Jirō Akagawa (赤川 次郎) is a Japanese novelist born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Biography

Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb (ホームタウンの事件簿 私語を禁ず) and Voice from Heaven (天からの声), were later made into anime, while Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃) was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Calico cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of 2013, he had written more than 560 novels in the course of his thirty-year career, over 300 million individual published volumes.

Works in English translation

Awards and nominations

Main works

Calico Cat Holmes

Three Sisters Investigate

Hayakawa family series

Standalone novels

Film adaptations

TV drama adaptations

Video game adaptations

Based on Akagawa's two thriller novels Majotachi no Tasogare and Majotachi no Nagai Nemuri.