Atsushi HIRAOKA's Profile


Born August 10, 1955 in Chiba city
Graduated Waseda University, School of Literature I, major in French Literature
Finished graduate school in Chuo University, major in French Literature
French language translator, Chuo University part-time lecturer


Translation

  • Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser, Roman Noir, the French hard-boiled detective fiction, Hakusuisha, 1991
  • Ismaïl Kadaré, Who brought Doruntine back?, Hakusuisha, 1994
  • Ismaïl Kadaré, Broken April, Hakusuisha, 1995 Broken April
  • Jean-Marc Roberts, Strange Affair, Tokyo-sogensha, 1996
  • Ismaïl Kadaré, The Accident (novella) , Frontiers of world literature 3: Dream fragments, Iwanami-shoten, 1997
  • Jean-Patrick Manchette, West Coast Blues, Gakushukenkyu-sha, 1997
  • Daniel Pennac, The Fairy Gunmother, Hakusuisha, 1998
  • Michel del Castillo, Tanguy: A child of our time, Tokuma-shoten, 1998
  • Daniel Pennac, Gentlemen and children, Hakusuisha, 2000
  • Anaïs Vaugelade, The War, Tokuma-shoten, 2000
  • Fred Kassak, Nocturne for an assassin, Tokyo-sogensha, 2000
  • Alfred Fierro, Historical Dictionary of Paris, Hakusuisha, 2000 (in collaboration)
  • Madeleine Chapsal, The most beautiful love letters, Fusosha, 2000 (in collaboration with Yuriko Matsumoto)
  • Jean-Christophe Grangé, Blood Red Rivers, Tokyo-sogensha, 2001
  • Anaïs Vaugelade, A stone soup, Tokuma-shoten, 2001
  • Daniel Pennac, The small market of prose, Hakusuisha, 2002
  • Kitty Crowther, Me and nothing, Tokuma-shoten, 2002
  • Paul Halter, The Fourth Door, Hayakawa-shobo, 2002
  • Kitty Crowther, Scritch Scratch Scraww Plop!, Tokuma-shoten, 2003
  • Paul Halter, Death invites you, Hayakawa-shobo, 2003
  • Jean-Christophe Grangé, Flight of the Storks, Tokyo-sogensha, 2003
  • Rascal, Peter Elliott, Black Chick, Kaiseisha, 2003
  • Madeleine Chapsal, The most beautiful love letters, Sony magazines, 2003 (reprint of the book cited in paperback)
  • Thierry Jonquet, Tarantula, Hayakawa-shobo, 2004
  • Shan Sa, The Girl who played Go, Hayakawa-shobo, 2004
  • Michel Quint, In our strange gardens, Fusosha, 2004
  • Paul Halter, Red Mist, Hayakawa-shobo, 2004
  • Paul Halter, Death behind the Curtains, Hayakawa-shobo, 2005
  • Maurice Leblanc, The Countess of Cagliostro, Hayakawa-shobo, 2005
  • Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief, Hayakawa-shobo, 2005
  • Jean-Christophe Grangé, The Empire of the Wolves, Tokyo-sogensha, 2005 (in collaboration with Kei Takahashi and Mariko Fujita, under the name Shin Takaoka)
  • Maurice Leblanc, The Hollow Needle, Hayakawa-shobo, 2006
  • Paul Halter, The Curse of Barbarossa, Hayakawa-shobo, 2006
  • Maurice Leblanc, The Crystal Stopper, Hayakawa-shobo, 2007
  • Paul Halter, The Madman’s Room, Hayakawa-shobo, 2007
  • Chen Jiang Hong, The Tiger Prince, Tokuma-shoten, 2007
  • Michel Ocelot, Azur & Asmar, Tokuma-shoten, 2007
  • Anne Rambach, Tokyo chaos, Hankyu communications, 2007
  • Franck Thilliez, Room of Death, Shincho-sha, 2008
  • Daniel Pennac. Monsieur Malaussène, Hakusuisha, 2008
  • Paul Halter, The Seventh Hypothesis, Hayakawa-shobo, 2008
  • Kitty Crowther, Poka and Mia: At the bottom of the garden, Tokuma-shoten, 2008
  • Chen Jiang Hong, The Magic Horse of Han Gan, Tokuma-shoten, 2008
  • Paul Halter, The Tiger’s head, Hayakawa-shobo, 2009
  • Marcel F. Lanteaume, Optical Illusion, Tokyo-sogensha, 2009
  • Sylvie Neeman & Olivier Tallec, Wednesdays at the bookstore, Mitsumura-kyoikutosho, 2009
  • Maurice G. Dantec, Babylon Babies, Ota-shuppan, 2009
  • Eric Meyer, Christine Kerdellant, The Hidden Gateway, Shincho-sha, 2010
  • Paul Halter, The Deadly Letter, Hayakawa-shobo, 2010
  • Thierry Lenain, Olivier Tallec, It will, Mitsumura-kyoikutosho, 2010
  • Chen Jiang Hong, Lian, Tokuma-shoten, 2011
  • Pierre Bayard, Sherlock Holmes was Wrong: Re-opening the Case of the "Hound of the Baskervilles", Tokyo sogensha, 2011
  • Franck Thilliez, Syndrome E, Hayakawa-shobo, 2011
  • Thierry Jonquet, Tarantula, Hayakawa-shobo, 2012 (reprint of the cited work)
  • Sébastien Japrisot, Trap for Cinderella, Tokyo-sogensha, 2012
  • Maurice Leblanc, The Last Love of Arsène Lupin, Hayakawa-shobo, 2012
  • Irène Némirovsky, Suite française, Hakusuisha, 2012 (in collaboration wtih Kan Nozaki)
  • Franck Thilliez, Gataca, Hayakawa-shobo, 2013
  • Maurice Leblanc, The Last Love of Arsène Lupin, Hayakawa-shobo, 2013 (enhanced reprint of the cited book in paperback)
  • Mario Ramos, Tiny Tickle, Mitsumura-kyoikutosho, 2013
  • Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, Kobunsha,2013
  • Laurent Genefort, Omale, Hayakawa-shobo, 2014
  • Pascale Maret, Delphine Jacquot, The Harlequin Bird, Tokuma-shoten,2014
  • Laurent Genefort, The Conquerors of Omale, Hayakawa-shobo, 2014
  • Collection, The debutant and other fantastic stories, Iwanami-shoten, 2014
  • Chen Jiang Hong, The little fisherman and the skeleton, Tokuma-shoten, 2015
  • Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and other stories, Rironsha, 2015
  • Sébastien Japrisot, The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, Tokyo-sogensha, 2015
  • Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmès, Hayakawa-shobo, 2015
  • Michel Bussi, After the crash, Shueisha, 2015
  • Pierre Lemaitre, Goodbye, Up There, Hayakawa-shobo, 2015