Keigo Higashino

Higashino Keigo

  • Name: Higashino Keigo
  • Native name: 東野圭吾
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 4, 1958
  • Age: 67
Higashino Keigo was born in the Ikuno Ward of Osaka City. He incorporates his experience in his hometown into his works, notable examples include "Byakuya" and "Namiwa Shonen Tanteidan". Originally, his last name was read as Tono but his father changed the reading to Higashino. He graduated from the department of electrical engineering of Osaka Prefecture University. While in college, he was the captain of the archery club. Archery would go on to be used in his debut work "Houkago (After School)".

While working as an engineer in 1983, he submitted his work, "Ningyotachi no Ie", for the 29th Edogawa Ranpo award. He also got married to his wife, a part time high school teacher, around that time.

In 1984, his novel, "Makyu", became a finalist for the 30th Random Walk Awards but was defeated. He had better results in the following year when his novel "Houkago" won the 31st Edogawa Ranpo Award which started his career as a novelist. He retired from engineering in 1986 and moved to Tokyo where set out to become a full time author.

While he faced initial difficulties in his path to becoming a full time author, he got his big break after 1996's "Meitantei no Okite" and 1998's "Himitsu" won awards and were subsequently adapted.

Since then, he was steadily improved his reputation as an author. 2006's "Dedication of Suspect X" became the winner of the 134th Naoki Award and the 6th Authentic Mystery Award. He and his wife reportedly divorced around that time.

Since 2009, he became the chairman of the Japanese Society for Detective Authors through election. In 2014, he became a selection member of the Naoki Awards.

In 2011, he donated the profit from the reprinting of his book "Kirin no Tsubasa" to relief efforts after the Great Hanshin Earthquake. It was announced in April of 2020 that, due to the spreading of COVID-19, he would be releasing his work in the ebook format for the first time. In 2019, he received an award for his contributions to the publishing world. Edit Biography
Original Creator
Year Title Type Rating
TBA Qi Dao Luo Mu Shi
Movie
0.0
TBA Li Ming Zhi Jie
Drama
0.0
TBA The Lakeside
Drama
0.0
TBA Bai Ye Xing
Movie
0.0
2025 Black Showman
Movie
0.0
2024 Welcome to the Game
Movie
7.5
2024 Game no Na wa Yukai
Drama
7.2
2024 In an Isolated Cottage on a Snowy Mountain
Movie
6.9
2023 Revival
Movie
7.1
2022 Silent Parade
Movie
7.3
2022 The Murder in Kairoutei
Drama
7.5
2021 Masquerade Night
Movie
7.4
2021 Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba
Drama
7.8
2020 The Dangerous Venus
Drama
7.5
2020 Kidnapping Game
Drama
7.7
2019 Parallel World Love Story
Movie
6.8
2019 Dying Eye
Drama
7.0
2019 Masquerade Hotel
Movie
7.6
2018 The House Where The Mermaid Sleeps
Movie
7.2
2018 Laplace's Witch
Movie
7.0
2018 The Crimes That Bind
Movie
7.6
2017 Namiya
Movie
7.6
2017 Kataomoi
Drama
7.3
2017 The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Movie
8.0
2017 The Devotion of Suspect X
Movie
7.5
2016 Shippu Rondo
Movie
7.2
2016 Higashino Keigo Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg?
Drama
7.3
2015 The Big Bee
Movie
6.9
2014 Henshin
Drama
7.4
2014 Broken
Movie
7.7
2013 A Midsummer's Equation
Movie
7.6
2013 Galileo Season 2
Drama
7.7
2013 Platinum Data
Movie
7.8
2012 Perfect Number
Movie
7.6
2012 Higashino Keigo Mysteries
Drama
7.3
2012 Naniwa Shounen Tanteidan
Drama
7.1
2012 Bunshin
Drama
7.0
2012 The Wings of the Kirin
Movie
7.4
2011 Shimei to Tamashii no Limit
Drama
7.5
2011 In the City of Dawn
Movie
6.8
2011 Into the White Night
Movie
7.1
2010 Genya
Drama
6.9
2010 Himitsu
Drama
7.0
2010 Shinzanmono
Drama
7.7
2009 White Night
Movie
7.3
2009 The Hovering Blade
Movie
7.2
2009 Meitantei no Okite
Drama
7.1
2008 Ties of Shooting Stars
Drama
8.0
2008 Suspect X
Movie
7.9
2007 Galileo
Drama
8.0
2006 The Letters
Movie
7.5
2006 Byakuyako
Drama
7.9
2005 Henshin
Movie
6.8
2005 Lakeside Murder Case
Movie
6.9
2004 Tokio
Drama
7.5
2003 g@me.
Movie
7.2
2000 Naniwa Shounen Tanteidan
Drama
6.0
1999 Secret
Movie
7.1
Original Creator
Year Title Type Rating
2018 Tegami
Special
7.4
2014 Hakugin Jack
Special
6.8
2014 Nemuri no Mori
Special
7.4
2013 Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2013 Fall Special
Special
7.0
2013 Galileo XX
Special
7.6
2011 Kairoutei Satsujin Jiken
Special
7.0
2011 Brutus no Shinzo
Special
7.0
2011 11 Moji no Satsujin
Special
6.9
2011 Akai Yubi
Special
7.5
2010 Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 20th Anniversary Fall Special - Popular Writer Contest
Special
6.8
2008 Galileo Episode Zero
Special
7.6
2004 Shukumei
Special
6.4
2003 Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 3
Special
0.0
2003 Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2003 Spring Special
Special
6.0
2002 Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 2
Special
0.0
2001 Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 1
Special
0.0
1999 Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1999 Fall Special
Special
6.0
1993 Nemuri no Mori
Special
0.0
1989 Koko no Yume
Special
0.0
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  • First Name: Keigo
  • Family Name: Higashino
  • Native name: 東野圭吾
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 4, 1958
  • Age: 67

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