Rio Shimamoto

Rio Shimamoto
Native name
島本 理生
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • First Love
  • Little by Little
  • Silhouette
Notable awards
Website
shimamotorio.com

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.

Biography

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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

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

Awards and honors

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Works

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  • 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
  • Hajimete no ("Watashi Dake no Shoyūsha"), Suirinsha, 2022, ISBN 9784164010044

References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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