Hideo Yokoyama
Hideo Yokoyama is a Japanese novelist who specializes in mystery novels. He is also known for his career as a journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma. He repeated his Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! No. 1 ranking in 2013 with Six Four. The English edition of Six Four, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, was shortlisted for the 2016 CWA International Dagger.
Works in English translation
Novels
Six Four, trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies- Seventeen, trans. Louise Heal Kawai
- Prefecture D, trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies
Short story
Motive, trans. Beth CaryEssay
- ''My Favourite Mystery, "Paradise lost in the box" by Kenji Takemoto''
Awards and nominations
;Japanese Awards- 1998 – Matsumoto Seicho Prize: "Kage no Kisetsu"
- 2000 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: "Motive"
- 2003 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Han'ochi
- 2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Rinjō
- 2013 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Six Four
- 2016 – Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger: ''Six Four''
Novels
Deguchi no Nai Umi, 1996Kage no Kisetsu, 1998- *English translation: Prefecture D, riverrun, 2019Han'ochi, 2002Kuraimāzu hai, 2003
- *English translation: Seventeen, riverrun, 2018Rupan no Shōsoku, 2005Shindo Zero, 2005Rokuyon, 2012
- *English translation: Six Four, riverrun, 2016Nōsu Raito, 2019
- *English translation: North Light, riverrun, 2024
Short story collections
Dōki, 2000Kao, 2002Fukaoi, 2002Shinsō, 2003Kagefumi, 2003Kanshugan, 2004Rinjō, 2004Rinjō Special Book, 2010Film adaptations
- Half a Confession
- Deguchi no Nai Umi
- Climber's High
- Rinjō
- Rokuyon (64) Part I
- Rokuyon (64) Part II
- ''Kagefumi''