Takuji Ichikawa

Takuji Ichikawa (市川 拓司) is a Japanese novelist. Ichikawa's bestsellers include Ima ai ni yukimasu (いま、会いにゆきます) (2003), Ren'ai shashin (2003) and Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku (2004).

His works are also adapted for Japanese films such as Be with You (2004), Heavenly Forest (2006), and Japanese TV series 14 Months (2003). The 2004 film Be with You became a box office hit, thrusting him into the limelight. A 2018 South Korean remake of the same film was also a box office hit in South Korea.

In 2019 Ichikawa joined the curated group of award-winning Japanese authors, Red Circle Authors.

Novels

 * Separation, 2002
 * Ima ai ni yukimasu (いま、会いにゆきます), 2003
 * Ren'ai shashin, 2003
 * Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku, 2004
 * Oboete Itene—Akaibu Sei Monogatari, 2004
 * Konnanimo yasashii, sekai no owari-kata (こんなにも優しい、世界の終わりかた), 2013

Short story collections

 * Sekaiju ga ame dattara
 * Boku no te wa kimi no tame ni (ぼくの手はきみのために), 2007

Film

 * Be with You (2004)
 * Heavenly Forest (2006)
 * Say Hello for Me (2007)

Television

 * 14 Months (2003)
 * Be with You, (2005)