Akutagawa Prize

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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes.^[1]^[2]

History

File:Ryunosuke Akutagawa 01.jpg

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, author, after whom the prize is named

The Akutagawa Prize was established in 1935 by Kan Kikuchi, then-editor of Bungeishunjū magazine, in memory of author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.^[2] It is sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature, and is awarded in January and July to the best serious literary story published in a newspaper or magazine by a new or rising author.^[1] The winner receives a pocket watch and a cash award of 1 million yen. The judges usually include contemporary writers, literary critics, and former winners of the prize. Occasionally, when consensus cannot be reached between judges over disputes about the winning story or the quality of work for that half year, no prize is awarded. From 1945 through 1948 no prizes were awarded due to postwar instability.^[3] The prize has frequently been split between two authors.^[4]

On January 15, 2004, the awarding of the 130th Akutagawa Prize made significant news when two women became the award's youngest winners.^[5] The prize went to both Risa Wataya, 19, for her novel Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and to Hitomi Kanehara, 20, for her debut novel Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. In 2013 Natsuko Kuroda won the 148th Akutagawa Prize at age 75, making her the oldest recipient in the history of the prize.^[6]

Controversies

In 1972, Akutagawa winner Template:Ill was found to have committed plagiarism.^[7]^[8] In 2018, a similar controversy occurred when the candidate novel Script error: No such module "Nihongo". by Yuko Hojo was found to have reused text from its nonfiction source material without attribution, but the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature did not remove the book from the candidate list.^[9]

Records

The youngest recipient of the prize to date is Risa Wataya who was 19 when she received the award for I Want to Kick You in the Back (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".).
The best-seller title (in Japan only) is Spark (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".), by Naoki Matayoshi which sold 2,29 millions of copies.^[10]

Winners

Bungeishunjū maintains an official archive of current and past winners on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature.^[11]

Key
上	Indicates the first half of the given year.
下	Indicates the second half of the given year.

#	Year	Author	Work	Published in
1	1935上	Tatsuzō Ishikawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
2	1935下	No prize awarded.
3	1936上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
3	1936上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
4	1936下	Jun Ishikawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
4	1936下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
5	1937上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
6	1937下	Ashihei Hino	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
7	1938上	Gishū Nakayama	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
8	1938下	Tsuneko Nakazato	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
9	1939上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
9	1939上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
10	1939下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
11	1940上	Template:Ill refused by the author	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
12	1940下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
13	1941上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
14	1941下	Yoshiko Shibaki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
15	1942上	No prize awarded.
16	1942下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
17	1943上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
18	1943下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
19	1944上	Yoshinori Yagi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
19	1944上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
20	1944下	Motoyoshi Shimizu	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
21	1949上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
21	1949上	Shigeko Yuki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
22	1949下	Yasushi Inoue	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
23	1950上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
24	1950下	No prize awarded.
25	1951上	Kōbō Abe	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
25	1951上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
26	1951下	Yoshie Hotta	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Chūōkōron
27	1952上	No prize awarded.
28	1952下	Kōsuke Gomi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
28	1952下	Seichō Matsumoto	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Mita Bungaku
29	1953上	Shōtarō Yasuoka	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
29	1953上	Shōtarō Yasuoka	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
30	1953下	No prize awarded.
31	1954上	Junnosuke Yoshiyuki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
32	1954下	Nobuo Kojima	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
32	1954下	Junzō Shōno	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
33	1955上	Shūsaku Endō	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
34	1955下	Shintarō Ishihara	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
35	1956上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
36	1956下	No prize awarded.
37	1957上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
38	1957下	Takeshi Kaikō	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
39	1958上	Kenzaburō Ōe	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
40	1958下	No prize awarded.
41	1959上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Waseda Bungaku
42	1959下	No prize awarded.
43	1960上	Morio Kita	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
44	1960下	Tetsuo Miura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
45	1961上	No prize awarded.
46	1961下	Kōichirō Uno	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
47	1962上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
48	1962下	No prize awarded.
49	1963上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
49	1963上	Kōno Taeko	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
50	1963下	Seiko Tanabe	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
51	1964上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
52	1964下	No prize awarded.
53	1965上	Setsuko Tsumura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
54	1965下	Yūichi Takai	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
55	1966上	No prize awarded.
56	1966下	Kenji Maruyama	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
57	1967上	Tatsuhiro Ōshiro	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
58	1967下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
59	1968上	Saiichi Maruya	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
59	1968上	Minako Ōba	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
60	1968下	No prize awarded.
61	1969上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Chūōkōron
61	1969上	Hideo Takubo	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
62	1969下	Takayuki Kiyooka	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
63	1970上	Tomoko Yoshida	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
63	1970上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
64	1970下	Yoshikichi Furui	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
65	1971上	No prize awarded.
66	1971下	Kaisei Ri	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
66	1971下	Mineo Higashi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
67	1972上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
67	1972上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
68	1972下	Michiko Yamamoto	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
68	1972下	Shizuko Gō	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
69	1973上	Taku Miki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
70	1973下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
70	1973下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
71	1974上	No prize awarded.
72	1974下	Keizō Hino	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
72	1974下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
73	1975上	Kyōko Hayashi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
74	1975下	Kenji Nakagami	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
74	1975下	Kazuo Okamatsu	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
75	1976上	Ryū Murakami	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
76	1976下	No prize awarded.
77	1977上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
77	1977上	Masuo Ikeda	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
78	1977下	Teru Miyamoto	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
78	1977下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
79	1978上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
79	1978上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
80	1978下	No prize awarded.
81	1979上	Yoshiko Shigekane	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
81	1979上	Sō Aono	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
82	1979下	Reiko Mori	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
83	1980上	No prize awarded.
84	1980下	Katsuhiko Otsuji	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
85	1981上	Rie Yoshiyuki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
86	1981下	No prize awarded.
87	1982上	No prize awarded.
88	1982下	Yukiko Katō	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
88	1982下	Jūrō Kara	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
89	1983上	No prize awarded.
90	1983下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
90	1983下	Nobuko Takagi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
91	1984上	No prize awarded.
92	1984下	Satoko Kizaki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
93	1985上	No prize awarded.
94	1985下	Fumiko Kometani	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
95	1986上	No prize awarded.
96	1986下	No prize awarded.
97	1987上	Kiyoko Murata	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
98	1987下	Natsuki Ikezawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Chūōkōron
98	1987下	Kiyohiro Miura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
99	1988上	Man Arai	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
100	1988下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
100	1988下	Lee Yangji	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
101	1989上	No prize awarded.
102	1989下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
102	1989下	Mieko Takizawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
103	1990上	Noboru Tsujihara	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
104	1990下	Yōko Ogawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
105	1991上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
105	1991上	Anna Ogino	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
106	1991下	Eiko Matsumura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
107	1992上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
108	1992下	Yōko Tawada	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
109	1993上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
110	1993下	Hikaru Okuizumi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
111	1994上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
111	1994上	Yoriko Shōno	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
112	1994下	No prize awarded.
113	1995上	Kazushi Hosaka	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
114	1995下	Eiki Matayoshi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
115	1996上	Hiromi Kawakami	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
116	1996下	Hitonari Tsuji	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
116	1996下	Yū Miri	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
117	1997上	Shun Medoruma	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
118	1997下	No prize awarded.
119	1998上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
119	1998上	Shū Fujisawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
120	1998下	Keiichirō Hirano	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
121	1999上	No prize awarded.
122	1999下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
122	1999下	Chiya Fujino	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
123	2000上	Kō Machida	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
123	2000上	Hisaki Matsuura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
124	2000下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
124	2000下	Toshiyuki Horie	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
125	2001上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
126	2001下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
127	2002上	Shūichi Yoshida	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
128	2002下	Tamaki Daidō	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
129	2003上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
130	2003下	Hitomi Kanehara	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
130	2003下	Risa Wataya	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
131	2004上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
132	2004下	Kazushige Abe	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
133	2005上	Fuminori Nakamura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
134	2005下	Akiko Itoyama	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
135	2006上	Takami Itō	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
136	2006下	Nanae Aoyama	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
137	2007上	Tetsushi Suwa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
138	2007下	Mieko Kawakami	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
139	2008上	Yang Yi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
140	2008下	Kikuko Tsumura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
141	2009上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
142	2009下	No prize awarded.
143	2010上	Akiko Akazome	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
144	2010下	Mariko Asabuki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
144	2010下	Kenta Nishimura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
145	2011上	No prize awarded.
146	2011下	Toh EnJoe	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
146	2011下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
147	2012上	Maki Kashimada	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungei
148	2012下	Natsuko Kuroda	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Template:Ill
149	2013上	Kaori Fujino	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[12]	Shinchō
150	2013下	Hiroko Oyamada	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[13]	Shinchō
151	2014上	Tomoka Shibasaki	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[14]	Bungakukai
152	2014下	Masatsugu Ono	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[15]	Gunzō
153	2015上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
153	2015上	Naoki Matayoshi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
154	2015下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
154	2015下	Yukiko Motoya	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Gunzō
155	2016上	Sayaka Murata	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Bungakukai
156	2016下	Sumito Yamashita	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[16]	Shinchō
157	2017上	Shinsuke Numata	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[17]	Bungakukai
158	2017下	Chisako Wakatake	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[18]	Bungei
158	2017下	Yūka Ishii	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".	Shinchō
159	2018上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[19]	Bungakukai
160	2018下	Ryōhei Machiya	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[20]	Shinchō
160	2018下	Takahiro Ueda	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[20]	Gunzō
161	2019上	Natsuko Imamura	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[21]	Template:Ill
162	2019下	Makoto Furukawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[22]	Template:Ill
163	2020上	Haruka Tono	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[23]	Bungei
163	2020上	Haneko Takayama	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[24]	Shinchō
164	2020下	Rin Usami	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[25]	Bungei
165	2021上	Li Kotomi	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[26]	Bungakukai
165	2021上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[26]	Gunzō
166	2021下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[27]	Gunzō
167	2022上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[28]	Gunzō
168	2022下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[29]	Gunzō
168	2022下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[29]	Shinchō
169	2023上	Saou Ichikawa	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[30]	Bungei
170	2023下	Rie Kudan	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[31]	Shinchō
171	2024上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[32]	Shinchō
171	2024上	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[32]	Gunzō
172	2024下	Template:Ill	Dtopia^[33]	Bungei
172	2024下	Template:Ill	Script error: No such module "Nihongo".^[33]	Shōsetsu Tripper
173	2025上	No prize awarded.^[34]

Winners and nominees available in English translation

Winners

1936 (4th) - Jun Ishikawa, The Bodhisattva (trans. William J. Tyler, Columbia University Press, 1990)
1937 (5th) - Kazuo Ozaki, Rosy Glasses (in Rosy Glasses and Other Stories, trans. Robert Epp, Paul Norbury Publications, 1988)
1949 (22nd) - Yasushi Inoue, The Bullfight (trans. Michael Emmerich, Pushkin Press, 2013)
1953 (29th) - Shōtarō Yasuoka, Bad Company (in A View by the Sea, trans. Karen Wigen Lewis, Columbia University Press, 1984)
1954 (31st) - Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, Sudden Shower (In New Writing in Japan, trans. Geoffrey Bownas, Penguin, 1972)
1954 (32nd)
- Nobuo Kojima, The American School (In Contemporary Japanese Literature, trans. William F. Sibley, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977)
- Junzo Shono, Evenings at the Pool (In Still Life and Other Stories, trans. Wayne P. Lammers, Stone Bridge Press, 1992)
1955 (33rd) - Shūsaku Endō, White Man (In White Man, Yellow Man, trans. Teruyo Shimizu, Paulist Press, 2014)
1955 (34th) - Shintaro Ishikawa, Season of Violence (In Season of Violence, trans. John G. Mills, Toshie Takahama, and Ken Tremayne, Tuttle, 1966)
1957 (38th) - Takeshi Kaiko, The Naked King (In Japan Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, trans. Howard Curtis, 1977)
1958 (39th) - Kenzaburō Ōe, Prize Stock (In Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, trans. John Nathan, Grove Press, 1977)
1960 (44th) - Tetsuo Miura, A Portrait of Shino (In Shame in the Blood, trans. Andrew Driver, Catapult, 2007)
1963 (49th) - Taeko Kono, Crabs (In Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories, trans. Lucy North, New Directions Publishing, 1996)
1965 (53rd) - Setsuko Tsumura, Playthings (In Japan Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1, trans. Kyoko Evanhoe and Robert N. Lawson, 1980)
1967 (57th) - Tatsuhiro Ōshiro, The Cocktail Party (In Okinawa: Two Postwar Novellas, trans. Steve Rabson, Institute of East Asian Studies, 1989)
1968 (59th) - Minako Oba, The Three Crabs (in This Kind of Woman: Ten Stories by Japanese Women Writers, 1960-1976, trans. Yukiko Tanaka and Elizabeth Hanson, Stanford University Press, 1982)
1970 (64th) - Yoshikichi Furui, Yoko (In Child of Darkness: Yoko and Other Stories, trans. Donna George Storey, University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 1997)
1971 (66th)
- Kaisei Ri, The Woman Who Fulled Clothes (In Flowers of Fire: Twentieth-Century Korean Stories, trans. Beverly Nelson, University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
- Mineo Higashi, Child of Okinawa (In Okinawa: Two Postwar Novellas, trans. Steve Rabson, Institute of East Asian Studies, 1989)
1972 (68th)
- Michiko Yamamoto, Betty-san (In Betty-san, trans. Geraldine Harcourt, Kodansha International, 1985)
- Shizuko Gō, Requiem (trans. Geraldine Harcourt, Kodansha International, 1983)
1975 (73rd) - Kyoko Hayashi, Ritual of Death (In Nuke Rebuke: Writers and Artists against Nuclear Energy and Weapons, trans. Kyoko Selden, The Spirit That Moves Us Press, 1984)
1975 (74th) - Kenji Nakagami, The Cape (In The Cape and Other Stories from the Japanese Ghetto, trans. Eve Zimmerman, Stone Bridge Press, 1999)
1976 (75th) - Ryū Murakami, Almost Transparent Blue (trans. Nancy Andrew, Kodansha International, 1977)
1977 (78th) - Teru Miyamoto, River of Fireflies (in Rivers, trans. Roger K. Thomas and Ralph McCarthy, Kurodahan Press, 2014)
1979 (81st) - Yoshiko Shigekane, The Smoke in the Mountain Valley (In Mississippi Review, vol. 39, no. 1/3, trans. John Wilson and Motoko Naruse, 2012)
1981 (85th) - Rie Yoshiyuki, The Little Lady (In Japanese Literature Today, no. 7, trans. Geraldine Harcourt, 1982)
1984 (92nd) - Satoko Kizaki, The Phoenix Tree (In The Phoenix Tree and Other Stories, trans. Carol A. Flath, Kodansha International, 1990)
1985 (94th) - Fumiko Kometani, Passover (In Passover, trans. by the author, Carroll and Graf, 1989)
1987 (97th) - Kiyoko Murata, In the Pot (In Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction, trans. Kyoko Iriye Seldon, Routledge, 2015)
1987 (98th)
- Natsuki Ikezawa, Still Life (In Still Lives, trans. Dennis Keene, Kodansha International, 1997)
- Kiyohiro Miura, He's Leaving Home: My Young Son Becomes a Zen Monk (trans. Jeff Shore, Tuttle, 1996)
1990 (104th) - Yōko Ogawa, Pregnancy Diary (In The Diving Pool, trans. Stephen Snyder, Picador, 2008)
1992 (108th) - Yoko Tawada, The Bridegroom was a Dog (In The Bridegroom was a Dog, trans. Margaret Mitsutani, Kodansha International, 2003)
1993 (110th) - Hikaru Okuizumi, The Stones Cry Out (trans. James Westerhoven, Harcourt, 1999)
1996 (115th) - Hiromi Kawakami, Record of a Night Too Brief (trans. Lucy North, Pushkin Press, 2017)
1997 (117th) - Shun Medoruma, Droplets (In Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa, trans. Michael Molasky, University of Hawaii Press, 2000)
1998 (120th) - Keiichiro Hirano, Eclipse (trans. Brent de Chene and Charles De Wolf, Columbia University Press, 2024)
2000 (123rd) - Kō Machida, Rip It Up (trans. Daniel Joseph, Mercurial Editions, 2022)
2000 (124th) - Toshiyuki Horie, The Bear and the Paving Stone (In The Bear and the Paving Stone, trans. Geraint Howells, Pushkin Press, 2018)
2003 (130th)
- Hitomi Kanehara, Snakes and Earrings (trans. David Karashima, Dutton, 2005)
- Risa Wataya, I Want to Kick You in the Back (trans. Julianne Neville, One Peace Books, 2015)
2005 (133rd) - Fuminori Nakamura, The Boy in the Earth (trans. Allison Markin Powell, Soho Crime, 2017)
2005 (134th) - Akiko Itoyama, Waiting in the Offing (In Words Without Borders, April 2007, trans. Charles De Wolf)
2006 (136th) - Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone (trans. Jesse Kirkwood, MacLehose Press, 2024)
2011 (146th)
- Toh EnJoe, Harlequin Butterfly (trans. David Boyd, Pushkin Press, 2024)
- Shinya Tanaka, Cannibals (trans. Kalau Almony, Honford Star, 2024)
2012 (147th) - Maki Kashimada, Touring the Land of the Dead (trans. Haydn Trowell, Europa Editions, 2021)
2013 (149th) - Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes (trans. Kendall Heitzman, Pushkin Press, 2023)
2013 (150th) - Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole (trans. David Boyd, New Directions Publishing, 2020)
2014 (151st) - Tomoka Shibasaki, Spring Garden (trans. Polly Barton, Pushkin Press, 2017)
2015 (153rd) - Naoki Matayoshi, Spark (trans. Allison Watts, Pushkin Press, 2020)
2015 (154th) - Yukiko Motoya, An Exotic Marriage (In The Lonesome Bodybuilder, trans. Asa Yoneda, Soft Skull, 2018)
2016 (155th) - Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori, Grove Press, 2018)
2017 (158th) - Yuka Ishii, The Mud of a Century (trans. Haydn Trowell, Gazebo Books, 2023)
2019 (161st) - Natsuko Imamura, The Woman in the Purple Skirt (trans. Lucy North, Faber and Faber, 2021)
2020 (164th) - Rin Usami, Idol, Burning (trans. Asa Yoneda, HarperVia, 2022)
2021 (165th) - Mai Ishizawa, The Place of Shells (trans. Polly Barton, New Directions Publishing, 2025)
2022 (167th) - Junko Takase, May You Have Delicious Meals (trans. Morgan Giles, Penguin, 2025)
2023 (169th) - Saou Ichikawa, Hunchback (trans. Polly Barton, Penguin, 2025)
2023 (170th) - Rie Kudan, Sympathy Tower Tokyo (trans. Jesse Kirkwood, Penguin, 2025)

Nominees

1949 (22nd) - Yasushi Inoue, The Hunting Gun (trans. Michael Emmerich, Pushkin Press, 2014)
1951 (25th) - Shōtarō Yasuoka, The Glass Slipper (In The Glass Slipper and Other Stories, trans. Royall Tyler, Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
1952 (27th) - Shōtarō Yasuoka, Homework (In The Glass Slipper and Other Stories, trans. Royall Tyler, Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
1952 (28th)
- Shōtarō Yasuoka, Prized Possessions (In Contemporary Japanese Literature, trans. Edwin McClellan, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977)
- Nobuo Kojima, The Rifle (In The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories, trans. Lawrence Rogers, Oxford University Press, 1997)
1960 (43rd) - Yumiko Kurahashi, Partei (In This Kind of Woman: Ten Stories by Japanese Women Writers, 1960-1976, trans. Yukiko Tanaka and Elizabeth Hanson, Stanford University Press, 1982)
1962 (46th) - Kōno Taeko, Snow (In Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories, trans. Lucy North. New Directions Publishing, 1996)
1964 (51st) - Masaaki Tachihara, Torchlight Nō (In Cliff's Edge and Other Stories, trans. Stephen W. Kohl, Midwest Publishers, 1980)
1965 (53rd) - Masaaki Tachihara, Cliff's Edge (In Cliff's Edge and Other Stories, trans. Stephen W. Kohl, Midwest Publishers, 1980)
1971 (65th) - Kin Sekihan, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost (trans. Cindi L. Textor, Columbia University Press, 2010)
1979 (81st) - Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing (in Wind/Pinball: Two Novels, trans. Ted Goossen, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015)
1980 (83rd) - Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973 (in Wind/Pinball: Two Novels, trans. Ted Goossen, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015)
1980 (84th) - Satoko Kizaki, Barefoot (In The Phoenix Tree and Other Stories, trans. Carol A. Flath, Kodansha International, 1990)
1981 (85th) - Satoko Kizaki, The Flame Trees (In The Phoenix Tree and Other Stories, trans. Carol A. Flath, Kodansha International, 1990)
1985 (94th) - Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes (In Bedtime Eyes, trans. Yumi Gunji and Marc Jardine, St. Martin's Press, 2006)
1986 (95th) - Amy Yamada, Jesse (In Bedtime Eyes, trans. Yumi Gunji and Marc Jardine, St. Martin's Press, 2006)
1989 (102nd) - Yōko Ogawa, The Diving Pool (In The Diving Pool, trans. Stephen Snyder, Picador, 2008)
1998 (120th) - Mari Akasaka, Vibrator (trans. Michael Emmerich, Faber & Faber, 2005)
2001 (125th) - Kazushige Abe, Nipponia Nippon (trans. Kerim Yasar, Pushkin Press, 2023)
2002 (128th) - Fuminori Nakamura, The Gun (trans. Allison Markin Powell, Soho Press, 2016)
2003 (129th) - Akiko Itoyama, It's Only Talk (trans. Raquel Hill, Japan Times Press, 2009)
2004 (132nd) - Nao-Cola Yamazaki, Don't Laugh at Other People's Sex Lives (trans. Polly Barton, Daunt Books, 2026)
2012 (148th) - Masatsugu Ono, Lion Cross Point (trans. Angus Turvill, Two Lines Press, 2018)
2016 (155th) - Nao-Cola Yamazaki, Beautiful Distance (trans. Charlotte Goff, Daunt Books, 2026)
2021 (166th) - Rie Kudan, Schoolgirl (In Schoolgirl, trans. Haydn Trowell, Gazebo Books, 2025)
2022 (167th) - Suzumi Suzuki, Gifted (trans. Allison Markin Powell, Transit Books, 2024)

Current members of the selection committee and year appointed

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