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Koushun Takami (高見広春 Takami Kōshun, born 1969) is best-known as the author of the novel Battle Royale
, originally published in Japanese, and later translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Communications.

He was born in Amagasaki, Hyogo 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, and was rejected in the final round of the literary competition for which it was intended, owing to its controversial content. It went on to become a bestseller when finally released in 1999, and a year later, was made into a manga and a feature film.

He is writing his second novel, but there's no word yet as to whether it has any connection to Battle Royale.

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