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Akira Higashiyama is a novelist, screenwriter and writer. Akira Higashiyama was born on September 11, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan. The age as of 2026 is 58. Schooling on record includes Seinan Gakuin University. Recorded honors include Haruhiko Ōyabu Award (2008), Naoki Prize (2015), Chūōkōron Award (2016) and 3 more.
My Take
I'll be honest — Akira Higashiyama is the kind of writer who sneaks up on you. Born in Taiwan in 1968 and raised in Japan, he writes in Japanese but carries this restless, cross-cultural energy that gives his fiction an edge most purely domestic authors just don't have. Winning the Naoki Prize in 2015 was the moment the mainstream finally caught up to what crime fiction readers had already known since he took the silver prize and readers' prize of the "Kono Mystery" award back in 2002. What really impresses me is the range: hardboiled crime, coming-of-age, historical — he moves between them without losing his voice. He has kept his Republic of China nationality rather than naturalizing, and you can feel every bit of that in-between life going straight onto the page.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Akira Higashiyama
- Name (Japanese)
- 東山彰良
- Reading
- ひがしやま あきら
- Born
- September 11, 1968 (age 58)
- Origin
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Occupation
- novelist / screenwriter / writer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
2. Background
- University
- Seinan Gakuin University
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Haruhiko Ōyabu Award
- 2015 Naoki Prize
- 2016 Chūōkōron Award
- 2017 Sakunosuke Oda Award
- 2018 Yomiuri Prize
- 2018 Junichi Watanabe Award
3. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%B1%B1%E5%BD%B0%E8%89%AF
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9316735
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Akira Higashiyama born?
Akira Higashiyama was born on September 11, 1968 and is 58 years old.
Where is Akira Higashiyama from?
Akira Higashiyama is from Taipei, Taiwan.
What does Akira Higashiyama do?
Akira Higashiyama works as novelist, screenwriter, writer.
Where did Akira Higashiyama study?
Akira Higashiyama attended Seinan Gakuin University.
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