Koushun Takami was born on 10 January 1969 (age 47 till 2016)Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan near Osaka and grew up in Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku, where he currently resides is a Japanese author and journalist. He completed his graduation from Osaka University with a degree in literature. He worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics from 1991 to 1996.
He is not a married man so he doesn't have any wife his affair is also unknown. His nationality is Japanese and belongs to the Japanese ethnicity. His net worth and salary are not known till now but it is sure that he earns a beautiful amount money as royalty from his books and endorsements received from manga series and featured film turned novel Battle Royale.