Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1993) award
Yuka Murayama
むらやま ゆか
Murayama Yuka
Pen Names:
Murayama Yuka（Pen name used for children's books）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964-07-10 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture → Tokyo → Karuizawa
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1990-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rikkyo University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 学士（文学） | — | Japan |
Rikkyo University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
学士（文学）
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Environmental Children's Story Contest Grand Prize | Inochi no Uta | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Jump Novel Non-fiction Award Honorable Mention | Mouichido Deja Vu | — | Shueisha | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award | Haruki Dessen (Angel's Egg) | — | Shueisha | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Naoki Prize | Voyage Through Stars | — | Japanese Literature Promotion Society | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Chuo Koron Literary Prize | Double Fantasy | — | Chuo Koron Shinsha | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Shima Kiyoshi Love Literature Prize | Double Fantasy | — | Kanazawa Gakuin University | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Shibata Renzaburo Prize | Double Fantasy | — | Shueisha | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize | Wind and Storm | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
Environmental Children's Story Contest Grand Prize
1991
Work:
Inochi no Uta
Result:
受賞
Jump Novel Non-fiction Award Honorable Mention
1991
Work:
Mouichido Deja Vu
Organization:
Shueisha
Result:
受賞
Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award
1993
Work:
Haruki Dessen (Angel's Egg)
Organization:
Shueisha
Result:
受賞
Naoki Prize
2003
Work:
Voyage Through Stars
Organization:
Japanese Literature Promotion Society
Result:
受賞
Chuo Koron Literary Prize
2009
Work:
Double Fantasy
Organization:
Chuo Koron Shinsha
Result:
受賞
Shima Kiyoshi Love Literature Prize
2009
Work:
Double Fantasy
Organization:
Kanazawa Gakuin University
Result:
受賞
Shibata Renzaburo Prize
2009
Work:
Double Fantasy
Organization:
Shueisha
Result:
受賞
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize
2021
Work:
Wind and Storm
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 129 (2003) award
Shimasei Romance Literary Award
2 appearances
-
Edition 12 (2005) nominee
-
Edition 16 (2009) award
Shibata Renzaburo Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 22 (2009) award
Chuokoron Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (2009) award
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 55 (2021) award
Works
Major Works
Angel's Egg
1993 Romance NovelA romance novel centering on young women, also adapted into a film, a representative work.
LoveYouthComing of age
Adaptations
- [Film] Angel's Egg / 冨樫森 (2006)
Voyage Through Stars
2003 Romance NovelWinner of the 129th Naoki Prize, depicting emotional conflicts.
LoveHuman relationsConflict
Double Fantasy
2009 Romance NovelWork that won three literary awards in 2009.
LoveFamilyLife
Adaptations
- [TV Drama] Double Fantasy (2018)
Wind and Storm
2020 Romance NovelWinner of the 2021 Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize.
LoveLifeConflict
Adaptations
- [TV Drama] Wind and Storm (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Emotionally expressive styleContemporary love depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- LoveYouthConflict
Legacy
Yuka Murayama is a representative contemporary Japanese romance novelist, with many adaptations and numerous literary awards.
Trivia
- Wrote an autobiographical novel "Hotouki" inspired by her mother's dementia.
- Has tattoos in three places on her body.