Ira Ishida

is a Japanese novelist and TV commentator.

After graduating from Seikei University, he worked for a number of different advertising production companies and as a freelance copywriter. In 1997, he published his first short story collection, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, which won the 36th All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize. In 2003, he won the Naoki Prize for 4teen.

Short story Ikebukuro West Gate Park (Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan, Cheng & Tsui Company, 2011)

Awards and nominations 1997 - All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize: Ikebukuro West Gate Park (short story) 2001 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Call Boy 2002 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Kotsuon: Ikebukuro West Gate Park 3 2003 - Naoki Prize: 4teen

Main works Ikebukuro West Gate Park Short story collections , 1998

, 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010

Call Boy series , 2001 (Call Boy, Shueisha English Edition, 2013) , 2008 Call Boy 3, 2018

Standalone novels , 1999 , 1999 , 2001 , 2004 , 2004 , 2019

Short story collections , 2002 , 2003

TV and film adaptations Japanese TV dramas Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV series) (2000) 4teen (2004) Akihabara@DEEP (2006)

Japanese film Akihabara@DEEP (2006) (2018)