is a Japanese mystery writer. He is a member of the

Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write '' honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery. The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by Yukito Ayatsuji, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Hiroko Minagawa, Kaoru Kitamura, Tetsuya Ayuka ...

and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing.

Works in English translation

;Novel * ''

Murder in the Red Chamber Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the ...

'' (original title: '' Kōrōmu no Satsujin''), trans. Tyran C. Grillo (Kurodahan Press, 2012) ;Short story * "The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre" (original title: "Gohei Gekijō: Kabuki no Kuni

Cthulhu Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pan ...

Taiji"), trans. Sheryl Hogg (''Lairs of the Hidden Gods 2: Inverted Kingdom'', Kurodahan Press, 2005)

Awards and nominations

* 1990 –

Ayukawa Tetsuya Award The is an annual Japanese literary award for unpublished mystery novels. It was established in 1990 by Tokyo Sogensha, a Japanese publisher mainly publishing genre fiction books. The winning novel is published by the publisher and the winner rec ...

for New Mystery Writers: ''Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin'' (''Thirteen in a Murder Comedy'') * 2002 – Nominee for

Honkaku Mystery Award The are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year. Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction winne ...

for Best Fiction: ''Guran Ginyōru Jō'' (''The Castle of Grand Guignol'') * 2005 – Nominee for

for Best Fiction: ''

''The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
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for Best Fiction: ''Saiban'in Hōtei'' (''The Lay Judge Court'') * 2011 – Nominee for

for Best Fiction: ''Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken'' * 2013 – Nominee for

for Best Fiction: ''Suchīmu Opera'' (''Steam Opera'')

Bibliography

Detective Shunsaku Morie series

*Novels ** , 1990 ** , 1995 ** , 1996 ** , 1997 ** , 1998 ** , 1999 ** , 2000 ** , 2000 ** , 2001 ** , 2001 ** , 2006 ** , 2008 ** , 2010 ** , 2011 ** , 2012 ** , 2013 *Short story collections ** , 1998 ** , 2001 ** , 2005 ** , 2006 ** , 2008

Modern City series

* , 1994 – Novel * , 2009 – Short story collection

Jichikei tokuso series

* , 1998 – Short story collection * , 2002 – Novel

Standalone mystery novels

* , 2004 * , 1994 * , 2004 (''

'', Kurodahan Press, 2012) * , 2012

Short story collections

* , 2002 * , 2003 * , 2007 ** ** ** ** (''The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre'') * , 2000 * , 2002 * , 2006 * , 2007 * , 2011 * , 2013 * , 2013

Juvenile mystery novels

* Neo Detective Boys series ** , 2004 ** , 2005 ** , 2005 * , 2008 * , 2012 * , 2015

Historical fiction

* ** Vol.1, 1995 ** Vol.2, 1996 ** Vol.3, 1997

References

External links

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Kurodahan Press
Review of ''Murder in the Red Chamber'' by David Cozy in The Japan Times
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashibe, Taku 1958 births 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese male short story writers Japanese mystery writers Japanese crime fiction writers Japanese horror writers Living people Writers from Osaka 20th-century Japanese short story writers 21st-century Japanese short story writers Male novelists 20th-century Japanese male writers 21st-century male writers