Kōichi Iiboshi


Kōichi Iiboshi was a Japanese journalist for Yomiuri Shinbun and author.

Career

Iiboshi was an alumnus of Kyoto University. He was the vice copy chief of the social news division of the national Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.
When Shigeru Okada, the president of Tōei Film Studio, got a manuscript from the yakuza Kōzō Minō, he asked Iiboshi to rewrite it as a novel. After that, Iiboshi wrote several series of novels about yakuza conflicts and the dark side of Japanese politics.

Main works

Newspaper. Gendai Nihon Jinbutsu Jiten. 1990..