Arimasa Osawa

Works in English translation

• Shinjuku Shark, trans. Andrew Clare
• The Poison Ape, trans. Deborah Iwabuchi

• My Favourite Mystery, "The Darkest Hour" by William P. McGivern

  Awards

• 1978 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: Kanshō no Machikado
• 1991 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Shinjuku Shark
• 1991 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Shinjuku Shark
• 1991 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Shinjuku Shark
• 1993 – Naoki Prize: Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4
• 2000 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kokoro de wa Omosugiru
• 2001 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Yamisaki Annainin
• 2004 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Pandora Airando
• 2006 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9
• 2010 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 2011 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10

  Main works

Private detective Ko Sakuma series

• Novels
• * Hyōteki Sōro, 1980
• * Tsuisekisha no Kettō, 1986
• * Yukihotaru, 1996
• * Kokoro de wa Omosugiru, 2000
• Short story collections
• * Kanshō no Machikado, 1982
• * Hyōhaku no Machikado, 1985

  Arbeit detective series

1. Arubaito Ai, 1986
2. Arubaito Ai: Chōdokushi o Sagase, 1987
3. Joō-heika no Arubaito Ai, 1988
4. Fushigi no Kuni no Arubaito Ai, 1989
5. Arubaito Ai: Gōmon Yūenchi, 1991
6. Kaette kita Arubaito Ai, 2004

   Detective Samejima series (Shinjuku Shark series)

• Novels
• # Shinjuku-Zame, 1990
• # Doku-Zaru: Shinjuku-Zame 2, 1991
• # Shikabane Ran: Shinjuku-Zame 3, 1993
• # Mugen Ningyō: Shinjuku-Zame 4, 1993
• # Honō Sanagi: Shinjuku-Zame 5, 1995
• # Kōri Mai: Shinjuku-Zame 6, 1997
• # Haiya: Shinjuku-Zame 7, 2001
• # Fūka Suimyaku: Shinjuku-Zame 8, 2000
• # Ōkami-Bana: Shinjuku-Zame 9, 2006
• # Kizuna Kairō: Shinjuku-Zame 10, 2011
• Short story collection
• * Samejima no Kao: Shinjuku-Zame Tampenshū, 2012

  Standalone novels

• Yamisaki Annainin, 2001
• Pandora Airando , 2004