title: Katsuhiko Takahashi
text: # Katsuhiko Takahashi
  
  Katsuhiko Takahashi (高橋 克彦, Takahashi Katsuhiko, born 6 August 1947) is a Japanese writer of mystery, horror, science fiction and historical fiction. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
  
  ## Works in English translation
  
  ### Crime Novel
  
  * The Case of the Sharaku Murders (original title: Sharaku Satsujin Jiken), trans. Ian Macdonald (Thames River Press, 2013)
  
  ### Short horror story
  
  * Reunion (original title: Daisuki na Ane), trans. Andrew Cunningham (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 2: Country Delights, Kurodahan Press, 2010)
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1983 – Edogawa Rampo Prize: The Case of the Sharaku Murders
  * 1986 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Sōmon-Dani (The Somon Valley)
  * 1987 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Hokusai Satsujin Jiken (The Case of the Hokusai Murders)
  * 1992 – Naoki Prize: Akai Kioku (The Scarlet Memories)
  * 2000 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Kaen (Flaming Rancor)
  * 2011 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
  
  ## Main works
  
  ### Ukiyo-e murder trilogy
  
  * Sharaku Satsujin Jiken (写楽殺人事件), 1983 (The Case of the Sharaku Murders, Thames River Press, 2013)
  * Hokusai Satsujin Jiken (北斎殺人事件), 1986 (The Case of the Hokusai Murders)
  * Hiroshige Satsujin Jiken (広重殺人事件), 1989 (The Case of the Hiroshige Murders)
  
  ### Detective Sotaro Toma series
  
  * Novels
     * Utamaro Satsugan Jiken (歌麿殺贋事件), 1988 (The Case of the Utamaro Forgery Erasures)
     * Pandora Kēsu Yomigaeru Satsujin (パンドラ・ケース よみがえる殺人), 1988
     * Nanchō Meiro (南朝迷路), 1989 (Labyrinth of the Southern Court)
     * Miira no Satsujin (即身仏の殺人), 1990
     * Gohho Satsujin Jiken (ゴッホ殺人事件), 2002 (The Case of the Gogh Murders)
  * Short story collection
     * Hokusai no Tsumi (北斎の罪), 1990 (Hokusai's Sin)
  
  ### Standalone novels
  
  * Rondon Ansatsu Tō (倫敦暗殺塔), 1985 (London's Tower of Murder)
  * Gūjinkan no Satsujin (偶人館の殺人), 1990 (Murder at the Puppet Museum)
  * Sōmondani (総門谷), 1985 (Sōmon Valley)
  
  ### Memories series (horror novels)
  
  * Akai Kioku (緋い記憶), 1991
  * Zense no Kioku (前世の記憶), 1996
  * Aoi Kioku (蒼い記憶), 2000
  