Hisashi Inoue

Hisashi Inoue
Inoue in 2008
Inoue in 2008
Native name
井上 ひさし
Born(1934-11-16)16 November 1934
Kawanishi, Yamagata, Japan
Died9 April 2010(2010-04-09) (aged 75)
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationWriter
GenreNovels, stage plays

Inoue Hisashi (井上 ひさし, Inoue Hisashi, 16 November 1934 – 9 April 2010) was a leading Japanese playwright and writer of comic fiction. From 1961 to 1986, he used the pen name of Uchiyama Hisashi.