Shosetsu Yasei Jidai Newcomer Award
Edition 17 (2026)
newcomer literary awardentertainment fictionfull-length novelformer name: Yasei Jidai Frontier Literary Award
Winners
1 peopleSakutaro Yamada, a librarian at a Kyoto university library, struggles deeply with forming human relationships. When a student tells him to "just get married and change your name," he is struck by the idea and joins a marriage agency, insisting on finding a woman with an unusual surname. A unique and entertaining novel about an unconventional search for love.
A quirky and warm-hearted story of a librarian haunted by his own surname, who sets out to find a wife with an unusual family name.
marriage huntingsurnamecomplexlibrarianKyotohuman relationshipsentertainment