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Toriko Yoshikawa

ヨシカワ トリコ

Yoshikawa Toriko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1977-10-19 (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2004-

Education

Aichi Shukutoku Junior College
Department of Literature / Department of Literature
Country: Japan
Studied under Yoshinori Shimizu

Awards

R-18 Literary Awards for Women by Women
2004
Work: Nemurihime
Organization: Shinchosha
Result: 大賞・読者賞
Shima Kiyoshi Romance Literary Award
2021
Work: Living One Year Left, Buying a Man
Organization: Chunichi Shimbun
Result: 受賞
PEP Journalism Award Opinion Department
2021
Work: I Really Want to Talk About Common Miscarriage Experiences
Organization: PEP
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Shabon

2004 Novel

Gummo Ebiyan!

2006 Novel
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Nagoya Kotobuki Rock'n'Roll - from 'Gummo Ebiyan!' (2007)
  • [Film] Gummo Ebiyan! (2012)

Girls Life on the Battlefield

2006 Novel
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Girls Life on the Battlefield

Marie Antoinette's Diary Rose

2018 Novel

Marie Antoinette's Diary Bleu

2018 Novel

Lily of Versailles - Marie Antoinette's Flower Basket

2019 Novel

I Never Thought I'd Become Such an Adult

2016 Novel

Girl's Disease

2011 Novel

I Don't Need Anything

2010 Novel

Twinkle Star☆Shooting Star

2009 Light Novel

Olive-Girls & Boys

2010 Light Novel

Tokyo Neverland

2012 Novel

Frequency of 14 Years Old

2013 Novel

Burari Burako's Love

2013 Novel

Midori no Mi

2014 Novel

Nagoya 16 Stories

2015 Novel

His Ephemeral

2015 Novel

Garden of Light

2016 Novel

Daughter of the Actress

2019 Novel

If We Could Meet in a Dream

2020 Novel

Living One Year Left, Buying a Man

2021 Novel

Women's Time

2021 Novel

Catching the Flowing Stars

2022 Novel

Awarely, Slowly

2023 Novel

Convenience Love

2023 Novel

Legacy

Japanese novelist who debuted in 2004. She has won numerous literary awards, and her works have been adapted into dramas and films. Many of her works are set in Nagoya.