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Kōshun Takami (高見 広春,Takami Kōshun; born 10 January 1969) is a Japanese author and journalist. He is best known for his1999 novelBattle Royale,^[1] which was later adapted into twolive-action films, directed byKinji Fukasaku, and fourmanga series.

Takami was born on 10 January 1969 inAmagasaki,Hyōgo Prefecture nearOsaka and grew up in theKagawa Prefecture ofShikoku. After graduating fromOsaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out ofNihon University'sliberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news companyShikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.

Kōshun Takami was born Hiroharu Takami (高見宏治,Takami Hiroharu). His new given name is a play on word on his original one. Hiroharu is ahomophone of ''large spring''. The author then adopted the kanjis 広春 (large spring) and used theiron'yomi pronunciation to form his new name: Kōshun.

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 amanga and a feature film.

The novel was translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published byViz Media in 2003. An expanded English edition was later published byHaika Soru, a division of Viz Media, in 2009. The first manga also began being released in English in 2003, byTokyopop, with the last volume published in 2006. As well as being critically acclaimed,^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} theBattle Royale series has become infamous not only in Japan, but around the world and has earnedcult status.^[8]

SinceBattle Royale, Takami has not released any work.

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