography

Novels

• Deguchi no Nai Umi (出口のない海), 1996
• Kage no Kisetsu (陰の季節), 1998
  • English translation: Prefecture D, riverrun, 2019
• Han'ochi (半落ち), 2002
• Kuraimāzu hai (Climber's High) (クライマーズ・ハイ), 2003
  • English translation: Seventeen, riverrun, 2018
• Rupan no Shōsoku (ルパンの消息), 2005
• Shindo Zero (震度0), 2005
• Rokuyon (64), 2012
  • English translation: Six Four, riverrun, 2016
• Nōsu Raito (North Light) (ノースライト), 2019
  • English translation: North Light, riverrun, 2024

Short story collections

• 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)
• Kagefumi (2019)