Kyotaro Nishimura

Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎, Nishimura Kyōtarō, pseudonym of Kihachiro Yajima, born 6 September 1930 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese novelist of Police procedural. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries, most of which feature his characters, police detectives Shozo Totsugawa, Sadao Kamei and Tokitaka Honda. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1981 for The Terminal Murder Case.

Nishimura Kyotaro Museum

Spouse is Mizue Yajima.

Works in English translation
Novel
  • The Mystery Train Disappears (original title: Misuterī Ressha ga Kieta), trans. Gavin Frew (New York: Dembner Books, 1990) ISBN 0-942637-30-5
Short story collection
  • The Isle of South Kamui and Other Stories (original title: Minami Kamuito), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Thames River Press, 2013) ISBN 978-1-78308-011-3
Short story
  • The Kindly Blackmailer (original title: Yasashii Kyōhakusha) ("Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in Japan" anthology. Edited by Ellery Queen. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-8048-1254-3 pp 147–165)

Awards

TV
  • Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery[1][2]
  • Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense -Susumu Samonji
  • Inspector Totsugawa Series[3]

References
  1. http://www.tv-asahihd.co.jp/e/contents/conference/2008/0528.html
  2. http://kikutv.com/mystery-theatre/
  3. http://kikutv.com/mystery-theatre-2/


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