– September 2, 2019|lead=yes}}, known by his pen name , 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. In 1986, after leaving the yakuza life, he wrote a novel about his time in Fuchū Prison titled , which became a bestseller and was adapted into a film. Abe died on September 2, 2019, from pneumonia, aged 82.
Provided by Wikipedia