Yoichi Nishimaru

Nishimaru was born in Yokohama.^{[citation needed]} He studied medicine at Yokohama Medical College (present-day Yokohama City University School of Medicine), and was appointed Professor of medical jurisprudence there in 1973.^[2] While working at Yokohama City University, he wrote some enlightening essays on forensic medicine, including Afternoon in the Forensic Medicine Classroom which was made into a TV program in Japan.^[3] After retiring from Yokohama City University and becoming Professor Emeritus, he became a ship's doctor.

• Nishimaru, Yoichi (1982). 法医学教室の午後 [Afternoon in the Forensic Medicine Classroom]. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. ISBN 4022549998.
• Nishimaru, Yoichi (1986). 続法医学教室の午後 [Afternoon of Connection Forensic Classroom]. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. ISBN 4022604190.
• Nishimaru, Yoichi (1995). 法医学教室との別れ [Farewell to Forensic Classroom]. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. ISBN 4022610786.
• Nishimaru, Yoichi (2003). ドクター・トド船に乗る [Doctor Walrus Goes to Sea]. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. ISBN 4022578459.