Tetsuo Takashima

Japanese writer

Tetsuo Takashima (高嶋哲夫 Takashima Tetsuo, born July 7, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.

Biography

1949 Okayama Birth
1973 Keio University Faculty-of-Technology Graduation
1975 Keio University Graduate School Engineering Graduate Course Master Course End
1975 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Research Worker
1978 University of California Studying Abroad
1995 Mystery Writers of Japan Member
2000 Japan Writer's Association Member
2001 National Coaching School Cooperative Society Director
2007 Filmize Midnight Eagle (Shochiku-Universal Pictures) reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz in The New York Times (23 November 2007)).^[1]

Works in English translation

Fallout (original title: Merutodaun [Meltdown]), Vertical, 2013
Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond (original title: Kyodai Jishin No Hi [A day of Huge Earthquake]), Potomac Books, 2015
TSUNAMI, Shueisha, 2016
THE WALL: The Refugees' Path to a New Republic, Museyon, 2020
THE GENE OF LIFE, Museyon, 2021

Awards

1979 - Atomic Energy Society of Japan Technical Prize
1990 - North Japan Literary Prize: Homecoming (帰国, Kikoku)
1994 - Shosetsu Gendai Mystery Newcomer Award: Fallout
1999 - Suntory Mystery Award, Grand-prix and Reader Prize: Intruder
2006 - Iue Cultural Prize
2017 - Energy Forum Award Prize: Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡,Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant)

Works

Novels

1999 Intruder (イントゥルーダー)
1999 Spica (スピカ原発占拠)
2000 Dirty you (ダーティー・ユー)
2000 Midnight eagle (ミッドナイトイーグル)
2000 Friends: Sixteen (フレンズシックスティーン)
2000 The captive of hell (冥府の虜, Meifu No Toriko)
2001 Petro bacteria can be followed (ペトロバクテリアを追え!, Petro bacteria o Oe!)
2001 Truman's letter (トルーマン・レター)
2001 Metropolitan Government Office blasting (都庁爆破, Tocho Bakuha)
2002 The Gene of Life (命の遺伝子, Inochi No Idenshi)
2002 The Wind of Afghanistan (アフガンの風, Afugan No Kaze)
2003 Merutodaun [Meltdown] (メルトダウン) (Fallout, Vertical, 2013)
2003 The False Finance (虚構金融, Kyoko Kin'yu)
2004 M8 (M8, Emu Eito)
- Manga adaptation: Illustrated by Shinji Hiramatsu (2005)
2005 Tsunami (津波, Tsunami)
2008 Firefly (ファイアー・フライ)
2008 Jemini's Ark (ジェミニの方舟, Jemini No Hakobune)
2009 Catch The Wind (風をつかまえて, Kaze o Tsukamaete)
2009 Chase (追跡, Tsuiseki)
2009 The Wild God (乱神, Ran-shin)
2010 Pennies from Heaven (タナボタ, Tanabota)
2010 The Pandemic (首都感染, Shuto Kansen)
2011 Shinsai Kyaraban (震災キャラバン)
2011 Sazankurosu no Tsubasa (サザンクロスの翼)
2013 Fly Trap (フライ・トラップ)
2013 Rising Road (ライジング・ロード)
2014 Capital Collapse (首都崩壊, Shuto-Houkai)
2015 Eruption of Mt.Fuji (富士山噴火, Fujisan-Funka)
2016 Floating (浮遊, Fu-Yu)
2016 Okinawa Confidential (沖縄コンフィデンシャル交錯捜査)
2017 Okinawa Confidential 2 "Blue Dragon" (沖縄コンフィデンシャルブルードラゴン)
2018 Terrorism In The Official Residence (官邸襲撃)
2018 Hurricane (ハリケーン)
2019 Okinawa Confidential 3 "The Way of Life of Lekios" (沖縄コンフィデンシャルレキオスの生きる道)
2020 Red Sand (紅い砂, Akai Suna)
2021 EV (イブ)

Manga series

2006 Animato (アニマート) (Illustrated by Takanori Yasaka)

Essays

1982 " America No Gakko Seikatsu (アメリカの学校生活, U.S. School Life) "
1984 " California No Akane-chan (カリフォルニアのあかねちゃん, My Akane of California) "
2000 " Juku Wo Gakko Ni (塾を学校に, It is to a school about a private school) "(Collaboration)
2001 " Kouritsu Gakko Ga Nakunaru (公立学校がなくなる, A public school dies) "(Collaboration)
2005 " Kyodai Jishin No Ato Ni Osottekita Koto (巨大地震の後に襲ってきたこと, Be attacked by Huge Earthquake) "
2006 " Kyodai Jishin No Hi (巨大地震の日, A day of Huge Earthquake) (Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond translate by Robert D. Eldridge, Potomac Books, 2015)"
2013 " Tokai Tonankai Nankai Kyodai Rendo Jisjin (東海・東南海・南海　巨大連動地震, Nankai Trough massive earthquake) "
2015 " Sekai Ni Warawareru Nihon No Genpatsu Senryaku (世界に嗤われる日本の原発戦略, World laugh nuclear power strategy of Japan) "
2016 " Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡, Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant) "
2020 " Shutokansengo no Nihon (「首都感染」後の日本, Japan after the "Capital Infection") "
2021 " Shuto Okayama (首都岡山, Capital City Okayama) "

References

^ Seitsz, Matt Zoller (23 November 2007). "Midnight Eagle - A Fallen Plane Is Loaded With Tensions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-08. Based on a novel by Tetsuo Takashima, "Midnight Eagle" addresses the strained, unequal military relationship between the United States and Japan, likened in various subplots to that of a distant, inept or otherwise inadequate parent and his dependent child.