Kazuaki Takano

Kazuaki Takano (高野和明, Takano Kazuaki, born October 26, 1964) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
He worked for a time under the Japanese film director Kihachi Okamoto in his youth. After that he studied film at Los Angeles City College from 1989 to 1991.
His first novel Jūsan Kaidan (literally "Thirteen Steps", 2001) is a crime fiction novel which deals with the Japanese capital punishment system.

Awards and nominations

• 2001 - Edogawa Rampo Prize: Jūsan Kaidan (Thirteen Steps)
• 2011 - Yamada Futaro Award: Genocide Of One
• 2011 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Genocide Of One
• 2012 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012): Genocide Of One
• 2012 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Genocide Of One

• "2001 (47th) Edogawa Rampo Prize" (in Japanese). Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• "2nd (2011) Yamada Futaro Award" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• "145th (2011) Naoki Prize" (in Japanese). Naoki Sho no Subete. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2012 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2011. ISBN 978-4-7966-8812-3. 
• "2012 (65th) Mystery Writers of Japan Award" (in Japanese). Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 

TV and film adaptations

Japanese film

• Jūsan Kaidan (2003)

Japanese TV drama

• Roku Jikango ni Kimi wa Shinu (2008)