Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award
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Kyutaro Fushimi
ふしみ きゅうたろう
Fushimi Kyūtarō
Pen Names:
Toshio Fujita（birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Osaka, Japan
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, scriptwriter, broadcast writer
- Active Years
- 1949-
- Nominations
- 1963 - Edogawa Rampo Prize nominee
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | 在学中に兵役のため中退 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
Period:
在学中に兵役のため中退
Country:
Japan
Left before graduation due to military service (no graduation year)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award | Bad Finger | — | Shosetsu Gendai (magazine) | winner |
| 1963 | Edogawa Rampo Prize | — | — | — | nominee |
Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award
1965
Work:
Bad Finger
Organization:
Shosetsu Gendai (magazine)
Result:
winner
Edogawa Rampo Prize
1963
Result:
nominee
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bad Finger
1965 short storyA short story blending erotic humor with subtle human relationships; won the 1965 Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award.
erotic humorcomedysexual dynamics and relationships
Takochin Sensei: Conduct Record
1975 erotic comedyA collection of erotic comedic stories centered on the protagonist Takochin-sensei.
erotic comedyteacher characterscomic human situations
Please Forgive Me (Kansai Dialect)
1975 short fictionA humorous work collection using Kansai-dialect narration and local color.
humordialectsatire of erotic situations
Tenjo Ura Diary
1975 fictionA diary-style piece interweaving everyday comedy and erotic humor.
everyday lifeerotic humorsatire
Excuse Me, I'm Leaving
1976 erotic comedyA short piece depicting the nuances between men and women with a light, witty tone.
relationshipshumorcomic everyday situations
Virgin-kun: Close Call
1976 comic novelA comic story about a young man's sexual confusion and comic misadventures.
coming-of-age and sexualityhumorshame and pride
Tongue Roll: Kyoto Yatona Fleet
1977 erotic comedySet in Kyoto, this work arranges colloquial, erotic comedic episodes.
local colorerotic humordialogue-driven storytelling
Tōyama Sensei's Romantic Tales
1977 erotic comedyA series of erotic comedic tales featuring Tōyama-sensei; short stories mixing humor and eroticism.
teacher archetypemiddle-aged romanceerotic humor
Pink Coffin
1978 fictionA work foregrounding erotic motifs suggested by its provocative title.
sensualityhumorurban life
The Woman I Slept With Yesterday
1983 romantic fictionA short-story collection dealing with the subtleties of one-night encounters and human relationships.
one-night encountershuman relationshipssexuality
Bibliography
- Takochin Sensei: Conduct Record (Momozono Shobo, 1975)
- Please Forgive Me (Seijusha, 1975)
- Tenjo Ura Diary (Sports Nippon Publishing, 1975-1976)
- Excuse Me, I'm Leaving (Kobunsha, 1976)
- Virgin-kun: Close Call (Sports Nippon Publishing, 1976)
- Tongue Roll: Kyoto Yatona Fleet (Sports Nippon Publishing, 1977)
- Tōyama Sensei's Romantic Tales / Nothing Is Scarier Than Free (Sports Nippon Publishing, 1977)
- Promotion to Tokyo Headquarters: Bariki-kun's Struggles (Green Arrow, 1978)
- Pink Coffin (Green Arrow, 1978)
- Kyoto Gojo Donzuki Hotel (Green Arrow, 1978)
- Entanglement (Nihon Bunka-sha, 1979)
- Assistant Un-chan's Love and Prosperity Record (Togen-sha, 1980)
- Just a Little Secret (Sponichi Publishing, 1981)
- The Woman I Slept With Yesterday (Futabasha, 1983)
- Proxy Wife, Ascension: Tōyama Sensei Erotic Tales (Kobunsha, 1986)
- Tōyama Sensei Conduct Record: Introduction to Mature Women (Kobunsha Bunko, 1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous, erotic-comic stylelight, colloquial narrationuse of satire and vernacular language
- Recurring Motifs
- comic portrayals of teachers and middle-aged menintersection of sexuality and everyday lifeurban settings and colloquial dialogue
Legacy
Known as a writer of postwar popular fiction, especially erotic-comedy works, and active as a broadcast writer involved in TV program production. Notable for winning the 1965 Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award.
Archives
- National Diet Library (author record)
Trivia
- Birth name: Toshio Fujita.
- Born October 1915 in Osaka.
- In 1949 his humor short story 'Shukuyari' ("Lodgings") won in the popular fiction category of Sunday Mainichi, and he began publishing fiction in magazines.
- A candidate for the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1963; won the Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award in 1965 for 'Bad Finger'.
- From around 1955 he wrote plays and screenplays and worked as a broadcast writer involved in TV program production for NHK and others.