Rio Shimamoto

Rio Shimamoto (島本 理生, Shimamoto Rio) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the Noma Literary New Face Prize and the Naoki Prize, and her work has been adapted for film.

Rio Shimamoto
Native name
島本 理生
Born1983 (age 39–40)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • First Love
  • Little by Little
  • Silhouette
Notable awards
Website
shimamotorio.com

Biography

Shimamoto was born in 1983 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] She made her literary debut in 2001 with her story Shiruetto (Silhouette) while still a student at Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku Yamabuki Senior High School, winning the 44th Gunzo Prize for New Writers.[2] Her 2002 novella Little by Little won the 25th Noma Literary New Face Prize and was nominated for an Akutagawa Prize, but did not win.[3] Shimamoto was the youngest person to receive the Noma Literary New Face Prize in its history.[4]

In 2005 her novel Narratage was published and became a bestseller in Japan.[5] A year later, Shimamoto dropped out of Rikkyo University to pursue her writing full-time.[6] After being nominated for the Akutagawa Prize four times and the Naoki Prize twice, Shimamoto won the 159th Naoki Prize for her 2018 book First Love.[7] The Naoki Prize committee members were not unanimous in their decision, but finally selected Shimamoto's work after multiple rounds of voting.[8]

Shimamoto's novel Narratage was adapted by director Isao Yukisada into a 2017 film of the same name starring Kasumi Arimura and Jun Matsumoto.[9][10] Her 2013 novel Yodaka no Kataomoi (lit. The Nighthawk's Unrequited Love), a story about a woman named Aiko, born with a large blue birthmark on her face, who navigates prejudice as she seeks love, was adapted by director Yūka Yasukawa into a 2022 film of the same name starring Rena Matsui as Aiko.[11]

Shimamoto has cited Shuji Terayama as a literary influence.[4]

Personal life

Shimamoto is married to Japanese novelist Yuya Sato.[12]

Awards and honors

Works
  • Shiruetto (Silhouette), Kodansha, 2001, ISBN 9784062109048
  • Ritoru bai ritoru (Little by Little), Kodansha, 2003, ISBN 9784062116695
  • Umareru mori, Kodansha, 2004, ISBN 9784062122061
  • Issen ichibyō no hibi, Magajin Hausu, 2005, ISBN 9784838715923
  • Naratāju (Narratage), Kadokawa Shoten, 2005, ISBN 9784048735902
  • Kurōbā, Kadokawa Shoten, 2007, ISBN 9784048738170
  • Anata no kokyū ga tomaru made, Shinchosha, 2007, ISBN 9784103020325
  • Namiuchigiwa no hotaru, Kadokawa Shoten, 2008, ISBN 9784048738736
  • Chica raifu (Chica Life), Kodansha, 2008, ISBN 9784062147941
  • Kimi ga furu hi, Gentosha, 2009, ISBN 9784344016569
  • Arare mo nai inori, Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2010, ISBN 9784309019819
  • Mawatasō no jūnintachi, Bungeishunjū, 2010, ISBN 9784163289403
  • Andastuando meibī (Understand, Maybe), Chūō Kōron Shinsha, 2010, ISBN 9784120041679
  • Ōkina kuma ga kuru mae ni oyasumi, Shinchosha, 2010, ISBN 9784101314815
  • Nanao no tame ni, Kodansha, 2012, ISBN 9784062179829
  • Bīkyū ren'ai gurume no susume, Kadokawa Shoten, 2013, ISBN 9784041103470
  • Yodaka no kataomoi, Shueisha, 2013, ISBN 9784087715071
  • Shūmatsu wa kanojotachi no mono, Gentosha, 2013, ISBN 9784344420649
  • Reddo (Red), Chūō Kōron Shinsha, 2014, ISBN 9784120046544
  • Tokumeisha no tame no Supika, Shōdensha, 2015, ISBN 9784396634728
  • Inosento (Innocent), Shueisha, 2016, ISBN 9784087716566
  • Watashitachi wa gin no fōku to kusuri o te ni shite, Gentosha, 2017, ISBN 9784344031234
  • Natsu no saidan, Bungeishunjū, 2018, ISBN 9784167911003
  • Fāsuto rabu (First Love), Bungeishunjū, 2018, ISBN 9784163908410

References
  1. "芥川賞に高橋弘希さん「送り火」　直木賞は島本理生さん「ファーストラヴ」". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. "第159回直木賞に島本理生さんの『ファーストラヴ』が受賞作に選ばれました". 文藝春秋BOOKS (in Japanese). Bunshun. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. "直木賞 島本理生さんの「ファーストラヴ」が受賞　2度目のノミネートで". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. 瀧井, 朝世. "作家の読書道 第49回：島本理生さん". WEB本の雑誌 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. "Authors: Rio Shimamoto". Books from Japan. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. "第１５９回直木賞は島本理生さん「ファーストラヴ」　元サンケイスポーツ記者、本城雅人さん「傍流の記者」は受賞逃す". Sankei News (in Japanese). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. "直木賞の島本理生さん、受賞会見で「正直、ほっとしました」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. "直木賞に島本理生さん「ファーストラヴ」". NHK News Web (in Japanese). NHK. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. "行定勲「ナラタージュ」、島本理生が松本潤、有村架純、坂口健太郎の演技を絶賛". Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  10. Kerr, Elizabeth (19 October 2017). "'Narratage': Film Review Busan 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  11. 長野, 辰次 (1 September 2022). "松井玲奈主演『よだかの片想い』 "見た目問題"を扱った社会派ラブストーリー". Cyzo Culture Press (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  12. "第１５９回芥川賞に高橋弘希さん、直木賞は島本理生さん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  13. "野間文芸新人賞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  14. "Hiroki Takahashi wins Akutagawa literary award, while Rio Shimamoto bags Naoki Prize". Japan Times (in Japanese). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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