Kōichi Iiboshi

Kōichi Iiboshi^[1] (飯干 晃一, Iiboshi Kōichi, 2 June 1927 in Osaka - 2 March 1996 in Tokyo) 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 , the president of Tōei Film Studio, got a manuscript from the yakuza (美能幸三), 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[]

• "Jingi naki Tatakai" (Battles Without Honor and Humanity) series
• "Nippon no Don" (Tycoon in Japan) series

Notes[]

Resources[]

Asahi Newspaper. Gendai Nihon Jinbutsu Jiten (Who's Who Today). 1990. ISBN 978-4-02-340051-1.