Tanka Research Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 62 (2019) award
Kazuto Gunji
ぐんじ かずと
Gunji Kazuto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1998-06-04 （Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, haiku poet, senryu poet
- Active Years
- 2016-
- Affiliations
- Karin (tanka circle), Sokai (haiku circle)
- Influenced By
- Takuboku Ishikawa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibaraki Prefectural Yuki Second High School | — | — | — | 2013-2016 | Japan |
| Nishogakusha University | — | Matsukaze Tanshikai (student poetic circle) | 学士 | 2017-2021 | Japan |
| Joetsu University of Education, Graduate School of School Education | — | — | — | 2021- | Japan |
Ibaraki Prefectural Yuki Second High School
Period:
2013-2016
Year of Graduation:
2016
Country:
Japan
Became interested in tanka while participating in a national high school tanka competition
Nishogakusha University
Matsukaze Tanshikai (student poetic circle)
Degree:
学士
Period:
2017-2021
Year of Graduation:
2021
Country:
Japan
Began composing tanka and haiku; co-founded a student poetry circle
Joetsu University of Education, Graduate School of School Education
Period:
2021-
Country:
Japan
Entered graduate school to study school education
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Karin Prize (39th) | — | — | Karin (tanka magazine) | Winner |
| 2019 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award (62nd) | Sequence "Throwing Loose-leaf Paper into the Sky" | — | Tanka Kenkyu-sha | Winner |
| 2022 | Kougo Shiku Newcomer Award | — | — | Sasaki Taiki Scholarship Foundation | Winner |
Karin Prize (39th)
2019
Organization:
Karin (tanka magazine)
Result:
Winner
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award (62nd)
2019
Work:
Sequence "Throwing Loose-leaf Paper into the Sky"
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu-sha
Result:
Winner
Kougo Shiku Newcomer Award
2022
Organization:
Sasaki Taiki Scholarship Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tooi Kan
2023 tanka (collection)Debut tanka collection combining youthful sensibility with fragments of everyday life.
youthful emotioneveryday lifealienation
Hint
2025 senryu (collection)Privately published senryu collection that frames observations of daily life with humor and irony.
daily observationhumorsocial satire
Bibliography
- Tanka collection 'Tooi Kan' (Tanka Kenkyu-sha, 2023)
- Senryu collection 'Hint' (self-published, 2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquial and approachable dictionfragmentary, image-centered short-poem forms
- Recurring Motifs
- school life and youth psychologydetails of everyday lifealienation and poignancy
Legacy
Recognized as an emerging poet representing a younger generation in tanka and haiku; notable for awards received since student days and recent publication of collections.
Trivia
- Was a member of his high school's basketball team; became interested in tanka after participating in a national high school tanka competition.
- Has an X (formerly Twitter) account: @gun_ji_wowowo