Koushun Takami was born in 1969 in Amagasaki near Osaka and grew up
in Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku (the fourth largest island in
Japan), where he currently resides. After graduating from Osaka
University with a degree in literature, he worked for a newspaper
company, Shikoku Shinbun, for five years, reporting on politics,
police reports, and economics. Also, he attended Nihon
University’s liberal arts correspondence-course program and
acquired an English teaching certificate for junior high and high
school.
Battle Royale, completed after Takami left the newspaper company,
was his debut work and his only novel published so far. With its
publication in Japan in 1999, it received widespread support and
became a best seller. Battle Royale was serialized as a comic, made
into a feature film in 2000, and has been translated into more than
ten languages. Since its initial release, Battle Royale
continues to be a cult favorite in Japan and internationally.
In 2012, Battle Royale: Angels' Border, a spin-off manga scripted
by Koushun Takami, was released.
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