Taku Ashibe

Taku Ashibe is a Japanese mystery writer. He is a member of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing.

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Works in English translation

;NovelMurder in the Red Chamber, trans. Tyran C. Grillo Murder in the House of Omari, trans. Bryan Karetnyk
;Short story

"The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre", trans. Sheryl Hogg
"The Mummy and the Unicorn", trans. Nancy H. Ross
"The Dashing Joker", trans. Yuko Shimada

Awards and nominations

1990 – Ayukawa Tetsuya Award for New Mystery Writers: Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin
2002 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Guran Ginyōru Jō
2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Murder in the Red Chamber
2009 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Saiban'in Hōtei
2011 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken
2013 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Suchīmu Opera
2018 – Drunkard Bookseller's Award for: Kitan o Uru mise
2022 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award and Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: ''Ōmarike Satsujin Jiken''

Detective Shunsaku Morie series

Novels
* Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin, 1990
* Rekishi Kaidō Satsujin Jiken, 1995
* Toki no Yūkai, 1996
* Rosuto Wārudo no Satsujin, 1997
* Jūsanbanme no Baishin'in, 1998
* Fushigi no Kuni no Aribai, 1999
* Kaijin Tai Meitantei, 2000
* Wadokei no Yakata no Satsujin, 2000
* Toki no Misshitsu, 2001
* Guran Ginyōru Jō, 2001
* Sen'ichiya no Yakata no Satsujin, 2006
* Kanojora wa Yuki no Meikyū ni, 2008
* Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken, 2010
* Shichi-nin no Tantei no Tame no Jiken, 2011
* Purinsesu ni Sasageru Misshitsu, 2012
* Toki no Shintei, 2013
* Ijigen no Yakata no Satsujin, 2014
* Daburu misuteri Gekkin-Tei no Satsujin / Non-shiriaru Kirā, 2016
* Tsuruya Nanboku no Satsujin, 2020
Short story collections
* Tantei Sengen: Morie Shunsaku no Jikenbo, 1998
* Sekishibyō no Yakata no Satsujin, 2001
* Sanbyaku-nen no Nazo-Bako, 2005
* Shōnen wa Tantei o Yumemiru: Morie Shunsaku Kuronikuru, 2006
* Saiban'in Hōtei, 2008
* Morie Shunsaku no Sainan, 2022

Modern City series

Satsujin Kigeki no Modan Shitī, 1994 – NovelShōjo Tantei wa Teito o Kakeru, 2009 – Short story collection

Jichikei tokuso series

Shitai no Samenai Uchi ni, 1998 – Short story collectionMetoroporisu ni Shi no Wana o, 2002 – Novel

Standalone mystery novels

Hose Keibu Saidai no Bōken, 1994Setsudan Toshi, 2004Dream of the Red Chamber, 2004 Suchīmu Opera, 2012Ōmarike Satsujin Jiken, 2021Ōedo Kigan Jō'', 2023

Short story collections

Mentantei Z: Fukanō Suiri, 2002Koroshi wa Erekiteru: Donsai Sensei Jikenchō, 2003Gohei Gekijō: Karakuri-Dōrō, 2007

* Keisei Denki Jō
* Gohei no Chikara Nazo no Fūjime
* Hana no Miyako Sharaku no Sugao
* Kabuki no Kuni Cthulhu Taiji Meitantei Hakurankai: Shinsetsu Rupan (Arsène Lupin, 2000Meitantei Hakurankai 2: Kogoro Akechi, 2002Tantei to Kaijin no Iru Hoteru, 2006Meikyū Panoramakan, 2007Ōgon Mugen Jō Satsujin Jiken, 2011Kosuke Kindaichi, 2013Kitan o Uru Mise, 2013Gakufu to Tabisururu Otoko, 2017Teito Tantei Taisen, 2017Ojisan no Toranku Gentō Shōgekijō, 2019Meitantei Sōtōjō: Ashibe Taku to Jūsan no Nazo, 2020Meitantei wa Dareda'', 2022

Juvenile mystery novels

Neo Detective Boys series
* Yōki Jō no Himitsu, 2004
* Densō Kaijin, 2005
* Nazo no Jiorama Ōkoku, 2005Gesshoku Hime no Kisu, 2008Sukūru Gāru Ekusupuresu 38, 2012Furiyagi Supika to Ma no Yōkan Jiken, 2015

Historical fiction

Min Shin Shippūroku: Yume, Koxinga

* Vol.1, 1995
* Vol.2, 1996

* Vol.3, 1997Shin Nito Monogatari'', 2018