Kikuchi Kan Award
1回登壇
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第17回（1963年） award
Kenichi Horie
ほりえ けんいち
Horie Kenichi
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1938-09-08 （Minato Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Resident of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan → Minoh (Minoo), Osaka Prefecture (evacuated there during WWII)
経歴
- 職業
- Maritime adventurer, Yachtsman, Sailor, Amateur radio operator, Author
- 活動期間
- 1954年〜
- 所属
- Kansai Yacht Club, Kansai University Yacht Club (alumnus)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansai University First High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Kansai University First High School
国:
Japan
Joined the yacht club while in high school
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | Japan Literary Promotion Society | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Naoki Uemura Adventure Award | — | 特別賞 | Uemura Naoki Adventure Award Committee (Toyooka City) | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Prime Minister's Award | — | — | Government of Japan | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Blue Water Medal | — | — | Cruising Club of America | 受賞 |
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1963
主催:
Japan Literary Promotion Society
結果:
受賞
Naoki Uemura Adventure Award
2009
部門:
特別賞
主催:
Uemura Naoki Adventure Award Committee (Toyooka City)
結果:
受賞
Prime Minister's Award
2011
主催:
Government of Japan
結果:
受賞
Blue Water Medal
2023
主催:
Cruising Club of America
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Pacific Alone (Taiheiyo Hitoribocchi)
1962年 Sailing memoir / AutobiographyAccount and memoir of Horie's 1962 solo non-stop crossing of the Pacific in the small yacht MERMAID, describing preparation, departure, hardships, and arrival.
adventureoceansolitudechallenge
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Pacific Alone (1963)
Mermaid III: Solo Non-stop Circumnavigation
1974年 Voyage memoirRecord of the westward solo non-stop circumnavigation achieved with Mermaid III (1973–1974).
circumnavigationchallengeengineering and ingenuity
Mermaid: Complete Record of Glory and Setbacks
1974年 Photo documentary / Voyage accountA photographic documentary compiling multiple voyages and the changes of the Mermaid boats, recording both triumphs and setbacks.
maritime historyrecordboats and people
Running on the Sun: Solar Boat Voyage
1986年 Voyage account / Technical recordAn account of a voyage powered by solar panels, documenting the technical experiment and the sailing experience.
renewable energytechnical challengevoyage
全著作
- Pacific Alone
- The Ocean in My Arms: My Yacht Lessons
- Mermaid III: Solo Non-stop Circumnavigation
- The Last Adventure with My Wife: A Vertical Circumnavigation
- Running on the Sun: Solar Boat Voyage
- Pacific Alone: Final Chapter
- Solo Circumnavigation Voyage
翻案
- Pacific Alone (film adaptation, 1963)
- Pacific Crossing 11,000 km (PC-8801 simulation game, 1983)
作家による翻訳
- Ice Bird (by David Lewis) — Japanese translation by Kenichi Horie
作風・主題
- 文体
- autobiographical and straightforward narrationpractical and technical descriptionsconcrete, experience-based depiction
- 頻出モチーフ
- oceanadventuresolitudechallengeman and nature
評価・遺産
Kenichi Horie is known as one of the pioneers of solo non-stop small-boat ocean crossings. His 1962 solo Pacific crossing and subsequent challenges significantly influenced Japan's maritime adventure culture and earned recognition at home and abroad. His later-life achievements and technical experiments (solar boats, recycled-material yachts, wave-powered vessels) also drew attention.
記念館・博物館
- San Francisco Maritime (Mermaid displayed in museum collection) San Francisco, California, USA
- Suntory Museum (exhibits) Japan (site of exhibitions and displays)
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library (Japan) — holdings and bibliographic records
- VIAF / international bibliographic authority files
大衆文化への影響
- Film adaptation of Pacific Alone (1963)
- Inspired a PC-8801 simulation game 'Pacific Crossing 11,000 km' (1983)
引用
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On this sea many predecessors have perished... Even the 3,500 Japanese servicemen who died here had families and mothers. How much they must have wanted to return to their families and mothers...
出典: Pacific Alone (Taiheiyo Hitoribocchi) and statements during voyages (1962年) -
That I could sail the world's seas until age 78 is because Japan was at peace for over 70 postwar years. I believe this peace was maintained because the Self-Defense Forces were there.
出典: Interview / public statement (2016年)
豆知識
- Amateur radio call sign: JR3JJE
- In 1962 he crossed the Pacific solo and non-stop in the small yacht MERMAID (length 5.83 m)
- In 1974 he completed a westward solo non-stop circumnavigation in a small yacht (one of the first Japanese to do so)
- In 1989 he crossed the Pacific in the world's smallest ocean-going yacht (length 2.80 m)
- In 2022 at age 83 he completed a solo non-stop Pacific crossing as the world's oldest person to do so; awarded the Blue Water Medal