Naoki Prize

The Naoki Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semiannually. The official name is Naoki Sanjugo Prize. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. 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."[1] The winner receives a watch and one million yen.

Kikuchi founded the Naoki Prize with the Akutagawa Prize which targets the newcomer of pure literature, and the two prizes are two sides of the same coin and inseparable from one another.

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Winners

The 1st - The 100th

1935 1 Matsutarō Kawaguchi Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro, Fuuryuu Fukagawa Uta, Meiji Ichidai Onna
2 Uko Washio Yoshinochou Taiheiki etc.
1936 3 Chōgorō Kaionji Tensho Onna Gassen, Budo Denraiki
4 Takataro Kigi Jinsei no Ahou
1937 5 There is no applicable work.
6 Masuji Ibuse John Manjiro Hyouryuuki etc.
1938 7 Sotoo Tachibana Narin-denka eno Kaisou
8 Tadao Oike Akitaguchi no Kyoudai
1939 9 There is no applicable work.
10 There is no applicable work.
1940 11 Chiyo Tsutsumi
Sensuke Kawachi		 Koyubi
Gunji Yuubin
12 Genzō Murakami Kazusa Fudoki etc.
1941 13 Soju Kimura Unnan Shubihei
14 There is no applicable work.
1942 15 There is no applicable work.
16 Norio Taoka
Takeo Kanzaki		 Goujou Ichigo etc.
Kanyou etc.
1943 17 There is no applicable work. (Shūgorō Yamamoto's Nihon Fudouki was chosen, but he declined the prize.)
18 Soichi Mori 山畠, Ga to Sasabune
1944 19 Seizo Okada New Guinea Sangakusen
20 There is no applicable work.
1949 21 Tsuneo Tomita ?
22 Katsurō Yamada Umi no Haien
1950 23 Hidemi Kon
Itoko Koyama		 Tennō no Bōshi
Shikkō Yūyo
24 Kazuo Dan ?
1951 25 Keita Genji Eigoya-san, Taifū-san, Gokurōsan
26 Juran Hisao
Renzaburō Shibata		 ?
?
1952 27 Shinji Fujiwara Tsumina Onna etc.
28 Nobuyuki Tateno Hanran
1953 29 There is no applicable work.
30 There is no applicable work.
1954 31 Yorichika Arima ?
32 Haruo Umezaki
Yukio Togawa		 ?
?
1955 33 There is no applicable work.
34 Jirō Nitta
Eikan Kyū		 ?
Hong Kong(novel)
1956 35 Norio Nanjō
Kanichi Kon		 ?
?
36 Tōkō Kon
Miharu Hozumi		 ?
?
1957 37 Masanori Esaki ?
38 There is no applicable work.
1958 39 Toyoko Yamasaki
Eiji Shinba		 ?
?
40 Saburō Shiroyama
Kyō Takigawa		 ?
?
1959 41 Kieko Watanabe
Yumie Hiraiwa		 ?
?
42 Ryōtarō Shiba
Yasuji Toita		 Fukurō no Shiro (Owls' Castle)
?
1960 43 Shōtarō Ikenami ?
44 Daikichi Terauchi
Jūgo Kuroiwa		 ?
?
1961 45 Tsutomu Minakami Gan no tera (Temple of the Geese)
46 Keiichi Itō ?
1962 47 Hisahide Sugimori ?
48 Hitomi Yamaguchi
Sonoko Sugimoto		 ?
?
1963 49 Tokuji Satō ?
50 Yoshie Wada
Tsuruo Andō		 Chiri no Naka
?
1964 51 There is no applicable work.
52 Michiko Nagai
Atsuko Anzai		 ?
?
1965 53 Shigeo Fujii ?
54 Yūkichi Shinbashi
Jihei Chiba		 ?
?
1966 55 Masaaki Tachihara ?
56 Hiroyuki Itsuki ?
1967[2] 57 Jirō Ikushima ?
58 Akiyuki Nosaka
Tōru Miyoshi		 Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies), Amerika Hijiki
?
1968 59 There is no applicable work.
60 Shunshin Chin
Mitsugu Saotome		 ?
?
1969 61 Aiko Satō ?
62 There is no applicable work.
1970[3] 63 Junichi Watanabe
Yūki Shōji		 Hikari to Kage
?
64 Jō Toyoda ?
1971 65 There is no applicable work.
66 There is no applicable work.
1972 67 Hisashi Inoue
Tsunabuchi Kenjō		 Tegusari Shinju
?
68 There is no applicable work.
1973[4] 69 Shuhei Fujisawa
Hideo Osabe		 Ansatsu no Nenrin (Annals of Assassination)
Tsugaru jongara bushi, Tsugaru yosare bushi
70 There is no applicable work.
1974 71 Giichi Fujimoto ?
72 Ryō Hanmura
Magoroku Ide		 Amayadori
?
1975 73 There is no applicable work.
74 Ryuzo Saki fukushū suru wa ware ni ari (Vengeance Is Mine)
1976 75 There is no applicable work.
76 Kyōzō Miyoshi Kosodategokko
1977 77 There is no applicable work.
78 There is no applicable work.
1978 79 Yō Tsumoto
Takehiro Irokawa		 ?
Rikon
80 Tomiko Miyao
Natsuo Ariake		 ?
?
1979[5] 81 Atoda Takashi
Komimasa Tanaka		 Napporeon kyo (Napoleon Crazy (novel))
?
82 There is no applicable work.
1980 83 Kuniko Mukōda
Kageki Shimoda		 "Hana no Namae", "Kawauso" and "Inugoya"
Kiiroi Kiba
84 Masanori Nakamura Genshu no Muhon
1981[6] 85 Yukio Aoshima ?
86 Kouhei Tsuka
Akira Mitsuoka		 ?
?
1982 87 Yūsuke Fukada
Tomomi Muramatsu		 ?
?
88 There is no applicable work.
1983 89 Kōshi Kurumizawa ?
90 Takurō Kanki
Osamu Takahashi		 ?
?
1984 91 Mikihiko Renjō
Toshizō Nanba		 ?
?
92 There is no applicable work.
1985 93 Yōko Yamaguchi ?
94 Seigo Morita
Moriko Hayashi		 ?
?
1986[7] 95 Hiroko Minagawa ?
96 Go Ousaka
Shinpei Tokiwa		 Cadiz no akai hoshi
?
1987[7] 97 Amy Yamada
Ichirō Shiraishi		 Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu Onrī (Soul Music Lovers Only)
?
98 Makio Abe ?
1988 99 Kageyama Tamio
Masaaki Nishiki		 Toi Umi Kara Kita Coo (The Baby Dinosaur Coo From the Far-Off Sea)
?
100 Akiko Sugimoto
Shizuko Tōdō		 ?
?

The 101st to Present

1989[8] 101 Nejime Shōichi
Akira Sasakura		 Kōenji junjō shōtengai
?
102 Seiji Hashikawa
Ryō Hara		 ?
?
1990 103 Tsumao Awasaka ?
104 Kaoru Furukawa ?
1991 105 Masamitsu Miyagitani
Sunao Ashihara		 ?
?
106 Yoshio Takahashi
Katsuhiko Takahashi		 ?
?
1992 107 Shizuka Ijūin ?
108 Tatsurō Dekune ?
1993 109 Kaoru Takamura
Aiko Kitahara		 ?
?
110 Arimasa Oosawa
Masayoshi Satō		 Shinjuku zame - Mugen ningyo
Ebisuya Kihee Tebikae
1994 111 Akihiko Nakamura
Yasuhisa Ebisawa		 ?
?
112 There is no applicable work.
1995 113 Shun Akasegawa ?
114 Mariko Koike
Iori Fujiwara		 ?
?
1996[9] 115 Asa Nonami The Hunter
116 Masako Bando Yamahaha
1997 117 Setsuko Shinoda
Jirō Asada		 Onnatachi no Jihad
Mibu Gishiden (When the Last Sword Is Drawn)[10]
118 There is no applicable work.
1998[11] 119 Kurumatani Chōkitsu Akame shijūya-taki shinjū misui (Attempted Suicide at the Forty-eight Falls of Akame)
120 Miyabe Miyuki Riyū (The Reason)
1999[8][11] 121 Kenichi Sato
Natsuo Kirino		 Ouhi no Rikon
Yawaraka na hoho (Soft Cheeks)
122 Rei Nakanishi Nagasaki burabura-bushi (Strolling Through Nagasaki: A Ballad)
2000[11] 123 Yoichi Funado
Kazuki Kaneshiro		 Niji no Tani no Gogatsu
GO
124 Shigematsu Kiyoshi
Yamamoto Fumio		 Bitamin F (Vitamin F)
Puranaria (Planaria)
2001[11] 125 Yoshinaga Fujita[12] 愛の領分 (Territory of Love)
126 Yamamoto Ichiriki
Yuikawa Kei		 Akanezora (A Deep-Red Sky)
Katagoshi no koibito (Over-the-Shoulder Lover)
2002[11] 127 Yuzaburo Otokawa Ikiru
128 There is no applicable work.
2003[11] 129 Ira Ishida
Yuka Murayama		 4-Teen
Hoshiboshi no fune (Voyage to the Stars)
130 Kaori Ekuni
Natsuhiko Kyogoku		 Gokyu suru Jumbi wa Dekiteita
Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari (Requiem from the Darkness)
2004[11] 131 Hideo Okuda
Tatsuya Kumagai		 Kūchū Buranko
Kaikou no Mori
132 Kakuta Mitsuyo Taigan no kanojo
2005[11] 133 Minato Shukawa Hana manma
134 Keigo Higashino Yōgisha X no Kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X)
2006[11] 135 Shion Miura
Eto Mori		 Mahoroekimae Tada Benriken
Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet
136 There is no applicable work.
2007[13] 137 Kesako Matsui Yoshiwara Tebikigusa
138 Kazuki Sakuraba Watashi no Otoko (My Man)
2008 139 Areno Inoue Kriha e
140 Arata Tendo
Kenichi Yamamoto		 Itamu Hito
Rikyu ni Tazuneyo
2009[14] 141 Kaoru Kitamura Sagi to Yuki (Herons and Snow)
142 Jō Sasaki
Kazufumi Shiraishi		 Haikyo ni kou
Hokanaranu hito e
2010[15] 143 Kyoko Nakajima Small Home (小さいおうち)
144 Nobori Kiuchi
Shusuke Michio		 Hyosa no Utau (漂砂のうたう)
Tsuki to Kani (月と蟹)
2011 145[16] Jun Ikeido Shitamachi Rocket (下町ロケット)

Current members of the selection committee

References

  1. ^ The Japanese Literature Home Page
  2. ^ AnimeCornerStore.com
  3. ^ "Jun'ichi Watanabe". Japanese Literature Publishing Project website. Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080110035107/http://www.jlpp.jp/en/authors/detail.html?w_id=112. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
  4. ^ Embassy of Japan in the UK
  5. ^ - Kyoto SU
  6. ^ The Antigonish Review
  7. ^ a b Museion site - winners to 2005
  8. ^ a b Amazon.com
  9. ^ Kodansha
  10. ^ Japan Today
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mark Jewel. "Archives". The Japanese Literature Home Page. http://www.jlit.net/. 
  12. ^ Announced July 18th 2001 Japan Weekly Monitor, Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Japan July 23rd 2001
  13. ^ Mainichi new: Naoki prize winner
  14. ^ http://www.bunshun.co.jp/award/naoki/index.htm
  15. ^ 2011 prize
  16. ^ http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110716b1.html Writer Ikeido wins Naoki Prize]

See also