Kirara Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2006) award
Shinichi Kurono
くろの しんいち
Kurono Shinichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-12-25 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, French
- Residence History
- Paris, France → Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Former corporate finance manager
- Active Years
- 2006-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High school and university in France | — | — | — | — | France |
High school and university in France
Country:
France
Attended high school and university in France; specific institutions are not publicly listed.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kirara Literary Award | A Happy Family | — | Shogakukan | 受賞 |
Kirara Literary Award
2006
Work:
A Happy Family
Organization:
Shogakukan
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Happy Family
2006 NovelDebut novel focusing on family and coming-of-age themes. Later retitled in paperback as 'Sakamoto Miki, 14.'
familycoming-of-age
Mrs. Masuko's Garden
2007 NovelA work that carefully depicts close human relationships and emotions, part of his early publications.
everyday lifehuman relationships
Inviting Happiness
2007 NovelA slightly humorous work depicting family life and human kindness.
familyhumor
Longevity Competition!
2007 NovelA novel themed around elderly people and intergenerational interaction. It was adapted into a TV drama.
agingintergenerational exchange
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Longevity Competition! (2008)
Marginal Village Inc.
2011 NovelSet in a depopulated rural village, it depicts community revitalization and residents' struggles. Adapted into an NHK drama.
regional revitalizationcommunity
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Marginal Village Inc. (2015)
2-Night 3-Day Will Tour
2011 NovelA story mixing humor and pathos about travel and life; retitled in paperback as 'Today Is a Fine Day for a Will.'
travelwillslife
Family Plan with AI
2018 Science fiction / Social novelA work exploring AI and family, combining social-novel elements with speculative aspects.
AIfamily
Greezland 1: Erased Memory
2019 Mystery / AdventureFirst volume of a series with strong mystery elements revolving around memory and conspiracy.
memoryconspiracy
Bottom-tier Hostess Buys a House
2019 NovelA human drama portraying people living on the margins of society.
social issuesrecovery
Bibliography
- A Happy Family (2006)
- Sakamoto Miki, 14 (2008) (paperback retitle of 'A Happy Family')
- Mrs. Masuko's Garden (2007)
- Inviting Happiness (2007)
- Longevity Competition! (2007)
- Girls Are Not Made in a Day (2008)
- Kamome Kindergarten (2008)
- Kamome Kindergarten: Mammoth Class (2009)
- I Want to Fix It! — Sumire in Junior High School (2010)
- Joshikaku! (2010)
- 2-Night 3-Day Will Tour (2011)
- Today Is a Fine Day for a Will (2015) (retitle of '2-Night 3-Day Will Tour')
- Marginal Village Inc. (2011)
- Destitute! Seventeen (2012)
- Ayaka (2012)
- Fighting Girls (2013)
- Fighting Beauty Goddess (2013)
- Economic Special Zone: Freedom Village (2013)
- Escape from Marginal Village Inc. (2014)
- The Revolutionary Farmer Next Door (2015)
- Bullying Resistance (2015)
- Leave Locks to Me (2016)
- Asami-san's House Hunting (2016)
- Boy from a Distant Land (2017)
- Boy from a Distant Land II — Papa and Mama Are Robots!? (2017)
- Parliamentarian Basic Test (2018)
- Boy from a Distant Land III — Crisis of Earth's Destruction!? (2018)
- Family Plan with AI (2018)
- Greezland 1: Erased Memory (2019)
- On the Night of Oeshiki (2019)
- Bottom-tier Hostess Buys a House (2019)
- Tomorrow, This Country Will Collapse: Post-Corona and MMT (supervised by Takeshi Nakano, 2021)
Adaptations
- Longevity Competition! (TV drama adaptation, 2008, Fuji TV)
- Marginal Village Inc. (TV drama adaptation, 2015, NHK General)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accessible colloquial styleBlends humor with social themes
- Recurring Motifs
- familylocal communitiesrevivalregional revitalization
Legacy
His novels addressing family and social issues have been adapted for television and gained popular recognition; works on regional revitalization have also been noted.
In Popular Culture
- The TV adaptation of 'Longevity Competition!' on Fuji TV raised public awareness.
- 'Marginal Village Inc.' was adapted by NHK and became a talking point as a drama about rural themes.
Trivia
- Bilingual Japanese–French author who studied high school and university in France.
- Worked as a finance department manager at a Japan-based company in Paris before becoming a novelist.
- Debuted with 'A Happy Family' and won the 1st Kirara Literary Award.