Kōichi Iiboshi
Kōichi Iiboshi was a Japanese journalist for Yomiuri Shimbun and author.
Career
Iiboshi graduated from Seventh Higher School Zoshikan and from Faculty of Law, Kyoto University. He was the vice copy chief of the social news division of the national Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.When Shigeru Okada, the president of Tōei Film Studio, got a manuscript from the yakuza Kōzō Minō, he asked Iiboshi to rewrite it as a novel. After that, Iiboshi wrote several series of novels about yakuza conflicts and the dark side of Japanese politics.
Main works
- Jingi naki Tatakai series
- Nihon no Don series