Ira Ishida
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| Born | Shoichi Ishidaira March 8, 1960 |
Ira Ishida (石田 衣良, Ishida Ira, born March 8, 1960) is a Japanese novelist and TV commentator.
After graduating from Seikei University, he worked for a number of different advertising production companies and as a freelance copywriter.[1] In 1997, he published his first short story collection, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, which won the 36th All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize. In 2003, he won the Naoki Prize for 4teen.[1]
His novels describe the culture of young people in Japan, particularly young women and otaku without a college education. Many of his works have been adapted for manga and television. As an actor, he made his first appearance in a leading role in the 2006 film Love My Life.
Ishida's pen name, Ishida Ira, was derived by splitting his real family name Ishidaira.
Works in English translation
[edit]- Novel
- Call Boy (original title: Shōnen), trans. Lamar Stone (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)[2]
- Short story
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan, Cheng & Tsui Company, 2011)
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 1997 - All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize: Ikebukuro West Gate Park (short story)
- 2001 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Call Boy
- 2002 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Kotsuon: Ikebukuro West Gate Park 3
- 2003 - Naoki Prize: 4teen [3]
Main works
[edit]Ikebukuro West Gate Park
[edit]- Short story collections
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (池袋ウエストゲートパーク), 1998
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (池袋ウエストゲートパーク)
- Ekisaitaburu bōi [Excitable boy] (エキサイタブルボーイ)
- Oashisu no koibito (オアシスの恋人)
- Sanshain-dōri shiviru wō (サンシャイン通り内戦)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 2: Shōnen keisūki (池袋ウエストゲートパーク2 少年計数機), 2000
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 3: Kotsuon (池袋ウエストゲートパーク3 骨音), 2002
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 4: Denshi no hoshi (池袋ウエストゲートパーク4 電子の星), 2003
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 5: Han-jisatsu kurabu (池袋ウエストゲートパーク5 反自殺クラブ), 2005
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 6: Haiiro no Pītāpan (池袋ウエストゲートパーク6 灰色のピーターパン), 2006
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 7: G bōizu fuyu sensō (池袋ウエストゲートパーク7 Gボーイズ冬戦争), 2007
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 8: Hiseiki rejisutansu (池袋ウエストゲートパーク8 非正規レジスタンス), 2008
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 9: Doragon tiāzu Ryūrui (池袋ウエストゲートパーク9 ドラゴン・ティアーズ 龍涙), 2009
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park 10: Puraido [Pride] (池袋ウエストゲートパーク10 PRIDE), 2010
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (池袋ウエストゲートパーク), 1998
Call Boy series
[edit]Standalone novels
[edit]- Utsukushii Kodomo (うつくしい子ども), 1999
- Enjeru [Angel] (エンジェル), 1999
- Nami no ue no majutsushi (波のうえの魔術師), 2001
- Burū tawā [Blue Tower] (ブルータワー), 2004
- Akihabara@DEEP (アキハバラ@DEEP), 2004
- Fushichōshōnen (不死鳥少年), 2019
Short story collections
[edit]- Surō guddobai [Slow Good-bye] (スローグッドバイ), 2002
- 4teen (4TEEN), 2003
TV and film adaptations
[edit]- Japanese TV dramas
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV series) (2000)
- 4teen (2004)
- Akihabara@DEEP (2006)
- Japanese film
- Akihabara@DEEP (2006)
- Shōnen (娼年) (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Janet Ashby (2003-09-11). "Naoki Prize winner asks Japan to put more faith in the young". Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Call Boy – A Novel by Ira Ishida". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ J'Lit | Publications : 4teen | Books from Japan
External links
[edit]- Ira Ishida at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
