Eiji Yoshikawa
He received eighth place in his entrance exam to the illustrious Nada High School, and continued on to the Osaka University of Arts, where he graduated from the school of broadcasting. He then worked for a publishing company for five years, where he became famous for his catchy advertisements and commercials. He was given his own advice column in "Asahi Shimbun", called the "Lighthearted Worry Column", which highlighted his strange and unique sense of humor and made him a household name. He began to work as a freelance copywriter in 1987, and in his free time, wrote the novels that would give him his cult following in Japan, as well as a variety of rakugo, essays, scripts and short stories. His best-known work includes the novels "Tonight, from Every Bar in Town" (13th Eiji Yoshikawa New Author Prize), "The Pigs of Gadara" (Mystery Writers of Japan Award), and "The Night of Human Models" (Naoki Prize).