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赤川 次郎

Jirō Akagawa

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Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎 Akagawa Jirō?), is a novelist born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is known best for his humorous mysteries. His first novel, Ghost Train, was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunju, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, Incident in the Bedroom Suburb and Voice from Heaven, were later made into anime, while Sailor Fuku to Kikanju was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Tortoiseshell Cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of August, 2006, he had written more than 480 novels in the course of his thirty year career, over 300 million individual published volumes.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jirō_Akagawa

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    赤川 次郎

  • Personal name

    Jirō Akagawa

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  • Tian shi de yan lei

    Representative edition published 2010

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  • さすらい

    Representative edition published 2006

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  • Kamikakushi sannin musume

    Representative edition published 2006

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  • 三姉妹探偵団 4

    Representative edition published 2006

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  • 寝台車の悪魔

    Representative edition published 2006

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  • San se mao jiang ling hui

    Representative edition published 2005

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  • Ai qing hua kai

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • 帰るには遠すぎて

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • Kyōfu no hōshū

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • Yu kuai de e meng

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • やさしすぎる悪魔

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • 虹色のヴァイオリン

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • Yi qian lian yi ye

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • 茜色のプロムナード

    Representative edition published 2003

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  • Hinomaru agete

    Representative edition published 2003

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  • 待ちわびた花嫁

    Representative edition published 2003

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  • 三姉妹、初めてのおつかい

    Representative edition published 2003

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  • 授賞式に間に合えば

    Representative edition published 2002

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  • 怪談人恋坂

    Representative edition published 2002

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  • 三姉妹、呪いの道行

    Representative edition published 2002

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  • Kuchizuke

    Representative edition published 2001

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  • ホームタウンの事件簿

    Representative edition published 2001

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  • 二階の沈黙

    Representative edition published 2001

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  • 三毛猫ホームズの無人島

    Representative edition published 2000

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