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Hirokage Asakura

あさくら ひろかげ

Asakura Hirokage

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1984-01-01 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
2012-

Education

Tokyo Gakugei University
Faculty of Education
Country: Japan

Awards

Shosetsu Gendai Long Novel Newcomer Award Encouragement Prize
2012
Work: Afro of the Baseball
Organization: Shosetsu Gendai
Result: winner
Shima Kiyoshi Romance Literature Prize
2018
Work: When the Wind Blows and Flowers Scatter
Organization: Shima Kiyoshi Romance Literature Prize Committee
Result: winner
Hyogo Book Award
2022
Work: Song of Heaven and Earth
Organization: Hyogo Book Award Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Afro of the Baseball

2013 General Literary Fiction

One in the Baseball Club

2014 General Literary Fiction

Tie It Strongly, Ponytail

2014 General Literary Fiction

When the Wind Blows and Flowers Scatter

2017 General Literary Fiction

My Mother Wears Loose Socks

2019 General Literary Fiction

Hollow Train

2020 General Literary Fiction

Song of Heaven and Earth

2020 General Literary Fiction

Scooping the Sunny Spot

2021 General Literary Fiction

Yell: Song of the Nameless People

2021 General Literary Fiction

The Town Guarded by Sakura

2023 General Literary Fiction

Kingdom of Trash

2024 General Literary Fiction

Shinen Sanso

2024 Horror Novel

Legacy

Hirokage Asakura is an active writer in contemporary Japanese literature, regarded as a talented novelist supported by younger generations.