George Abe

George Abe
Native name
安部 譲二
Born
Naoya Abe (安部 直也)

(1937-05-17)May 17, 1937
Tokyo, Empire of Japan (Currently Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
DiedSeptember 2, 2019(2019-09-02) (aged 82)
OccupationAuthor
Notable worksRainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin
Website
www.abegeorge.net

Naoya Abe (Japanese: 安部 直也, Hepburn: Abe Naoya; May 17, 1937[1] – September 2, 2019), known by his pen name George Abe (安部 譲二, Abe Jōji), was a Japanese author and former yakuza. Outside Japan, he is best known for writing the manga series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin in collaboration with artist Masasumi Kakizaki. As a teenager, Abe became a member of the Ando-gumi yakuza family, and was later recruited by the Koganei-ikka.[2] In 1986, after leaving the yakuza life, he wrote a novel about his time in Fuchū Prison titled Hei no Naka no Korinai Menmen (塀の中の懲りない面々), which became a bestseller and was adapted into a film.[3] Abe died on September 2, 2019, from pneumonia, aged 82.[3]

Abe worked as a flight attendant for Japan Airlines from 1961 to 1965.[4] He was the model for Jōji Miyagi, the main character in Yukio Mishima's entertainment romance novel Fukuzatsuna Kare (複雑な彼 That Complicated Guy) published in 1966.[5][6] Abe's pen name "Jōji" was adapted from the character in the novel.[7]

References

  1. ^ ABE, George. Weekly Young Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ 安部譲二さん死去 「塀の中の懲りない面々」. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). September 8, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  3. ^ a b 作家の安部譲二さん死去 「塀の中の懲りない面々」. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). September 8, 2019. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "同期入社だった作家・安部譲二が「私にだけラブレターをくれなかった」理由【力道山未亡人～元日航CA・田中敬子の数奇な半生～＃20】". NEWSポストセブン. 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  5. ^ 杉本和弘「複雑な彼」（『三島由紀夫事典』勉誠出版, 2000, pp. 310-312）
  6. ^ 安部譲二「解説」（文庫版『複雑な彼』集英社文庫, 1987）
  7. ^ 安部譲二「解説」（文庫版『複雑な彼』角川文庫, 2009, pp. 382-388）
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