He is popularly known as "the Dragon of Dojima" ( 堂島の龍, Dōjima no Ryū) due to the tattoo of a dragon on his back and him originally being a fearsome member of the yakuza group known as the Dojima Family, a subsidiary of the Tojo Clan.
Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British novelist known for his lyrical tales of regret infused with subtle optimism. In 2017 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his works that ‘uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of…
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒 一雄, Hepburn: Ishiguro Kazuo; / k æ ˈ z uː . oʊ ˌ ɪ ʃ ɪ ˈ ɡ u r oʊ, ˈ k æ z u . oʊ/; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer.