Arimasa Osawa

Arimasa Osawa (大沢在昌) is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.

Works in English translation

 * Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)
 * Shinjuku Shark (original title: Shinjuku-Zame), trans. Andrew Clare (Vertical, 2007)
 * The Poison Ape (original title: Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2), trans. Deborah Iwabuchi (Vertical, 2008)

"Same" or "zame" means "shark" in English.


 * Essay
 * My Favourite Mystery, "The Darkest Hour" by William P. McGivern (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. )

Awards

 * 1978 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: Kanshō no Machikado (Sentimental Streets) (short story)
 * 1991 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Shinjuku Shark
 * 1991 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Shinjuku Shark
 * 1991 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1991): Shinjuku Shark
 * 1993 – Naoki Prize: Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4 (Poisoning Doll: Shinjuku Shark 4)
 * 2000 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kokoro de wa Omosugiru (The Heart Is Too Heavy)
 * 2001 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Yamisaki Annainin (Guide into Darkness)
 * 2004 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Pandora Airando (Pandora Island )
 * 2006 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9 (The Werewolf: Shinjuku Shark 9)
 * 2010 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
 * 2011 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10 (Ties That Bind: Shinjuku Shark 10)

Private detective Ko Sakuma series

 * Novels
 * Hyōteki Sōro (標的走路), 1980
 * Tsuisekisha no Kettō (追跡者の血統), 1986
 * Yukihotaru (雪蛍), 1996
 * Kokoro de wa Omosugiru (心では重すぎる), 2000
 * Short story collections
 * Kanshō no Machikado (感傷の街角), 1982
 * Hyōhaku no Machikado (漂泊の街角), 1985

Arbeit detective series

 * 1) Arubaito Ai (アルバイト探偵), 1986 (short story collection)
 * 2) Arubaito Ai: Chōdokushi o Sagase (アルバイト探偵 調毒師を捜せ), 1987 (novel)
 * 3) Joō-heika no Arubaito Ai (女王陛下のアルバイト探偵), 1988 (novel)
 * 4) Fushigi no Kuni no Arubaito Ai (不思議の国のアルバイト探偵), 1989 (novel)
 * 5) Arubaito Ai: Gōmon Yūenchi (アルバイト探偵 拷問遊園地), 1991 (novel)
 * 6) Kaette kita Arubaito Ai (帰ってきたアルバイト探偵), 2004 (novel)

Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)

 * Novels
 * Shinjuku-Zame (新宿鮫), 1990 (Shinjuku Shark, Vertical, 2007)
 * Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2 (毒猿 新宿鮫II), 1991 (The Poison Ape, Vertical, 2008)
 * Shikabane Ran: Shinjuku-Zame 3 (屍蘭 新宿鮫III), 1993
 * Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4 (無間人形 新宿鮫IV), 1993
 * Honō Sanagi: Shinjuku-Zame 5 (炎蛹 新宿鮫V), 1995
 * Kōri Mai: Shinjuku-Zame 6 (氷舞 新宿鮫VI), 1997
 * Haiya: Shinjuku-Zame 7 (灰夜 新宿鮫VII), 2001
 * Fūka Suimyaku: Shinjuku-Zame 8 (風化水脈 新宿鮫VIII), 2000
 * Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9 (狼花 新宿鮫IX), 2006
 * Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10 (絆回廊 新宿鮫X), 2011
 * Short story collection
 * Samejima no Kao: Shinjuku-Zame Tampenshū (鮫島の貌 新宿鮫短編集), 2012

Standalone novels

 * Yamisaki Annainin (闇先案内人), 2001
 * Pandora Airando [Pandora Island] (パンドラ・アイランド), 2004