Ira Ishida

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Ira Ishida (?? ??, Ishida Ira, born March 8, 1960) is a Japanese novelist and TV commentator.

After graduating from Seikei University, he worked for a number of different advertising production companies and as a freelance copywriter. In 1997, he published his first short story collection, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, which won the 36th All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize. In 2003, he won the Naoki Prize for 4teen.

His novels describe the culture of young people in Japan, particularly young women and otaku without a college education. Many of his works have been adapted for manga and television. As an actor, he made his first appearance in a leading role in the 2006 film Love My Life.

Ishida's pen name, Ishida Ira, was derived by splitting his real family name Ishidaira.

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Works in English translation

Novel

• Call Boy (original title: Sh?nen), trans. Lamar Stone (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)

Short story

• Ikebukuro West Gate Park (Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan, Cheng & Tsui Company, 2011)

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Awards and nominations

• 1997 - All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize: Ikebukuro West Gate Park (short story)
• 2001 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Call Boy
• 2002 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Kotsuon: Ikebukuro West Gate Park 3
• 2003 - Naoki Prize: 4teen

Main works

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

• Short story collections
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park (????????????), 1998
    • Ikebukuro West Gate Park (????????????)
    • Ekisaitaburu b?i [Excitable boy] (??????????)
    • Oashisu no koibito (???????)
    • Sanshain-d?ri shiviru w? (??????????)
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 2: Sh?nen keis?ki (????????????2 ?????), 2000
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 3: Kotsuon (????????????3 ??), 2002
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 4: Denshi no hoshi (????????????4 ????), 2003
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 5: Han-jisatsu kurabu (????????????5 ??????), 2005
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 6: Haiiro no P?t?pan (????????????6 ?????????), 2006
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 7: G b?izu fuyu sens? (????????????7 G???????), 2007
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 8: Hiseiki rejisutansu (????????????8 ?????????), 2008
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 9: Doragon ti?zu Ry?rui (????????????9 ?????????? ??), 2009
  • Ikebukuro West Gate Park 10: Puraido [Pride] (????????????10 PRIDE), 2010

Call Boy series

• Sh?nen (??), 2001 (Call Boy, Shueisha English Edition, 2013)
• Seinen (??), 2008

Standalone novels

• Utsukushii Kodomo (????????), 1999
• Enjeru [Angel] (?????), 1999
• Nami no ue no majutsushi (????????), 2001
• Bur? taw? [Blue Tower] (??????), 2004
• Akihabara@DEEP (?????@DEEP), 2004

Short story collections

• Sur? guddobai [Slow Good-bye] (????????), 2002
• 4teen (4TEEN), 2003

TV and film adaptations

Japanese TV dramas

• Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV series) (2000)
• 4teen (2004)
• Akihabara@DEEP (2006)

Japanese film

• Akihabara@DEEP (2006)

References

External links

• Ira Ishida at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)

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