Keigo Higashino

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Instance of

human

Born

4 February 1958

Died

23 July 2026

Place of birth

Ikuno-ku, Osaka

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Keigo

Family name

Higashino

Genre

crime fiction

Field of work

literature, detective literature

Occupation

novelist, writer, screenwriter, engineer

Citizenship

Japan

Native language

Japanese

Awards

Edogawa Rampo Award, Naoki Prize, Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize, Q137752358, Chūōkōron Award, Shibata Renzaburō Award, Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature, Q106520936, Q130820029, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon

cause of death

colorectal cancer

educated at

Osaka Prefecture University

end of work period

2026

languages spoken, written or signed

Japanese

manner of death

natural causes

name in kana

ひがしの けいご

name in native language

東野圭吾

notable work

Q5364477, Galileo Series, Q10938783, Q10904345, Bunshin, Naoko, Journey Under the Midnight Sun, Ryūsei no Kizuna, Samayou Yaiba, The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, The Devotion of Suspect X

start of work period

1985

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writing language

Japanese

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