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Naoki Prize
直木なおき三十五さんじゅうごしょう (Naoki Sanjūgo Shō)
Awarded forBest work of popular literature by rising author
DateAugust 10, 1935 (1935-08-10)
CountryJapan
Presented bySociety for the Promotion of Japanese Literature
First awarded1935
Websitewww.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/

The Naoki Prize, officially Naoki Sanjugo Prize (直木なおき三十五さんじゅうごしょう, Naoki Sanjūgo Shō), 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.[3][4]

Winners

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

1st–100th

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1935 1 Matsutarō Kawaguchi Tsuruhachi Tsurujirō (づるはち鶴次郎つるじろう),
Fūryū Fukagawa Uta (風流ふうりゅう深川ふかがわうた, lit. Song of the Refined Fuka River),
Meiji Ichidai Onna (明治めいじいちだいおんな, lit. Meiji Era Woman)
2 Uko Washio Yoshinochō Taiheiki (吉野よしのちょう太平たいへい, lit. Chronicles of the Yoshino Era of Peace), etc.
1936 3 Chōgorō Kaionji Tenshō Onna Gassen (天正てんしょうおんな合戦かっせん, lit. Tenshō Women's Battle),
Budō Denraiki (武道ぶどう傳來でんらい, lit. Martial Arts Chronicles)
4 Takatarō Kigi Jinsei no Ahō (人生じんせい阿呆あほう, lit. A Fool's Life)
1937 5 No prize awarded
6 Masuji Ibuse John Manjirō Hyōryūki (ジョン萬次郎じょんまんじろう漂流ひょうりゅう, lit. The Drifting Chronicles of John Manjirō), etc.
1938 7 Sotoo Tachibana Narin-denka e no Kaisō (ナリン殿下でんかへの回想かいそう, lit. Recollections of His Highness Narin)
8 Tadao Ooike Kabuto (兜首かぶとくび, lit. Helmet),
Akitaguchi no Kyōdai (秋田あきたこう兄弟きょうだい, lit. The Akitaguchi Siblings)
1939 9 No prize awarded
10 No prize awarded
1940 11 Chiyo Tsutsumi
Sensuke Kawachi
Koyubi (小指こゆび, lit. Pinky Finger), etc.
Gunji Yuubin (軍事ぐんじ郵便ゆうびん, lit. Military Postal Service)
12 Genzō Murakami Kazusa Fudoki (上総かずさ風土記ふどき), etc.
1941 13 Sōjū Kimura Unnan Shubihei (雲南うんなん守備しゅびへい, lit. Guards of the Southern Clouds)
14 No prize awarded
1942 15 No prize awarded
16 Norio Taoka
Takio Kanzaki
Gōjō Ichigo (強情ごうじょういちご, lit. Stubborn Ichigo), etc.
Kanyō (寛容かんよう, lit. Generosity), etc.
1943 17 No prize awarded (Shūgorō Yamamoto's Nihon Fudōki (日本にっぽん婦道ふどう, lit. Chronicles of a Japanese Woman's Duties) was chosen, but he declined the prize.)
18 Sōichi Mori Yamahata (やまばたけ),
Ga to Sasabune (笹舟ささぶね, lit. The Moth and the Toy Boat)
1944 19 Seizō Okada Nyū Giniya Sangakusen (ニューギニヤ山岳さんがくせん, lit. New Guinea Mountain War)
20 No prize awarded
1949 21 Tsuneo Tomita Omote (めん, lit. Face),
Irezumi (刺青しせい, lit. Tattoo)
22 Katsurō Yamada Umi no Haien (うみ廃園はいえん, lit. Abandoned Garden of the Sea)
1950 23 Hidemi Kon
Itoko Koyama
Tennō no Bōshi (天皇てんのう帽子ぼうし, lit. The Emperor's Hat)
Shikkō Yūyo (執行しっこう猶予ゆうよ, lit. Stay of Execution)
24 Kazuo Dan Chōgonka (長恨ちょうこん, lit. Chōgon Song)
Shinsetsu Ishikawa Goemon (しんせつ石川いしかわ五右衛門ごえもん, lit. True Theory Ishikawa Goemon)
1951 25 Keita Genji Eigoya-san (英語えいごさん, lit. Mr. English Shop),
Taifū-san (颱風たいふうさん, lit. Mr. Typhoon),
Gokurōsan (苦労くろうさん, lit. I Appreciate Your Hard Work)
26 Juran Hisao
Renzaburō Shibata
Suzuki Mondo (鈴木すずきしゅみず)
Iesu no Ei (イエスの裔, lit. Descendant of Jesus)
1952 27 Shinji Fujiwara Tsumina Onna (つみおんな, lit. Sinful Woman), etc.
28 Nobuyuki Tateno Hanran (叛乱はんらん, lit. Insurrection)
1953 29 No prize awarded
30 No prize awarded
1954 31 Yorichika Arima Shūshin Miketsushū (終身しゅうしん未決囚みけつしゅう, lit. Unconvicted Prisoner For Life)
32 Haruo Umezaki
Yukio Togawa
Boroya no Shunjū (ボロ春秋しゅんじゅう, lit. Spring and Autumn of the Scrap Merchant)
Takayasu Inu Monogatari (高安たかやすいぬ物語ものがたり, lit. Takayasu Dog Story)
1955 33 No prize awarded
34 Jirō Nitta
Eikan Kyū
Gōrikiden (強力きょうりょくでん, lit. The Life of A Mountain Carrier)
Honkon (香港ほんこん, lit. Hong Kong)
1956 35 Norio Nanjō
Kanichi Kon
Tōdaiki (燈台とうだいおに, lit. Lighthouse Demon)
Kabe no Hana (かべはな, lit. Wallflower)
36 Tōkō Kon
Miharu Hozumi
Ogin-sama (ぎんさま)
Kachigarasu (かちがらす, lit. Victory Crows)
1957 37 Masanori Esaki Ruson no Tanima (ルソンの谷間たにま, lit. Valley of the Luzon)
38 No prize awarded
1958 39 Toyoko Yamasaki
Eiji Shinba
Hana Noren (はなのれん, lit. Flower Shop Sign)
Akai Yuki (あかゆき, lit. Red Snow)
40 Saburō Shiroyama
Kyō Takigawa
Sōkaiya Kinjō (総会そうかい錦城きんじょう, lit. Extortionist Kinjō)
Ochiru (ちる, lit. Fall Down)
1959 41 Kieko Watanabe
Yumie Hiraiwa
Mabechigawa (馬淵川まべちがわ)
Taganeshi (鏨師, lit. Master Engraver)
42 Ryōtarō Shiba
Yasuji Toita
Fukurō no Shiro (ふくろうしろ, Owls' Castle)
Danjūrō Seppuku Jiken (だん十郎じゅうろう切腹せっぷく事件じけん, lit. The Danjūrō Seppuku Incident)
1960 43 Shōtarō Ikenami Sakuran (錯乱さくらん, lit. Confusion)
44 Daikichi Terauchi
Jūgo Kuroiwa
Hagure Nenbutsu (はぐれ念仏ねんぶつ, lit. Stray Prayer)
Haitoku no Mesu (背徳はいとくのメス, lit. Invitation to Corruption)
1961 45 Tsutomu Minakami The Temple of the Wild Geese (かりてら, Gan no tera)
46 Keiichi Itō Hotaru no Kawa (ぼたるかわ, lit. River of Fireflies)
1962 47 Hisahide Sugimori Tensai to Kyōjin no Aida (天才てんさい狂人きょうじんあいだ, lit. Between a Genius and a Madman)
48 Hitomi Yamaguchi
Sonoko Sugimoto
Eburiman-shi no Yūgana Seikatsu (こうぶんみつる優雅ゆうが生活せいかつ, lit. The Elegant Lives of the Everyman Family)
Koshū no Kishi (愁のきし, lit. Lonely Contemplation on the Shore)
1963 49 Tokuji Satō Onna no Ikusa (おんなのいくさ, lit. The Women's War)
50 Tsuruo Andō
Yoshie Wada
Kōdan Honmokutei (巷談こうだん本牧亭ほんもくてい, lit. Talking about Honmokutei)
Chiri no Naka (ちりなか, lit. In the Dust)
1964 51 No prize awarded
52 Michiko Nagai
Atsuko Anzai
Enkan (ほのおたまき, lit. Ring of Fire)
Chanshaoshu no Hanashi (ちょう少子しょうしはなし, lit. The Story of Zhang Shaozi)
1965 53 Shigeo Fujii Niji (にじ, lit. Rainbow)
54 Yūkichi Shinbashi
Jihei Chiba
Yaochō (八百長やおちょう, lit. Rigged Game)
Toriko Shū-ki (とりこ愁記, lit. Sad Tale of a Prisoner)
1966 55 Masaaki Tachihara Shiroi Keshi (しろ罌粟げし, lit. White Poppy)
56 Hiroyuki Itsuki Aozameta Uma wo Miyo (あおいざめた, lit. See the Pale Horse)
1967 57 Jirō Ikushima Oitsumeru (いつめる, lit. Cornered)
58 Akiyuki Nosaka[6]
Tooru Miyoshi
American Hijiki (アメリカひじき, Amerika Hijiki), A Grave of Fireflies (火垂ほたるのはか, Hotaru no Haka)
Hijiri Shōjo (せい少女しょうじょ, lit. Holy Girl)
1968 59 No prize awarded
60 Shunshin Chin
Mitsugu Saotome
Seigyoku Shishi Kōro (青玉せいぎょく獅子じし香炉こうろ, lit. Sapphire Shishi Incense Burner)
Kyōjin no Ori (僑人のおり)
1969 61 Aiko Satō Tatakai Sunde Hi ga Kurete (たたかいすんでれて, lit. The Day of Battle's End Draws to a Close)
62 No prize awarded
1970 63 Junichi Watanabe[7]
Yūki Shōji
Hikari to Kage (ひかりかげ, lit. Light and Shadow)
Gunki Hatameku Shita ni (軍旗ぐんきはためくした, lit. Beneath the Fluttering Battle Flag)
64 Jō Toyoda Nagaragawa (長良川ながらがわ, lit. Nagara River)
1971 65 No prize awarded
66 No prize awarded
1972 67 Hisashi Inoue
Kenjō Tsunabuchi
Tegusari Shinjū (手鎖てじょう心中しんちゅうの, lit. Shackled Double Suicide)
Zan (, lit. Beheading)
68 No prize awarded
1973 69 Shuhei Fujisawa[8]
Hideo Osabe
Ansatsu no Nenrin (暗殺あんさつ年輪ねんりん, lit. Annals of Assassination)
Tsugaru Yosare Bushi (津軽つがるふし), Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi (津軽つがるじょんからふし)
70 No prize awarded
1974 71 Giichi Fujimoto Oni no Uta (おに, lit. Song of Demons)
72 Ryō Hanmura
Magoroku Ide
Ame Yadori (あめやどり, lit. Shelter From the Rain)
Atorasu Densetsu (アトラス伝説でんせつ, lit. The Legend of Atlas)
1975 73 No prize awarded
74 Ryuzo Saki Fukushū suru wa Ware ni ari (復讐ふくしゅうするはにあり, lit. Vengeance is Mine)
1976 75 No prize awarded
76 Kyōzō Miyoshi Kosodate Gokko (子育こそだてごっこ, lit. Playing at Raising Children)
1977 77 No prize awarded
78 No prize awarded
1978 79 Yō Tsumoto
Takehiro Irokawa
Jinjū no Umi (ふかおもうみ, lit. Jinjū's Sea)
Rikon (離婚りこん, lit. Divorce)
80 Tomiko Miyao
Natsuo Ariake
Ichigen no Koto (いち絃のきん, lit. One-Stringed Harp)
Dai Naniwa Morobito Ourai (大浪おおなみはな諸人もろびと往来おうらい, lit. The Comings and Goings of the Many People of Great Naniwa)
1979 81 Takashi Atōda[9]
Komimasa Tanaka
Napoleon Crazy (ナポレオンきょう, Naporeon Kyō)
Rōkyoku-shi Asahimaru no Hanashi (浪曲ろうきょく朝日あさひまるはなし, lit. The Tales of Master Storyteller Asahimaru), Mimi no Koto (ミミのこと, lit. Matters of the Ear)
82 No prize awarded
1980 83 Kuniko Mukōda
Kageki Shimoda
Hana no Namae (はな名前なまえ, lit. Name of the Flower), Kawauso (かわうそ, lit. Otter), Inugoya (いぬ小屋こや, lit. Dog House)
Kiiroi Kiba (黄色きいろきば, lit. Yellow Fang)
84 Masanori Nakamura Genshu no Muhon (元首げんしゅ謀叛ぼうほん, lit. Sovereign's Rebellion)
1981 85 Yukio Aoshima Ningen Banji Saiō ga Hinoeuma (人間にんげん万事ばんじふさがおう丙午ひのえうま, lit. Everything Happens Unpredictably in the Year of the Horse)
86 Kôhei Tsuka
Akira Mitsuoka
Kamata Kōshinkyoku (蒲田かまた行進曲こうしんきょく, lit. Kamata March)
Kirai (機雷きらい, lit. Sea Mine)
1982 87 Yūsuke Fukada
Tomomi Muramatsu
En'netsu Shōnin (炎熱えんねつ商人しょうにん, lit. Unbearable Heat Merchant)
Jidai-ya no Nyōbō (時代じだい女房にょうぼう, lit. Wife of the Shop Era)
88 No prize awarded
1983 89 Kōshi Kurumizawa Kuropan Furyo-ki (くろパン俘虜ふりょ, lit. Chronicle of the Brown Bread Prisoners)
90 Takurō Kanki
Osamu Takahashi
Shiseikatsu (私生活しせいかつ, lit. Private Life)
Hiden (秘伝ひでん, lit. Mystery)
1984 91 Mikihiko Renjō
Toshizō Nanba
Koibumi (恋文こいぶみ, lit. Love Letter)
Tennojimura (てんのじむら, lit. Tennoji Village)
92 No prize awarded
1985 93 Yōko Yamaguchi Enka no Mushi (演歌えんかむし, lit. Enka Insects),
Rōbai (ろううめ, lit. Old Plum)
94 Seigo Morita
Mariko Hayashi
Uogashi Monogatari (魚河岸うおがしものがたり, lit. Fish Market Story)
Saishuu-bin ni Maniaeba (最終さいしゅう便びんえば, lit. If I'm in Time for the Last Trip), Kyoto Made (京都きょうとまで, lit. Until Kyōto)
1986[10] 95 Hiroko Minagawa Koi Kurenai (こいべに, lit. Crimson Love)
96 Gō Ōsaka
Shinpei Tokiwa
The Red Star of Cadiz (カディスのあかほし, Kadisu no Akai Hoshi)
Tooi Amerika (とおいアメリカ, lit. Far Off America)
1987[10] 97 Amy Yamada
Ichirō Shiraishi
Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu Onrī (ソウル・ミュージック・ラバーズ・オンリー, lit. Soul Music Lovers Only)
Kairōden (うみおおかみでん, lit. Legend of the Sea Wolf)
98 Makio Abe Sorezore no Tsuigakushō (それぞれのおわり楽章がくしょう, lit. The End of Each Musical Movement)
1988 99 Tamio Kageyama
Masaaki Nishiki
Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (とおうみからたCOO, lit. From a Distant Ocean Came Coo)
Kooreru Hitomi (こおれるひとみ, lit. An Eye Freezing Over), Hashima no Onna (はしとうおんな, lit. The Hashima Woman)
100 Akiko Sugimoto
Shizuko Tōdō
Tōkyō Shin Ōhashi Uchūzu (東京とうきょう新大橋しんおおはし雨中うちゅう, lit. Tokyo New Big Bridge Path Plan)
Urete Yuku Natsu (れてゆくなつ, lit. Ripening Summer)

101st to present

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1989 101 Nejime Shōichi
Akira Sasakura
Kōenji Junjō Shōtengai (高円寺こうえんじ純情じゅんじょう商店しょうてんがい, lit. Kōenji Purehearted Shopping District)
Tooi Kuni kara no Satsujinsha (とおくにからの殺人さつじんしゃ, lit. Murderer from a Distant Land)
102 Seiji Hashikawa
Ryō Hara
Kodenshō (小伝しょうでんしょう, lit. Precise Biographical Sketch)
Watashi ga Koroshita Shōjo (わたしころした少女しょうじょ, lit. The Girl I Killed)
1990 103 Tsumao Awasaka Kage Kikyō (かげ桔梗ききょう, lit. Shadow Bellflower)
104 Kaoru Furukawa Hyōhakusha no Aria (漂泊ひょうはくしゃのアリア, lit. A Vagabond's Aria)
1991 105 Masamitsu Miyagitani
Sunao Ashihara
Kaki Shunjyū (なつひめ春秋しゅんじゅう, lit. Summer Princess Spring and Autumn)
Seishun Dendekedekedeke (青春せいしゅんデンデケデケデケ, lit. Youth Dendekedekedeke)
106 Yoshio Takahashi
Katsuhiko Takahashi
Ōkami Bugyō (おおかみ奉行ぶぎょう, lit. Wolf Magistrate)
Akai Kioku (記憶きおく, lit. Red Memory)
1992 107 Shizuka Ijūin Uke Tsuki (がつ, lit. Receiving Month)
108 Tatsurō Dekune Tsukudashima Futari Shobō (つくだとうふたり書房しょぼう, lit. Tsukuda Island Two Bookstores)
1993 109 Kaoru Takamura
Aiko Kitahara
Mākusu no Yama (マークスのやま, lit. Marks' Mountain)
The Budding Tree (こいわすぐさ, Koi Wasuregusa)
110 Arimasa Osawa
Masayoshi Satō
Shinjuku Zame – Mugen Ningyō (新宿しんじゅくさめ あいだ人形にんぎょう, lit. Shinjuku Sharks: Infinite Puppets)
Ebisu-ya Kihei Tebikae (恵比寿えびす喜兵衛きへえ手控てびか, lit. Ebisu Shop Kihei Memorandum)
1994 111 Akihiko Nakamura
Yasuhisa Ebisawa
Futatsu no Sanga (ふたつの山河さんが, lit. Two Mountains and Rivers)
Kikyō (帰郷ききょう, lit. Homecoming)
112 No prize awarded
1995 113 Shun Akasegawa Hakkyū Zan'ei (白球はっきゅうざんうつ)
114 Mariko Koike
Iori Fujiwara
Koi (こい, lit. Love)
Terorisuto no Parasoru (テロリストのパラソル, lit. The Terrorist's Parasol)
1996[11] 115 Asa Nonami The Hunter (こごえるきば, Kogoeru Kiba)
116 Masako Bandō Yamahaha (やま, lit. Mountain Mother)
1997 117 Setsuko Shinoda
Jirō Asada
Onnatachi no Jihaado (おんなたちのジハード, lit. The Women's Jihad)
The Stationmaster (鉄道てつどういん, Poppoya)
118 No prize awarded
1998 119 Chōkitsu Kurumatani The Paradise Bird Tattoo (赤目四十八瀧あかめしじゅうはったき心中しんちゅうの未遂みすい, Akame Shijūya-taki Shinjū Misui)
120 Miyuki Miyabe Riyū (理由りゆう, lit. The Reason)
1999 121 Kenichi Satō
Natsuo Kirino
Ōhi no Rikon (王妃おうひ離婚りこん, lit. The Queen's Divorce)
Yawaraka na Hoho (やわらかなほお, lit. Soft Cheeks)
122 Rei Nakanishi Nagasaki Burabura Bushi (長崎ながさきぶらぶらふし, lit. Ballad of a Nagasaki Stroll)
2000 123 Yoichi Funado
Kazuki Kaneshiro
May in the Valley of the Rainbow (にじたにがつ, Niji no Tani no Gogatsu)
Go
124 Kiyoshi Shigematsu
Fumio Yamamoto
Bitamin F (ビタミンF, lit. Vitamin F)
Puranaria (プラナリア, lit. Planaria)
2001 125 Yoshinaga Fujita[12] Ai no Ryōbun (あい領分りょうぶん, lit. Territory of Love)
126 Ichiriki Yamamoto
Kei Yuikawa
Akanezora (あかねそら, lit. A Deep-Red Sky)
Katagoshi no Koibito (かたごしの恋人こいびと, lit. Over-the-Shoulder Lover)
2002 127 Yuzaburō Otokawa Ikiru (きる, lit. To Live)
128 No prize awarded
2003 129 Ira Ishida
Yuka Murayama
4-Teen (4TEEN フォーティーン)
Hoshiboshi no Fune (ほし々のふね, lit. Ship of Stars)
130 Kaori Ekuni
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Gokyu suru Junbi wa Dekiteita (号泣ごうきゅうする準備じゅんびはできていた, lit. Preparations for Crying Have Been Made)
Nochino Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari (こう巷説こうせつひゃく物語ものがたり, lit. Further Gossip Hundred Tales)
2004 131 Hideo Okuda
Tatsuya Kumagai
Kūchū Buranko (空中くうちゅうブランコ, lit. Trapeze)
Kaikō no Mori (邂逅かいこうもり, lit. Forest of the Chance Meeting)
132 Mitsuyo Kakuta Taigan no Kanojo (対岸たいがん彼女かのじょ, lit. The Woman on the Opposite Shore)
2005 133 Minato Shukawa Hana Manma (はなまんま, lit. As a Flower)
134 Keigo Higashino The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑ようぎしゃXの献身けんしん, Yōgisha X no Kenshin)
2006 135 Shion Miura
Eto Mori
Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benri-ken (まほろ駅前えきまえ多田おおた便利べんりのき, lit. The Convenience Shop Just Before Mahoro Station)
Kaze ni Maiagaru Binīru Shīto (ふういあがるビニールシート, lit. A Vinyl Sheet Dancing in the Wind)
136 No prize awarded
2007 137 Kesako Matsui Yoshiwara Tebikigusa (吉原よしはら手引てびきそう, lit. Yoshiwara Handbook)
138[13] Kazuki Sakuraba Watashi no Otoko (わたしおとこ, lit. My Man)
2008 139 Areno Inoue Kiriha e (切羽きりは, lit. To the Face)
140 Arata Tendo
Ken'ichi Yamamoto
Itamu Hito (いたひと, lit. Mourned Person)
Rikyū ni Tazune yo (利休りきゅうにたずねよ, lit. Go Ask Rikyū)
2009 141 Kaoru Kitamura Sagi to Yuki (さぎゆき, lit. Herons and Snow)
142 Jō Sasaki
Kazufumi Shiraishi
Haikyo ni Kō (廃墟はいきょ, lit. An Invitation to the Ruins)
Hokanaranu Hito e (ほかならぬひと, lit. To None Other Than)
2010 143 Kyōko Nakajima Chiisai O'uchi (ちいさいおうち, lit. A Small House)
144 Nobori Kiuchi
Shūsuke Michio
Hyōsa no Utau (漂砂のうたう, lit. The Singing of the Sands)
Tsuki to Kani (つきかに, lit. The Moon and Crabs)
2011 145[14] Jun Ikeido Shitamachi Roketto (下町したまちロケット, lit. Shitamachi Rocket)
146[15] Rin Hamuro Higurashi no Ki (ひぐらし, lit. Cicada Chronicles)
2012 147 Mizuki Tsujimura Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (かぎのないゆめ, lit. I Saw a Dream Without a Key)
148[16] Asai Ryo
Abe Ryutaro
Nanimono (何者なにもの, lit. Who Is This?)
Tohaku (等伯とうはく)
2013 149[17] Shino Sakuragi Hotel Royal (ホテルローヤル)
150[18] Makate Asai
Kaoruko Himeno
Renka (恋歌こいうた, lit. Love Song)
Shōwa no inu (昭和しょうわいぬ, lit. Dog of Showa)
2014 151[19] Hiroyuki Kurokawa Hamon (破門はもん, lit. Expulsion)
152[20] Kanako Nishi Saraba! (サラバ!, lit. Farewell!)
2015 153 Akira Higashiyama Ryu (ながれ, lit. Flow)
154 Bunpei Aoyama Tsuma wo Metorava (つまをめとらば, lit. If You Marry a Wife)
2016 155 Hiroshi Ogiwara Umi no Mieru Rihatsuten (うみえる理髪りはつてん, lit. The Barber Shop with an Ocean View)
156[21] Riku Onda Honeybees and Distant Thunder (蜜蜂みつばち遠雷えんらい, Mitsubachi to Enrai)
2017 157[22] Shogo Sato Tsuki no Michikake (つき, lit. The Waxing and Waning of the Moon)
158[23] Yoshinobu Kadoi Gingatetsudo no Chichi (銀河ぎんが鉄道てつどうちち, lit. Father of the Galaxy Railroad)
2018 159[24] Rio Shimamoto Fāsuto Rabu (ファーストラヴ, lit. First Love)
160[25] Junjō Shindō Takarajima (宝島たからじま, lit. Hero's Island)
2019 161[26] Masumi Oshima Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi (うず 妹背山しはいやま婦女ふじょ庭訓ていきんたましいむす, lit. Whirlpool, Husband and Wife Mountains: A Mirror of Virtuous Women, Requiem)
162[27] Soichi Kawagoe Netsu Gen (熱源ねつげん, lit. Heat Source)
2020 163[28] Hase Seishū The Boy and the Dog (少年しょうねんいぬ, Shonen to Inu)
164[29] Naka Saijo Kokoro(ura) sabishi kawa (こころ(うら)さびかわ, lit. Lonely River)
2021 165[30] Toko Sawada
Norikazu Sato
Hoshi ochite, nao (ほしちて、なお, lit. The Stars Have Fallen)
Tezcatlipoca (テスカトリポカ)
166[31] Shogo Imamura
Honobu Yonezawa
Saiō no Tate (ふさがおうだて, lit. Shield of the Fortress King)
The Samurai and the Prisoner (くろろうじょう, Kokurōjō)
2022 167[32] Misumi Kubo Yoru ni Hoshi wo Hanatsu (よるほしはな, lit. The Night of Shooting Stars)
168[33] Satoshi Ogawa
Akane Chihaya
Chizu to Kobushi (地図ちずこぶし, lit. Map and Fist)
Shirogane no Ha (しろがねの, lit. Silver Leaf)
2023 169[34] Ryōsuke Kakine
Sayako Nagai
Gokuraku Seii-taishōgun (極楽ごくらく征夷大将軍せいいたいしょうぐん, lit. General of the Paradise)
Kobiki-chō no Adauchi (木挽こびきまちのあだ, lit. Revenge in Kobikicho)
170[35] Akiko Kawasaki
Manabu Makime
Tomogui (ともぐい)
Hachigatsu no Gosho-ground (はちがつ御所ごしょグラウンド, lit. The Imperial Palace Grounds in August)
2024 171[36] Michi Ichiho Tsumidemic (ツミデミック)

Winners available in English translation

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Current members of the selection committee

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(As of 2014)

See also

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References

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  9. ^ – Kyoto SU
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  35. ^ "直木賞なおきしょう河崎かわさき秋子あきこさんと万城目まんじょうめまなぶさん、芥川賞あくたがわしょうきゅうだん理江りえさん". Asahi Shimbun. 17 January 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  36. ^ "直木賞なおきしょう一穂いちほミチさんの「ツミデミック」が受賞じゅしょう". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
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