Naoki Prize Explained

Naoki Prize
Subheader:直木三十五賞 (Naoki Sanjūgo Shō)
Awarded For:Best work of popular literature by rising author
Presenter:Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature
Country:Japan
Year:1935

The Naoki Prize, officially, is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo.[1] Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature, the award recognizes "the best work of popular literature in any format by a new, rising, or (reasonably young) established author."[2] The winner receives a watch and one million yen.[3]

Kikuchi founded the Naoki Prize with the Akutagawa Prize, which targets a new or rising author of literary fiction. The two prizes are viewed as "two sides of the same coin" and inseparable from one another. Because of the prestige associated with the Naoki Prize and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it, along with the Akutagawa Prize, is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards of recognition.[4]

Winners

Bungeishunjū maintains the official archive of past Naoki Prize winners.[5]

1st–100th

19351Matsutarō Kawaguchi,
,
2Uko Washio, etc.
19363Chōgorō Kaionji,
4Takatarō Kigi
19375No prize awarded
6Masuji Ibuse, etc.
19387Sotoo Tachibana
8Tadao Ooike,
19399No prize awarded
10No prize awarded
194011Chiyo Tsutsumi
Sensuke Kawachi		, etc.
12Genzō Murakami, etc.
194113Sōjū Kimura
14No prize awarded
194215No prize awarded
16Norio Taoka
Takio Kanzaki		, etc.
, etc.
194317No prize awarded(Shūgorō Yamamoto's was chosen, but he declined the prize.)
18Sōichi Mori,
194419Seizō Okada
20No prize awarded
194921Tsuneo Tomita,
22Katsurō Yamada
195023Hidemi Kon
Itoko Koyama
24Kazuo Dan
195125Keita Genji,
,
26Juran Hisao
Renzaburō Shibata
195227Shinji Fujiwara, etc.
28Nobuyuki Tateno
195329No prize awarded
30No prize awarded
195431Yorichika Arima
32Haruo Umezaki
Yukio Togawa
195533No prize awarded
34Jirō Nitta
Eikan Kyū
195635Norio Nanjō
Kanichi Kon
36Tōkō Kon
Miharu Hozumi
195737Masanori Esaki
38No prize awarded
195839Toyoko Yamasaki
Eiji Shinba
40Saburō Shiroyama
Kyō Takigawa
1959 41Kieko Watanabe
Yumie Hiraiwa
42Ryōtarō Shiba
Yasuji Toita
196043Shōtarō Ikenami
44Daikichi Terauchi
Jūgo Kuroiwa
196145Tsutomu Minakami
46Keiichi Itō
196247Hisahide Sugimori
48Hitomi Yamaguchi
Sonoko Sugimoto
196349Tokuji Satō
50Tsuruo Andō
Yoshie Wada
196451No prize awarded
52Michiko Nagai
Atsuko Anzai
196553Shigeo Fujii
54Yūkichi Shinbashi
Jihei Chiba
196655Masaaki Tachihara
56Hiroyuki Itsuki
196757Jirō Ikushima
58Akiyuki Nosaka[6]
Tooru Miyoshi		,
196859No prize awarded
60Shunshin Chin
Mitsugu Saotome
196961Aiko Satō
62No prize awarded
197063Junichi Watanabe[7]
Yūki Shōji
64Jō Toyoda
197165No prize awarded
66No prize awarded
197267Hisashi Inoue
Kenjō Tsunabuchi
68No prize awarded
197369Shuhei Fujisawa[8]
Hideo Osabe
,
70No prize awarded
197471Giichi Fujimoto
72Ryō Hanmura
Magoroku Ide
197573No prize awarded
74Ryuzo Saki
197675No prize awarded
76Kyōzō Miyoshi
197777No prize awarded
78No prize awarded
197879Yō Tsumoto
Takehiro Irokawa
80Tomiko Miyao
Natsuo Ariake
197981Takashi Atōda[9]
Komimasa Tanaka
,
82No prize awarded
198083Kuniko Mukōda
Kageki Shimoda		,,
84Masanori Nakamura
198185Yukio Aoshima
86Kôhei Tsuka
Akira Mitsuoka
198287Yūsuke Fukada
Tomomi Muramatsu
88No prize awarded
198389Kōshi Kurumizawa
90Takurō Kanki
Osamu Takahashi
198491Mikihiko Renjō
Toshizō Nanba
92No prize awarded
198593Yōko Yamaguchi,
94Seigo Morita
Mariko Hayashi
,
198695Hiroko Minagawa
96Gō Ōsaka
Shinpei Tokiwa
1987[10] 97Amy Yamada
Ichirō Shiraishi
98Makio Abe
198899Tamio Kageyama
Masaaki Nishiki
,
100Akiko Sugimoto
Shizuko Tōdō

101st to present

1989101Nejime Shōichi
Akira Sasakura
102Seiji Hashikawa
Ryō Hara
1990103Tsumao Awasaka
104Kaoru Furukawa
1991105Masamitsu Miyagitani
Sunao Ashihara
106Yoshio Takahashi
Katsuhiko Takahashi
1992107Shizuka Ijūin
108Tatsurō Dekune
1993109Kaoru Takamura
Aiko Kitahara
110Arimasa Osawa
Masayoshi Satō
1994111Akihiko Nakamura
Yasuhisa Ebisawa
112No prize awarded
1995113Shun Akasegawa
114Mariko Koike
Iori Fujiwara
1996[11] 115Asa Nonami
116Masako Bandō
1997117Setsuko Shinoda
Jirō Asada
118No prize awarded
1998119Chōkitsu Kurumatani
120Miyuki Miyabe
1999121Kenichi Satō
Natsuo Kirino
122Rei Nakanishi
2000123Yoichi Funado
Kazuki Kaneshiro
Go
124Kiyoshi Shigematsu
Fumio Yamamoto
2001125Yoshinaga Fujita[12]
126Ichiriki Yamamoto
Kei Yuikawa
2002127Yuzaburō Otokawa
128No prize awarded
2003129Ira Ishida
Yuka Murayama
130Kaori Ekuni
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
2004131Hideo Okuda
Tatsuya Kumagai
132Mitsuyo Kakuta
2005133Minato Shukawa
134Keigo Higashino
2006135Shion Miura
Eto Mori
136No prize awarded
2007137Kesako Matsui
138[13] Kazuki Sakuraba
2008139Areno Inoue
140Arata Tendo
Ken'ichi Yamamoto
2009141Kaoru Kitamura
142Jō Sasaki
Kazufumi Shiraishi
2010143Kyōko Nakajima
144Nobori Kiuchi
Shūsuke Michio
2011145[14] Jun Ikeido
146[15] Rin Hamuro
2012147Mizuki Tsujimura
148[16] Asai Ryo
Abe Ryutaro
2013149[17] Shino Sakuragi
150[18] Makate Asai
Kaoruko Himeno
2014151[19] Hiroyuki Kurokawa
152[20] Kanako Nishi
2015153Akira Higashiyama
154Bunpei Aoyama
2016155Hiroshi Ogiwara
156[21] Riku Onda
2017157[22] Shogo Sato
158[23] Yoshinobu Kadoi
2018159[24] Rio Shimamoto
160[25] Junjō Shindō
2019161[26] Masumi Oshima
162[27] Soichi Kawagoe
2020163[28] Hase Seishū
164[29] Naka Saijo
2021165[30] Toko Sawada
Norikazu Sato
166[31] Shogo Imamura
Honobu Yonezawa
2022167[32] Misumi Kubo
168[33] Satoshi Ogawa
Akane Chihaya
2023169[34] Ryōsuke Kakine
Sayako Nagai
170[35] Akiko Kawasaki
Manabu Makime
2024171[36] Michi Ichiho

Winners available in English translation

Current members of the selection committee

(As of 2014)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Accounting for Taste: The Creation of the Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes for Literature. Mack. Edward. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 2004. 64. 2. 291–340. 10.2307/25066744. 25066744.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20081121132314/http://www.jlit.net/reference/awards/awards_n_to_z.html. November 21, 2008. Literary Awards, N-Z. JLit. August 8, 2018.
  3. Web site: Literary awards run spectrum. The Japan Times. Fukue. Natsuko. February 14, 2012. August 8, 2018.
  4. Encyclopedia: Akutagawa Prize. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. August 8, 2018.
  5. Web site: 直木賞受賞者一覧. ja. Naoki Prize Winners List. Bungeishunjū. August 30, 2018.
  6. Web site: AnimeCornerStore.com: Grave of the Fireflies. 2012-07-26.
  7. Web site: Jun'ichi Watanabe. Japanese Literature Publishing Project website. Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center. 2009-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080110035107/http://www.jlpp.jp/en/authors/detail.html?w_id=112 . 2008-01-10.
  8. http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/news/jicc/060426_newbooks.html Embassy of Japan in the UK
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212710/http://moodle.kyoto-su.ac.jp/wiki/index.php/Atoda_Takashi – Kyoto SU
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20060507023027/http://eizou.web.infoseek.co.jp/m2/naokiaward_e.html Museion site – winners to 2005
  11. http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html/en/9784770030252.html Kodansha
  12. Announced July 18th 2001 Japan Weekly Monitor, Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Japan July 23rd 2001
  13. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20080119015209/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20080116i315.htm. January 19, 2008. 芥川賞に川上未映子さん、直木賞は桜庭一樹さん. ja. Yomiuri Shimbun. January 16, 2008. August 30, 2018.
  14. News: Writer Ikeido wins Naoki Prize. The Japan Times. July 16, 2011. August 30, 2018.
  15. News: Tanaka, Enjo win Akutagawa award; Hamuro gets Naoki. The Japan Times. January 19, 2012. August 30, 2018.
  16. Web site: Top literature awards split by oldest, youngest novelists . . January 18, 2013 . January 18, 2013.
  17. Web site: Fujino wins Akutagawa award; Sakuragi gets Naoki prize . . July 17, 2013 . July 19, 2013.
  18. Web site: Literature prizes elevate women . The Japan Times . January 25, 2014 . July 18, 2014.
  19. Web site: Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards go to Shibasaki, Kurokawa . The Japan Times . July 17, 2014 . July 18, 2014.
  20. News: The Japan Times. Ono wins Akutagawa literary award; Nishi wins Naoki Prize. January 16, 2015.
  21. News: The Japan Times. Sumito Yamashita claims 156th Akutagawa Prize. January 20, 2017.
  22. News: The Japan Times. First-time writer Shinsuke Numata wins prestigious Akutagawa Prize. July 19, 2017.
  23. Web site: Chisako Wakatake and Yuka Ishii win Akutagawa literary award; Yoshinobu Kadoi bags Naoki Prize . . January 17, 2018 . January 19, 2018.
  24. News: Hiroki Takahashi wins Akutagawa literary award, while Rio Shimamoto bags Naoki Prize. The Japan Times. July 18, 2018. July 20, 2018.
  25. News: 古市氏は受賞逃す、芥川賞に上田岳弘氏と町屋良平氏. ja. Nikkan Sports. January 16, 2019. January 16, 2019.
  26. News: Two women named for Japan's Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards. Kyodo News. The Japan Times. July 17, 2019. July 17, 2019.
  27. News: Novelists Makoto Furukawa and Soichi Kawagoe to receive Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary prizes. Kyodo News. The Japan Times. January 16, 2020. January 16, 2020.
  28. Web site: 16 July 2020 . Novelists Takayama and Tono win Akutagawa awards; Hase wins Naoki Prize . 6 October 2020 . . en-US.
  29. Web site: 20 January 2021 . 第164回直木賞 西條奈加さん『心淋し川』の受賞が決まる . August 25, 2021 . bunshun.jp . ja.
  30. News: 14 July 2021 . 第165回芥川賞と直木賞 それぞれ2作品が決まる . ja . . August 25, 2021.
  31. News: 19 January 2022 . 第166回「直木賞」"時代もの"W受賞 『氷菓』原作者・米澤穂信氏『黒牢城』 今村翔吾氏『塞王の楯』 . ja . . January 20, 2022.
  32. Web site: 第167回「芥川賞・直木賞」決定 芥川賞は高瀬隼子氏『おいしいごはんが食べられますように』、直木賞は窪美澄氏『夜に星を放つ』. July 26, 2022. Oricon.
  33. Web site: 第168回芥川賞・直木賞に4氏決まる. January 20, 2023. Sankei Shimbun. 19 January 2023.
  34. Web site: 芥川賞に市川沙央さん 直木賞は垣根涼介さん、永井紗耶子さん. July 19, 2023. Jiji.com. 19 July 2023.
  35. Web site: 直木賞に河崎秋子さんと万城目学さん、芥川賞に九段理江さん. January 18, 2024. Asahi Shimbun. 17 January 2024.
  36. Web site: 直木賞、一穂ミチさんの「ツミデミック」が受賞. July 17, 2024. Mainichi Shimbun.

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