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第23回（2025年） award
Yuka Komatsu
こまつ ゆか
Komatsu Yuka
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1982-09-22 （Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Resident of Tokyo, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Mountaineer, Photographer, Non-fiction writer, Journalist
- 活動期間
- 1999年〜2025年
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokai University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokai University
Faculty of Letters
卒業年:
2006
国:
Japan
Joined the university mountaineering club and began serious mountaineering while a student
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Naoki Uemura Adventure Award | K2 ascent | — | Naoki Uemura Adventure Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Akita Prefecture Civic Honor | — | — | Akita Prefecture | 受章 |
| 2021 | Yamamoto Mika Memorial International Journalist Award | To the Land of Humans | — | Yamamoto Mika Memorial Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Kaikō Ken Nonfiction Prize | The Syrian Family | — | Kaikō Ken Nonfiction Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Naoki Uemura Adventure Award
2006
対象作品:
K2 ascent
主催:
Naoki Uemura Adventure Award Committee
結果:
受賞
Akita Prefecture Civic Honor
2006
主催:
Akita Prefecture
結果:
受章
Yamamoto Mika Memorial International Journalist Award
2021
対象作品:
To the Land of Humans
主催:
Yamamoto Mika Memorial Award Committee
結果:
受賞
Kaikō Ken Nonfiction Prize
2025
対象作品:
The Syrian Family
主催:
Kaikō Ken Nonfiction Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
On Syrian Paths to the Olive Hills: Days of Refugees Who Lost Their Homeland
2016年 Non-fiction / Photo essayA photo-essay documenting the daily lives of Syrian refugees, combining photography and text to sensitively portray those who have lost their homeland.
RefugeesMigrationMemory and lossHuman livelihoods
People Living with the Land: Photo-and-Text Collection on Living with Creatures
2017年 Photobook / EssayA photobook documenting natural environments and human livelihoods across East and West Asia, exploring life lived in relation to local landscapes.
Land/terrainDaily lifeCoexistence with nature
To the Land of Humans
2020年 Non-fictionA nonfiction account following the lives of people under the Syrian civil war, portraying everyday details uncovered through reporting and the transformations caused by conflict.
War and civiliansRefugeesField reporting
The Syrian Family
2025年 Non-fictionA nonfiction work tracing the lives of families encountered during reporting on the Syrian civil war and refugee crisis, using personal stories to illuminate broader history.
FamilyRefugeesImpact of war
全著作
- On Syrian Paths to the Olive Hills: Days of Refugees Who Lost Their Homeland (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2016)
- People Living with the Land: Photo-and-Text Collection on Living with Creatures (e-book, 2017)
- To the Land of Humans (Shueisha International, 2020)
- The Syrian Family (2025)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Documentary-style narrationIntegration of photography and proseOn-the-ground reportage
- 頻出モチーフ
- Stories of refugees and familiesLand and livelihoodsScenes of life, death, and loss
評価・遺産
In addition to achievements as a mountaineer, her work as a photographer and nonfiction writer—especially reporting on Syrian refugees—has been recognized for conveying contemporary conflict and human livelihoods.
豆知識
- Summited K2 in 2006; counted among the relatively few female climbers to reach the summit and reported as the first Japanese woman to do so.
- Married to a Syrian man and is a mother of two.
- Has long documented the lives of nomads and refugees in Syria and the Middle East as a photographer.
- Since 2012 has continued reporting on Syrian refugees and won multiple awards for related books.