Hideo Yokoyama
Hideo Yokoyama | |
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| Native name | 横山秀夫 |
| Born | January 17, 1957 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Crime fiction, mystery fiction, thriller |
| Notable works | Six Four |
| Notable awards | Matsumoto Seicho Prize (1998) Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2000) The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2003, 2013) |
Hideo Yokoyama (横山 秀夫, Yokoyama Hideo; born 1957) is a Japanese novelist who specializes in mystery novels. He is also known for his career as a journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma. He repeated his Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! No. 1 ranking in 2013 with Six Four (64). The English edition of Six Four, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, was shortlisted for the 2016 CWA International Dagger.