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Koushun Takami

Born

in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Osaka, Japan

January 10, 1969

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Koushun Takami (高見広春 Takami Kōshun) is the author of the novel Battle Royale, originally published in Japanese, and later translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media and, later, in an expanded edition by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media.

Takami was born 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 Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was reje ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 118,113 ratings · 11,235 reviews · 99 distinct works • Similar authors

	Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 86,334 ratings — published 1999 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 01 (Battle Royale, #1) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Keith Giffen (English Adaptation) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,504 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 02 (Battle Royale, #2) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi 4.08 avg rating — 2,476 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 03 (Battle Royale, #3) by Koushun Takami, Masayunki Taguchi 4.06 avg rating — 2,219 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 04 (Battle Royale, #4) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Tomo Iwo (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 1,927 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 05 (Battle Royale, #5) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi 4.13 avg rating — 1,923 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 06 (Battle Royale, #6) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Tomo Iwo (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 1,780 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 07 (Battle Royale, #7) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi 4.17 avg rating — 1,750 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 09 (Battle Royale, #9) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Tomo Iwo (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 1,626 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Royale, Vol. 14 (Battle Royale, #14) by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi 4.15 avg rating — 1,576 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Koushun Takami (?)

“Loving someone always requires you to not love others.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

tags: love, survival

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“By then she was dead. In fact, she may have been dead a while ago. Physically, several seconds ago, mentally, ages ago.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

tags: dead, mentally, physically

201 likes

“It's not a bad thing to be loved.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

tags: love

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January 2016 New School Group Read

1937, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, 366 pages

22 votes, 15.4%

1966, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, 445 pages

21 votes, 14.7%

1915, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, 201 pages

13 votes, 9.1%

1920, This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 288 pages

12 votes, 8.4%

1953, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, 181 pages

12 votes, 8.4%

1954, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 182 pages

12 votes, 8.4%

1985, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, 400 pages

11 votes, 7.7%

1999, Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, 617 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 304 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1939, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, 264 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1998, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 546 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1984, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, 450 pages

5 votes, 3.5%

1956, The Black Obelisk by Erich Maria Remarque, 448 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1926, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, 218 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1937, Christ in Concrete by Pietro Di Donato, 256 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1957, The Assistant by Bernard Malamud, 246 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

143 total votes

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