# Tetsuo Takashima

Tetsuo Takashima (高嶋 哲夫 Takashima Tetsuo, born July 7, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.

## Biography

* 1949 Okayama Birth
* 1973 Keio University Faculty-of-Technology Graduation
* 1975 Keio University Graduate School Engineering Graduate Course Master Course End
* 1975 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Research Worker
* 1978 University of California Studying Abroad
* 1995 Mystery Writers of Japan Member
* 2000 Japan Writer's Association Member
* 2001 National Coaching School Cooperative Society Director
* 2007 Filmize Midnight Eagle (Shochiku-Universal Pictures) reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz in The New York Times (23 November 2007)).

## Works in English translation

* Fallout (original title: Merutodaun [Meltdown]), Vertical, 2013
* Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond (original title: Kyodai Jishin No Hi [A day of Huge Earthquake]), Potomac Books, 2015
* TSUNAMI, Shueisha, 2016
* THE WALL: The Refugees' Path to a New Republic, Museyon, 2020
* THE GENE OF LIFE, Museyon, 2021

## Awards

* 1979 - Atomic Energy Society of Japan Technical Prize
* 1990 - North Japan Literary Prize: Homecoming (帰国, Kikoku)
* 1994 - Shosetsu Gendai Mystery Newcomer Award: Fallout
* 1999 - Suntory Mystery Award, Grand-prix and Reader Prize: Intruder
* 2006 - Iue Cultural Prize
* 2017 - Energy Forum Award Prize: Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡,Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant)

## Works
### Novels

* 1999 Intruder (イントゥルーダー)
* 1999 Spica (スピカ 原発占拠)
* 2000 Dirty you (ダーティー・ユー)
* 2000 Midnight eagle (ミッドナイトイーグル)
* 2000 Friends: Sixteen (フレンズ シックスティーン)
* 2000 The captive of hell (冥府の虜, Meifu No Toriko)
* 2001 Petro bacteria can be followed (ペトロバクテリアを追え!, Petro bacteria o Oe!)
* 2001 Truman's letter (トルーマン・レター)
* 2001 Metropolitan Government Office blasting (都庁爆破, Tocho Bakuha)
* 2002 The Gene of Life (命の遺伝子, Inochi No Idenshi)
* 2002 The Wind of Afghanistan (アフガンの風, Afugan No Kaze)
* 2003 Merutodaun [Meltdown] (メルトダウン) (Fallout, Vertical, 2013)
* 2003 The False Finance (虚構金融, Kyoko Kin'yu)
* 2004 M8 (M8, Emu Eito)
** Manga adaptation: Illustrated by Shinji Hiramatsu (2005)
* 2005 Tsunami (津波, Tsunami)
* 2008 Firefly (ファイアー・フライ)
* 2008 Jemini's Ark (ジェミニの方舟, Jemini No Hakobune)
* 2009 Catch The Wind (風をつかまえて, Kaze o Tsukamaete)
* 2009 Chase (追跡, Tsuiseki)
* 2009 The Wild God (乱神, Ran-shin)
* 2010 Pennies from Heaven (タナボタ, Tanabota)
* 2010 The Pandemic (首都感染, Shuto Kansen)
* 2011 Shinsai Kyaraban (震災キャラバン)
* 2011 Sazankurosu no Tsubasa (サザンクロスの翼)
* 2013 Fly Trap (フライ・トラップ)
* 2013 Rising Road (ライジング・ロード)
* 2014 Capital Collapse (首都崩壊, Shuto-Houkai)
* 2015 Eruption of Mt.Fuji (富士山噴火, Fujisan-Funka)
* 2016 Floating (浮遊, Fu-Yu)
* 2016 Okinawa Confidential (沖縄コンフィデンシャル 交錯捜査)
* 2017 Okinawa Confidential 2 "Blue Dragon" (沖縄コンフィデンシャル ブルードラゴン)
* 2018 Terrorism In The Official Residence (官邸襲撃)
* 2018 Hurricane (ハリケーン)
* 2019 Okinawa Confidential 3 "The Way of Life of Lekios" (沖縄コンフィデンシャル レキオスの生きる道)
* 2020 Red Sand (紅い砂, Akai Suna)
* 2021 EV (イブ)

### Manga series

* 2006 Animato (アニマート) (Illustrated by Takanori Yasaka)

### Essays

* 1982 " America No Gakko Seikatsu (アメリカの学校生活, U.S. School Life) "
* 1984 " California No Akane-chan (カリフォルニアのあかねちゃん, My Akane of California) "
* 2000 " Juku Wo Gakko Ni (塾を学校に, It is to a school about a private school) "(Collaboration)
* 2001 " Kouritsu Gakko Ga Nakunaru (公立学校がなくなる, A public school dies) "(Collaboration)
* 2005 " Kyodai Jishin No Ato Ni Osottekita Koto (巨大地震の後に襲ってきたこと, Be attacked by Huge Earthquake) "
* 2006 " Kyodai Jishin No Hi (巨大地震の日, A day of Huge Earthquake) (Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond translate by Robert D. Eldridge, Potomac Books, 2015)"
* 2013 " Tokai Tonankai Nankai Kyodai Rendo Jisjin (東海・東南海・南海　巨大連動地震, Nankai Trough massive earthquake) "
* 2015 " Sekai Ni Warawareru Nihon No Genpatsu Senryaku (世界に嗤われる日本の原発戦略, World laugh nuclear power strategy of Japan) "
* 2016 " Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡, Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant) "
* 2020 " Shutokansengo no Nihon (「首都感染」後の日本, Japan after the "Capital Infection") "
* 2021 " Shuto Okayama (首都岡山, Capital City Okayama) "