Riku Onda Explained

Riku Onda
Pseudonym:恩田 陸
Native Name:熊谷 奈苗
Birth Place:Sendai, Japan
Alma Mater:Waseda University
Occupation:Writer
Language:Japanese
Genre:
Notableworks:
  • Yoru no pikunikku
  • Yujinia
  • Nakaniwa no dekigoto
  • Mitsubachi to enrai
Awards:

, known by her pen name, is a Japanese writer. Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.

Early life and education

Nanae Kumagai was born in 1964 in Aomori, Japan but raised in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture.[1] She graduated from Waseda University in 1987 and worked in an office for several years, then quit her job to try writing a novel after reading Ken'ichi Sakemi's 1991 novel .[2]

Career

Onda made her literary debut in 1992 with the novel , which was adapted into the 2000 NHK show starring Anne Suzuki and Chiaki Kuriyama.[3] [4] More novels and adaptations followed, including the 1999 novel , which was adapted into a 2002 film,[5] and the 2000 novel , which was adapted into a 2001 TBS television series starring Tsubasa Imai.[6]

In 2005 Onda won the 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers and the 2nd Japan Booksellers' Award Grand Prize for her novel , a story about two half-siblings participating in their school's annual hike.[7] Yoru no pikunikku was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Masahiko Nagasawa and starring Mikako Tabe.[8] After being previously nominated for a 58th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for her book Q&A in 2005, Onda won the 59th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel in 2006 for her murder mystery . The next year she won the 20th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for her book , a complex story about a playwright writing a play about a playwright who is murdered while writing a play.[9] [10] Onda's 2011 novel was adapted into the 2012 television drama Akumu-chan, starring Keiko Kitagawa and shown on Nippon TV.[11] [12] An Akumu-chan film sequel, also starring Keiko Kitagawa, premiered in 2014.[13] [14]

In 2017, after having been nominated six different times for the Naoki Prize, Onda won the 156th Naoki Prize for her 2016 book , a story about an international piano competition.[15] [16] Mitsubachi to enrai also won the Japan Booksellers Award Grand Prize in 2017.[17] After winning the Naoki Award Onda visited her hometown of Sendai and received a special award from Mayor Emiko Okuyama.[18]

Recognition

Film and other adaptations

Film

Television

Bibliography

Selected works in Japanese

Selected works in English

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 「水戸は縁起いい土地」 直木賞作家・恩田陸さん. ja. Ibaraki Shimbun. November 20, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104135/http://ibarakinews.jp/news/newsdetail.php?f_jun=15110873221250. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: 第二世紀へのメッセージ. ja. Waseda University. May 19, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104155/https://www.waseda.jp/top/news/51069. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  3. Web site: 史上初のダブルW受賞！？ 恩田陸ってどんな作家なの？. ja. AERAdot. Asahi Shimbun. 高倉. 優子. April 14, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133724/https://dot.asahi.com/dot/2017041400036.html. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: ドラマ愛の詩 六番目の小夜子. ja. NHK. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104332/https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/tv60bin/detail/index.cgi?das_id=D0009020042_00000. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  5. Web site: 木曜組曲. ja. Eiga.com. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133739/https://eiga.com/movie/40608/. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020202093126/http://www.tbs.co.jp/neverland2001/cast.htm. February 2, 2002. Neverland Cast. ja. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television. August 2, 2018.
  7. Web site: 恩田陸『夜のピクニック」は文学史に名を残す名作だ. ja. Shūkan Gendai. Kodansha. 佐藤. 優. February 4, 2018. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133702/http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/54319. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: 『夜のピクニック』1000人一緒に星空試写会開催. ja. CinemaCafe.net. September 25, 2006. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104206/https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2006/09/25/802.html. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  9. News: 第２０回三島由紀夫賞・山本周五郎賞決まる. ja. Asahi Shimbun. May 15, 2018. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133757/http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY200705150358.html. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  10. Web site: The Incident in the Courtyard. Books from Japan. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104529/http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/736-the-incident-in-the-courtyard. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  11. News: 北川景子：腹黒い小学教師役で新境地に挑戦. ja. MANTAN Web. Mainichi Shimbun. August 17, 2012. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104120/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120816dog00m200032000c.html. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  12. Web site: 悪夢ちゃん. ja. Nippon TV. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180912035458/http://www.ntv.co.jp/akumu/. September 12, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  13. News: 北川景子主演『悪夢ちゃん』続編映画化!. ja. Oricon News. Oricon. July 15, 2013. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133957/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2026635/full/. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  14. News: GACKT、衝動を抑えきれず「すぐ保護されてた」. ja. Modelpress. May 3, 2014. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803134043/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1359194. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  15. News: Sumito Yamashita claims 156th Akutagawa Prize. The Japan Times. Kikuchi. Daisuke. January 20, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133843/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/20/books/sumito-yamashita-claims-156th-akutagawa-prize/. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  16. News: 『直木賞』に6度目ノミネートの恩田陸、『芥川賞』は山下澄人. ja. Cinra.net. January 19, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803165115/https://www.cinra.net/news/20170119-akutagawanaoki. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  17. News: 【2017年本屋大賞】恩田陸氏『蜜蜂と遠雷』に決定 直木賞と"ダブル受賞"の快挙. ja. Oricon News. Oricon. April 11, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133843/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2088997/full/. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  18. Web site: 「仙台は私の古里」 恩田陸さんに「賛辞の楯」 市役所訪問 ／宮城. ja. Mainichi Shimbun. March 28, 2017. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133912/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170328/ddl/k04/040/085000c. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  19. Web site: 吉川英治文学新人賞過去受賞作. ja. Kodansha. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180616180415/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bn/list.html. June 16, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  20. Web site: これまでの本屋大賞. ja. 本屋大賞. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180706104327/https://www.hontai.or.jp/history/index.html. July 6, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  21. Web site: 文学賞検索. ja. 日本推理作家協会. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234000/http://www.mystery.or.jp/prize. July 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  22. Web site: 山本周五郎賞 過去の受賞作品. ja. Shinchosha. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095831/http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/prizes/yamamotosho/archive.html. July 22, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  23. Web site: 直木賞受賞者一覧. ja. 日本文学振興会. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107125052/http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/list.html. November 7, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  24. Web site: 夜のピクニック. ja. Eiga.com. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803134055/https://eiga.com/movie/31217/. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  25. Web site: 悪夢ちゃん The 夢ovie. ja. Eiga.com. August 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133906/https://eiga.com/movie/78961/. August 3, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  26. Book: Onda, Riku. Speculative Japan 2: "The Man Who Watched the Sea" and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy. Kurodahan. 2011. The Big Drawer. Stevens Heath. Nora. 9784902075182.
  27. Book: Onda, Riku. Speculative Japan 3: "Silver Bullet" and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy. Kurodahan. 2012. The Warning. Ignatov. Mikhail S.. 9784902075304.
  28. News: 100 Notable Books of 2020 . 20 November 2020 . The New York Times . 20 November 2020.
  29. News: Cha . Steph . 2022-07-21 . A Quicksilver Mystery That Flickers, Flashes, Twists and Turns . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-31 . 0362-4331.
  30. Web site: 2023-05-06 . Japan bestseller ‘Honeybees’ is an ode to creatives . 2024-05-16 . The Seattle Times . en-US.

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