Koushun Takami

Quick Facts

Full Name	Koushun Takami
Occupation	Author
Date Of Birth	Jan 10, 1969(1969-01-10)
Age	55
Birthplace	Amagasaki
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hyogo
Horoscope	Capricorn

Koushun Takami Biography

Koushun Takami is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on January 10, 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. Takami was born Hiroharu Takami (高見宏治 , Takami Hiroharu) on 10 January 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University’s liberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.

The novel was translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media in 2003. An expanded English edition was later published by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media, in 2009. The first manga also began being released in English in 2003, by Tokyopop, with the last volume published in 2006. As well as being critically acclaimed, the Battle Royale series has become infamous not only in Japan, but around the world and has earned cult status.

Koushun Takami Net Worth

Koushun Takami is one of the richest Author from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Koushun Takami 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kōshun Takami (高見 広春 , Takami Kōshun, born 10 January 1969) is a Japanese author and journalist. He is best known for his 1999 novel Battle Royale, which was later adapted into two live-action films, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and three manga series.

Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was rejected in the final round of the 1997 literary competition Japan Grand Prix Horror Novel, due to its controversial content depicting Junior High School children forced to kill one another. When finally published in April 1999, it went on to become a bestseller, and only a year later was made into both a manga and a feature film.

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Kristaps Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Koushun Takami celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.

Is Battle Royale based on a true story?

Since the film’s release, the term “battle royale” has been redefined to refer to a fictional narrative genre and/or mode of entertainment inspired by the film , where a select group of people are instructed to kill each other off until there is a triumphant survivor.

Did Battle Royale inspire Hunger Games?

Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games, was born in 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut. The Hunger Games is actually plagiarized from the Japanese film, Battle Royale , which was produced in 2000.

Is Battle Royale a dystopian book?

First edition cover, as published by Ohta Publishing
AuthorKoushun Takami
Language| Japanese
Genre| Dystopian Horror
Publisher| Ohta Publishing

Is Battle Royale based on Lord of the Flies?

Koushun Takami’s novel Battle Royale chronicles how a middle school class must participate in a politically dystopian Japanese government’s combat experiment. This novel has strong correlations to Lord of the Flies, Legend and The Hunger Games as they center around children being forced to kill one another to survive.

Is there a battle royale 3?

Battle Royale 3 Disc Edition [Blu-ray] [2000]