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Hideyuki Kato

かとう ひでゆき

Kato Hideyuki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1983 （Chiba Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Chiba Prefecture, Japan (born) → Bangkok, Thailand (resident)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Entrepreneur
Active Years
2015-
Affiliations
Dream Incubator, DI Marketing (Representative Director)
Nominations
Nominated for the 154th Akutagawa Prize — Share (2016), Nominated for the 156th Akutagawa Prize — Capital

Education

The University of Tokyo
Faculty of Economics
Country: Japan

Awards

Bungakukai Newcomer Award
2015
Work: Survive
Organization: Bungakukai (Bungakukai magazine)
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Share

2016 Fiction

Capital

2017 Fiction

Sea Turtles

2018 Fiction

Survive

2015 Short story

Bibliography

  • Share
  • Capital
  • Sea Turtles
  • Survive
  • Balcony (Shincho, Mar 2019)
  • The Closed Door / The Door That Doesn't Close (Essay, Subaru, Dec 2017)
  • Essay on 'Nimrod' (Bungakukai, Mar 2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary fictionOften addresses social themes

Legacy

A young Japanese writer who won the Bungakukai Newcomer Award and was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. He has experience in business consulting and is active as a Japan-based writer residing in Bangkok.

Trivia

  • Born in 1983 (exact birth date not public)
  • Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics
  • Worked at Dream Incubator, later founded DI Marketing and served as its representative director
  • Debuted in 2015 with 'Survive' and won the 120th Bungakukai Newcomer Award for the work
  • Resides in Bangkok as a Japanese expatriate