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  1. Jul 27, 2022 · SENDAI, Japan — Kotaro Isaka, one of Japan’s most popular crime thriller writers, is a self-described homebody. He rarely leaves Sendai, the city in northeast Japan where he lives, and many of ...

  2. Mar 11, 2021 · Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers' Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and twelve of his books have been adapted for film or TV.

  3. Kotaro Isaka Kotaro Isaka was born on May 25, 1971 in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. After he graduated from the law faculty of Tohoku University, he worked as a system engineer, and he quit his company job and focused on his writing after he heard a song by Kazuyoshi Saito, and the two have collaborated several times since.

  4. Nov 7, 2023 · Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and award-winning writer whose books have sold millions of copies around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers’ Award, and the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize.

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Isaka will definitely keep you guessing to the end…” ― Collider “Breakneck pacing, masterful character development, and well-timed comic relief set Isaka's pitch-perfect (and seamlessly translated) thriller up for blockbuster status."― Kirkus (starred review) “Isaka keeps the suspense high throughout

  6. Apr 5, 2021 · One of the most recent of these was Bullet Train by bestselling Japanese author Kōtarō Isaka, which I was lucky enough to receive a copy of a little while ago. Bullet Train , which is the first English translation of Isaka’s 2010 standalone novel, Maria Bītoru ( Maria Beetle ), is a unique and clever thriller which follows five very unusual killers who find themselves aboard the same ill ...

  7. Kōtarō Isaka has 105 books on Goodreads with 89842 ratings. Kōtarō Isaka’s most popular book is Bullet Train.