User:River-run

I love detective novels.

International

 * International Association of Crime Writers (IACW) / es:Asociación Internacional de Escritores Policíacos (AIEP) (1986- )

Europe

 * UK
 * Detection Club (1930- )
 * Crime Writers' Association (CWA) (1953- )
 * Sweden
 * Swedish Crime Writers' Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) (1971- )
 * Norway
 * Riverton Club (no:Rivertonklubben) (1972- )
 * Denmark
 * Danish Crime Academy (no:Det danske Kriminalakademi) (1986- )
 * Scandinavia
 * Crime Writers of Scandinavia (no:Skandinaviska Kriminalsällskapet) (SKS) (1991- )
 * German speaking area
 * Syndikat (de:Syndikat) (1986- )

North America

 * USA
 * Mystery Writers of America (MWA) (1945- )
 * Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) (1981- )
 * Canada
 * Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) (1982- )

Oceania

 * Australia
 * Crime Writers Association of Australia (CWAA) (1996- )

Asia

 * Japan
 * Mystery Writers of Japan (MWJ) (1947- ) (Nihon Suiri Sakka Kyokai, 日本推理作家協会 (ja) )
 * Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (HMC) (2000- ) (Honkaku Misuteri Sakka Kurabu, 本格ミステリ作家クラブ (ja) )

History

 * Japanese detective fiction

Organizations

 * Mystery Writers of Japan (MWJ) (1947- ) (Nihon Suiri Sakka Kyokai, 日本推理作家協会 (ja) ) (official site)
 * Successive presidents
 * EDOGAWA Rampo
 * Seicho MATSUMOTO
 * Kazuo SHIMADA (ja:島田一男)
 * Yo SANO (ja:佐野洋)
 * Toru MIYOSHI (ja:三好徹)
 * Masao YAMAMURA (ja:山村正夫)
 * Kawataro NAKAJIMA - critic
 * Jiro IKUSHIMA (ja:生島治郎)
 * Takashi ATODA (ja:阿刀田高)
 * Kenzo KITAKATA
 * Go OSAKA (ja:逢坂剛)
 * Arimasa OSAWA (ja:大沢在昌)
 * 2009-2011 Keigo HIGASHINO
 * Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (HMC) (2000- ) (Honkaku Misuteri Sakka Kurabu, 本格ミステリ作家クラブ (ja) ) (official site)
 * Successive presidents
 * Arisu ARISUGAWA (ja:有栖川有栖)
 * Kaoru KITAMURA
 * Masaki TSUJI

Awards

 * MWJ Award (1948- )
 * HMC Award (2001- )
 * Nihon Misteri Bungaku Taisho (1998- )
 * 1998 - Yo SANO (ja:佐野洋)
 * 1999 - Kawataro NAKAJIMA
 * 2000 - Saho SASAZAWA (ja:笹沢左保)
 * 2001 - Futaro YAMADA (m, 1922-2001)
 * 2002 - Takao TSUCHIYA (ja:土屋隆夫)
 * 2003 - Michio TSUZUKI (ja:都筑道夫), Tetsuya AYUKAWA
 * 2004 - Seiichi MORIMURA
 * 2005 - Kyotaro NISHIMURA
 * 2006 - Jiro AKAGAWA
 * 2007 - Sizuko NATSUKI (ja:夏樹静子)
 * 2008 - Yasuo UCHIDA (ja:内田康夫)
 * 2009 - Soji SHIMADA
 * 2010 - Kenzo KITAKATA
 * 2011 - Arimasa OSAWA (ja:大沢在昌)

magazines

 * Shin Seinen
 * Hoseki
 * Geneijo

Japanese detective fiction writers

 * Category:Japanese mystery writers
 * Category:Japanese crime fiction writers

1889 - 1923

 * Ruiko KUROIWA (m, 1862-1920) (ja:黒岩涙香)
 * In 1889 Kuroiwa wrote a short story Muzan (無惨). It is the first detective story in Japan.
 * Kido OKAMOTO (m, 1872-1939)
 * The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi: Detective Stories of Old Edo
 * Shunro OSHIKAWA (m, 1876-1914)

1923 - 1957

 * EDOGAWA Rampo (m, 1894-1965) - the 1st president of MWJ
 * Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
 * The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows
 * Moju: The Blind Beast
 * Seishi YOKOMIZO (m, 1902-1981)
 * The Inugami Clan
 * Kyusaku YUMENO (m, 1889-1936)
 * Juza UNNO (m, 1897-1949)
 * Mushitaro OGURI (m, 1901-1946)
 * Juran HISAO (m, 1902-1957)
 * On WATANABE (m, 1902-1930)

1957 - 1987

 * Seicho MATSUMOTO (m, 1909-1992) - the 2nd president of MWJ
 * Points and Lines
 * Inspector Imanishi Investigates (Movie:Castle of Sand)
 * Pro Bono
 * The Voice and Other Stories
 * Tetsuya AYUKAWA (m, 1919-2002)
 * Akimitsu TAKAGI (m, 1920-1995)
 * Tattoo Murder Case
 * Honeymoon to Nowhere
 * Informer
 * Futaro YAMADA (m, 1922-2001)
 * He is also known for his historic ninja fantasy novels such as The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Samurai Reincarnation.
 * CHIN Shunshin (m, 1924- )
 * Murder in a Peking Studio
 * Koshi KURUMIZAWA (m, 1925-1994)
 * Kyotaro NISHIMURA (m, 1930- )
 * The Mystery Train Disappears
 * Masako TOGAWA (f, 1933- )
 * A Kiss of Fire
 * The Master Key
 * Lady Killer
 * Slow Fuse
 * Masaki TSUJI (m, 1932- ) - the 3rd president of HMC
 * He is also known as a scenario writer of many popular anime series.
 * Seiichi MORIMURA (m, 1933- )
 * Yasuo UCHIDA (m, 1934- ) (ja:内田康夫)
 * The Togakushi Legend Murders
 * Sizuko NATSUKI (f, 1938- ) (ja:夏樹静子)
 * Murder at Mt. Fuji
 * The Obituary Arrives at Two O'Clock
 * Innocent Journey
 * The Third Lady
 * Portal of the Wind
 * Death from the Clouds
 * Go OSAKA (m, 1943- ) (ja:逢坂剛) - the 11th president of MWJ
 * The Red Star of Cadiz - the winner of the 40th MWJ Award
 * Yoichi FUNADO (m, 1944- ) (ja:船戸与一)
 * May In The Valley Of The Rainbow
 * Kenzo KITAKATA (m, 1947- ) - the 10th president of MWJ
 * Ashes
 * Winter Sleep
 * The Cage
 * City of Refuge
 * Jiro AKAGAWA (m, 1948- )
 * Midnight Suite
 * Three Sisters Investigate
 * Soji SHIMADA (m, 1948- )
 * The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
 * Joh SASAKI (m, 1950- )
 * Zero Over Berlin
 * Masaki YAMADA (m, 1950- )
 * Natsuo KIRINO (f, 1951- )
 * Out - the winner of the 51st MWJ Award
 * Grotesque
 * Real World
 * Kaoru KURIMOTO (f, 1953-2009)
 * Arimasa OSAWA (m, 1956- ) (ja:大沢在昌) - the 12th president of MWJ
 * Shinjuku Shark - the winner of the 44th MWJ Award
 * The Poison Ape: A Shinjuku Shark Novel

1987 - 2011

 * Kaoru KITAMURA (m, 1949- ) - the 2nd president of HMC
 * Hiroshi MORI (m, 1957- )
 * Hideo YOKOYAMA (m, 1957- )
 * Keigo HIGASHINO (m, 1958- ) - the 13th president of MWJ
 * Naoko - the winner of the 52nd MWJ Award
 * The Devotion of Suspect X
 * Yusuke KISHI (m, 1959- )
 * The Crimson Labyrinth
 * Hideo OKUDA (m, 1959- ) (ja:奥田英朗)
 * In the Pool
 * Lala Pipo
 * Asa NONAMI (f, 1960- ) (ja:乃南アサ)
 * The Hunter
 * Now You're One of Us
 * The Body
 * Miyuki MIYABE (f, 1960- )
 * All She Was Worth
 * Shadow Family
 * Crossfire
 * The Devil's Whisper
 * The Sleeping Dragon - the winner of the 45th MWJ Award
 * Kurumi INUI (m, 1963- )
 * Natsuhiko KYOGOKU (m, 1963- )
 * The Summer of the Ubume
 * Kotaro ISAKA (m, 1971- )
 * Remote Control
 * Ryusui SEIRYOIN (m, 1974- )
 * Koji Yanagi
 * Shusuke Michio
 * Honobu Yonezawa
 * Shinzo Mitsuda

Literature

 * Ango SAKAGUCHI (m, 1906-1955)
 * Yasutaka TSUTSUI (m, 1934- )
 * Hikaru OKUIZUMI (m, 1956- )
 * Otaro MAIJO (?, 1973- )
 * Yuya SATO (m, 1980- )


 * Yoshinaga Fujita
 * Hase Seishu
 * Ira Ishida
 * Kajiyama Toshiyuki
 * Tensei Kono
 * Eisuke Nakazono
 * Hisashi Nozawa
 * Tetsuo Takashima
 * Fallout
 * Shuichi Yoshida

Light novel writers who also wrote mystery fiction

 * Fuyumi ONO (f, 1960- )
 * Gakuto MIKUMO (m, 1970- )
 * Kazuki SAKURABA (f, 1971- )
 * Otsuichi (m, 1978- )
 * GOTH
 * NISIO Isin (?, 1981- )

Japanese detective comics

 * Case Closed (Detective Conan)
 * Gosho AOYAMA (m, 1963- )
 * Kindaichi Case Files
 * Tadashi AGI (m, 1962- )

Japanese television detective dramas

 * Furuhata Ninzaburō
 * Kōki Mitani
 * Bayside Shakedown

others

 * Japanese literature
 * Japanese science fiction
 * Japanese horror
 * Light novel