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Template:Nihongo, known by his pen name Template:Nihongo, 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.[1] In 1986, after leaving the yakuza life, he wrote a novel about his time in Fuchū Prison titled Template:Nihongo, which became a bestseller and was adapted into a film.[2] Abe died on September 2, 2019, from pneumonia, aged 82.[2]