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Mio Aoyama

あおやま みお

Aoyama Mio

Aliases: ミオ アオヤマ
Pen Names: Mio Aoyama（Alternate spelling / professional name）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1974-01-01 （Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Career

Occupations
lyricist, screenwriter, novelist
Active Years
2004-

Awards

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia — Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award
2011
Work: Tourism Hokkaido: Machi
Organization: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Result: 受賞
Sapporo International Short Film Festival — Best Hokkaido Work
2013
Work: Hetakuso, Hanasanai
Organization: Sapporo International Short Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Yugawara Literature Prize
2014
Work: Strawberry Lemonade
Organization: Yugawara Literature Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Himawari no Uta (The Sunflower Poem)

2004 Novel

A full-length novel published in 2004; published as her debut work as a novelist.

summercoming-of-agefamily

Strawberry Lemonade

2014 Short story

A short story published in the June 2014 issue of the magazine 'Shousetsu NON'. Winner of the Yugawara Literature Prize.

adolescencelovememory

Bibliography

  • Himawari no Uta (2004)
  • Strawberry Lemonade (2014, published in Shousetsu NON)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and imagery-rich proseincorporates cinematic scene-setting
Recurring Motifs
summerurban landscapesfragments of memory

Legacy

A creator active across lyrics, screenwriting and fiction. Recognized for lyric contributions to music and for screenplay work in short films; recipient of regional film festival and literary awards.

Trivia

  • Made her lyricist debut in 2004 with the ending song for an Avex-hosted event.
  • Also active under the name 'Aoyama Mio'.