Background
Inoue was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, during the baby boom that took place after World World War World War II
井上 篤夫いのうえあつお
Inoue was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, during the baby boom that took place after World World War World War II
Waseda University.
He is regarded as an expert on cinema and works of Frank Capra. and the author of Aiming High—A of Masayoshi Son. Many of his classes at Waseda University were cancelled due to student protests. Inoue began writing magazine articles while he was in college and drafted articles for Weekly Playboy magazine, a leading magazine in Japan.
Over the course of his career, he lived in the United States of America and interviewed many celebrities, including George Harrison, Jeffrey Archer, Brooke Shields, Muhammad Ali, Irving Wallace and Jack Carter, the son of President Jimmy Carter.
His articles were published for the Weekly Playboy. Upon returning to Japan, Inoue translated and published books of poetry written by Nancy Woods, Dancing Moons and Shaman"s Circle.
Inoue has also translated a great number of literary works and biographies. Wired– The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi by Bob Woodward,1985(Japanese translation)
Winners of Young American Entrepreneurs by KK Bestsellers 1987
There Is the Friendship in Boston by Kawade Shobo 1990
Recollection Marilyn Monroe by Shueisha Bunko 1998
Shaman"s Circle by Nancy Woods 1998 (translation)
What Dogs Teach Us – Life"s Lessons Learned from Our Best Friends by Glenn Dromgoole 2003 (translation)
English Bouquet by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha 2004
Ultimate Marilyn Monroe by SoftBank Creative 2006
American Origin –Going Boston to Learn Future of Japan by SoftBank Creative 2007
Dancing Moons by Nancy Woods 2007 (Japanense translation)
Political Sex Appeal – United States. President and Hollywood by Shincho Bunko 2008
Michelle Obama – An American Story by David Colbert 2009 (Japanese translation)
Making it Happen: the New 30 Year Vision of Masayoshi Son, published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, 2010
How Wonderful, Frank Capra published by Shueisha Bunko 2011
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters of Marilyn Monroe, published by Seigensha Art Publishing, 2012(Japanese translation)
Aiming High - A of Masayoshi Son published by YouTeacher, 2013.