Arimasa Osawa
Arimasa Osawa is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Works in English translation
;Detective Samejima series Shinjuku Shark, trans. Andrew Clare The Poison Ape, trans. Deborah Iwabuchi"Same" or "zame" means "shark" in English.
;Essay
- ''My Favourite Mystery, "The Darkest Hour" by William P. McGivern''
Awards
- 1978 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: Kanshō no Machikado
- 1991 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Shinjuku Shark
- 1991 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Shinjuku Shark
- 1991 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Shinjuku Shark
- 1993 – Naoki Prize: Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4
- 2000 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kokoro de wa Omosugiru
- 2001 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Yamisaki Annainin
- 2004 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Pandora Airando
- 2006 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9
- 2010 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2011 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: ''Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10''
Main works
Private detective Ko Sakuma series
- Novels
- * Hyōteki Sōro, 1980
- * Tsuisekisha no Kettō, 1986
- * Yukihotaru, 1996
- * Kokoro de wa Omosugiru, 2000
- Short story collections
- * Kanshō no Machikado, 1982
- * Hyōhaku no Machikado, 1985
Arbeit detective series
- Arubaito Ai, 1986
- Arubaito Ai: Chōdokushi o Sagase, 1987
- Joō-heika no Arubaito Ai, 1988
- Fushigi no Kuni no Arubaito Ai, 1989
- Arubaito Ai: Gōmon Yūenchi, 1991
- Kaette kita Arubaito Ai, 2004
Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)
- Novels
- # Shinjuku-Zame, 1990
- # Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2, 1991
- # Shikabane Ran: Shinjuku-Zame 3, 1993
- # Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4, 1993
- # Honō Sanagi: Shinjuku-Zame 5, 1995
- # Kōri Mai: Shinjuku-Zame 6, 1997
- # Haiya: Shinjuku-Zame 7, 2001
- # Fūka Suimyaku: Shinjuku-Zame 8, 2000
- # Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9, 2006
- # Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10, 2011
- Short story collection
- * Samejima no Kao: Shinjuku-Zame Tampenshū, 2012