Katsuhiko Takahashi

Katsuhiko Takahashi (高橋 克彦) is a Japanese writer of mystery, horror, science fiction and historical fiction. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.

Works in English translation

 * Crime Novel
 * The Case of the Sharaku Murders (original title: Sharaku Satsujin Jiken), trans. Ian Macdonald (Thames River Press, 2013)


 * Short horror story
 * Reunion (original title: Daisuki na Ane), trans. Andrew Cunningham (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 2: Country Delights, Kurodahan Press, 2010)

Awards

 * 1983 – Edogawa Rampo Prize: The Case of the Sharaku Murders
 * 1986 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Sōmon-Dani (The Somon Valley)
 * 1987 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Hokusai Satsujin Jiken (The Case of the Hokusai Murders)
 * 1992 – Naoki Prize: Akai Kioku (The Scarlet Memories)
 * 2000 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Kaen (Flaming Rancor)
 * 2011 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Ukiyo-e murder trilogy

 * Sharaku Satsujin Jiken (写楽殺人事件), 1983 (The Case of the Sharaku Murders, Thames River Press, 2013)
 * Hokusai Satsujin Jiken (北斎殺人事件), 1986 (The Case of the Hokusai Murders)
 * Hiroshige Satsujin Jiken (広重殺人事件), 1989 (The Case of the Hiroshige Murders)

Detective Sotaro Toma series

 * Novels
 * Utamaro Satsugan Jiken (歌麿殺贋事件), 1988 (The Case of the Utamaro Forgery Erasures)
 * Pandora Kēsu Yomigaeru Satsujin (パンドラ・ケース よみがえる殺人), 1988
 * Nanchō Meiro (南朝迷路), 1989 (Labyrinth of the Southern Court)
 * Miira no Satsujin (即身仏の殺人), 1990
 * Gohho Satsujin Jiken (ゴッホ殺人事件), 2002 (The Case of the Gogh Murders)
 * Short story collection
 * Hokusai no Tsumi, 1990 (Hokusai's Sin)

Standalone novels

 * Rondon Ansatsu Tō (倫敦暗殺塔), 1985 (London's Tower of Murder)
 * Gūjinkan no Satsujin (偶人館の殺人), 1990 (Murder at the Puppet Museum)
 * Sōmondani (総門谷), 1985 (Sōmon Valley)

Memories series (horror novels)

 * Akai Kioku (緋い記憶), 1991
 * Zense no Kioku (前世の記憶), 1996
 * Aoi Kioku (蒼い記憶), 2000