Naoki Prize winners
The Akutagawa Prize's sister award, given twice a year since 1935 to a work of popular fiction, from crime and historical novels to love stories.
208 winners, 1935 to 2026, newest first.
Japanese literature chat →- Kengwai2026KengwaiKasumi AsakuraNot yet translated into English
- Cafe no Kaerimichi2025Cafe no KaerimichiTeru ShimazuNot yet translated into English
- Ai o Tsugu Umi2024Ai o Tsugu UmiShin IyoharaNot yet translated into English
- Tsumidemic2024TsumidemicMichi IchihoNot yet translated into English
- Gokuraku Seii-taishōgun2023Gokuraku Seii-taishōgunRyōsuke KakineNot yet translated into English
- Hachigatsu no Gosho-ground2023Hachigatsu no Gosho-groundManabu MakimeNot yet translated into English
- Kobiki-chō no Adauchi2023Kobiki-chō no AdauchiSayako NagaiNot yet translated into English
- Tomogui2023TomoguiAkiko KawasakiNot yet translated into English
- Chizu to Kobushi2022Chizu to KobushiSatoshi OgawaNot yet translated into English
- Shirogane no Ha2022Shirogane no HaAkane ChihayaNot yet translated into English
- Yoru ni Hoshi wo Hanatsu2022Yoru ni Hoshi wo HanatsuMisumi KuboNot yet translated into English
- Hoshi ochite, nao2021Hoshi ochite, naoToko SawadaNot yet translated into English
- Saiō no Tate2021Saiō no TateShogo ImamuraNot yet translated into English
- Tezcatlipoca2021TezcatlipocaKiwamu Sato
- The Samurai and the Prisoner
2021The Samurai and the PrisonerHonobu Yonezawa - Kokoro(ura) sabishi kawa2020Kokoro(ura) sabishi kawaNaka SaijoNot yet translated into English
- The Boy and the Dog
2020The Boy and the DogHase Seishū - Netsu Gen2019Netsu GenSoichi KawagoeNot yet translated into English
- Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi2019Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin TamamusubiMasumi OshimaNot yet translated into English
- First Love2018First LoveRio Shimamoto
- Takarajima2018TakarajimaJunjō ShindōNot yet translated into English
- Gingatetsudo no Chichi2017Gingatetsudo no ChichiYoshinobu KadoiNot yet translated into English
- Tsuki no Michikake2017Tsuki no MichikakeShogo SatoNot yet translated into English
- Honeybees and Distant Thunder
2016Honeybees and Distant ThunderRiku Onda - Umi no Mieru Rihatsuten2016Umi no Mieru RihatsutenHiroshi OgiwaraNot yet translated into English
- Ryu2015RyuAkira Higashiyama
- Tsuma wo Metorava2015Tsuma wo MetoravaBunpei AoyamaNot yet translated into English
- Hamon2014HamonHiroyuki KurokawaNot yet translated into English
- Saraba!2014Saraba!Kanako NishiNot yet translated into English
- Hotel Royal2013Hotel RoyalShino SakuragiNot yet translated into English
- Renka2013RenkaMakate AsaiNot yet translated into English
- Shōwa no inu2013Shōwa no inuKaoruko HimenoNot yet translated into English
- Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru2012Kagi no nai Yume wo MiruMizuki TsujimuraNot yet translated into English
- Nanimono2012NanimonoAsai RyoNot yet translated into English
- Tohaku2012TohakuAbe RyutaroNot yet translated into English
- Higurashi no Ki2011Higurashi no KiRin HamuroNot yet translated into English
- Shitamachi Roketto
2011Shitamachi RokettoJun IkeidoNot yet translated into English - Hyōsa no Utau2010Hyōsa no UtauNobori KiuchiNot yet translated into English
- The Little House
2010The Little HouseKyōko Nakajima - Tsuki to Kani2010Tsuki to KaniShūsuke MichioNot yet translated into English
- Haikyo ni Kō2009Haikyo ni KōJō SasakiNot yet translated into English
- Hokanaranu Hito e2009Hokanaranu Hito eKazufumi ShiraishiNot yet translated into English
- Sagi to Yuki2009Sagi to YukiKaoru KitamuraNot yet translated into English
- Itamu Hito2008Itamu HitoArata TendoNot yet translated into English
- Kiriha e2008Kiriha eAreno InoueNot yet translated into English
- Rikyū ni Tazune yo2008Rikyū ni Tazune yoKen'ichi YamamotoNot yet translated into English
- Watashi no Otoko2007Watashi no OtokoKazuki SakurabaNot yet translated into English
- Yoshiwara Tebikigusa2007Yoshiwara TebikigusaKesako MatsuiNot yet translated into English
- Kaze ni Maiagaru Binīru Shīto2006Kaze ni Maiagaru Binīru ShītoEto MoriNot yet translated into English
- Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benri-ken2006Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benri-kenShion MiuraNot yet translated into English
- Hana Manma
2005Hana ManmaMinato ShukawaNot yet translated into English - The Devotion of Suspect X
2005The Devotion of Suspect XKeigo Higashino - Kaikō no Mori2004Kaikō no MoriTatsuya KumagaiNot yet translated into English
- Kūchū Buranko2004Kūchū BurankoHideo OkudaNot yet translated into English
- Woman on the Other Shore
2004Woman on the Other ShoreMitsuyo Kakuta - 4-Teen20034-TeenIra IshidaNot yet translated into English
- Gokyu suru Junbi wa Dekiteita2003Gokyu suru Junbi wa DekiteitaKaori EkuniNot yet translated into English
- Hoshiboshi no Fune2003Hoshiboshi no FuneYuka MurayamaNot yet translated into English
- Nochi no Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari2003Nochi no Kōsetsu Hyaku MonogatariNatsuhiko KyogokuNot yet translated into English
- Ikiru2002IkiruYuzaburō OtokawaNot yet translated into English
- Ai no Ryōbun2001Ai no RyōbunYoshinaga FujitaNot yet translated into English
- Akanezora2001AkanezoraIchiriki YamamotoNot yet translated into English
- Katagoshi no Koibito
2001Katagoshi no KoibitoKei YuikawaNot yet translated into English - Bitamin F2000Bitamin FKiyoshi ShigematsuNot yet translated into English
- Go
2000GoKazuki Kaneshiro - May in the Valley of the Rainbow
2000May in the Valley of the RainbowYoichi Funado - Puranaria
2000PuranariaFumio YamamotoNot yet translated into English - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi1999Nagasaki Burabura BushiRei NakanishiNot yet translated into English
- Ōhi no Rikon1999Ōhi no RikonKenichi SatōNot yet translated into English
- Yawaraka na Hoho1999Yawaraka na HohoNatsuo KirinoNot yet translated into English
- Riyū
1998RiyūMiyuki MiyabeNot yet translated into English - The Paradise Bird Tattoo
1998The Paradise Bird TattooChōkitsu Kurumatani - Onnatachi no Jihaado1997Onnatachi no JihaadoSetsuko ShinodaNot yet translated into English
- The Stationmaster1997The StationmasterJirō Asada
- The Hunter
1996The HunterAsa Nonami - Yamahaha1996YamahahaMasako BandōNot yet translated into English
- Hakkyū Zan'ei1995Hakkyū Zan'eiShun AkasegawaNot yet translated into English
- Koi1995KoiMariko KoikeNot yet translated into English
- Terorisuto no Parasoru1995Terorisuto no ParasoruIori FujiwaraNot yet translated into English
- Futatsu no Sanga1994Futatsu no SangaAkihiko NakamuraNot yet translated into English
- Kikyō1994KikyōYasuhisa EbisawaNot yet translated into English
- Ebisu-ya Kihei Tebikae1993Ebisu-ya Kihei TebikaeMasayoshi SatōNot yet translated into English
- Mākusu no Yama1993Mākusu no YamaKaoru TakamuraNot yet translated into English
- Shinjuku Zame – Mugen Ningyō1993Shinjuku Zame – Mugen NingyōArimasa OsawaNot yet translated into English
- The Budding Tree
1993The Budding TreeAiko Kitahara - Tsukudashima Futari Shobō1992Tsukudashima Futari ShobōTatsurō DekuneNot yet translated into English
- Uke Tsuki1992Uke TsukiShizuka IjūinNot yet translated into English
- Akai Kioku1991Akai KiokuKatsuhiko TakahashiNot yet translated into English
- Kaki Shunjyū1991Kaki ShunjyūMasamitsu MiyagitaniNot yet translated into English
- Ōkami Bugyō1991Ōkami BugyōYoshio TakahashiNot yet translated into English
- Seishun Dendekedekedeke1991Seishun DendekedekedekeSunao AshiharaNot yet translated into English
- Hyōhakusha no Aria1990Hyōhakusha no AriaKaoru FurukawaNot yet translated into English
- Kage Kikyō1990Kage KikyōTsumao AwasakaNot yet translated into English
- Kodenshō1989KodenshōSeiji HashikawaNot yet translated into English
- Kōenji Junjō Shōtengai1989Kōenji Junjō ShōtengaiNejime ShōichiNot yet translated into English
- Tooi Kuni kara no Satsujinsha1989Tooi Kuni kara no SatsujinshaAkira SasakuraNot yet translated into English
- Watashi ga Koroshita Shōjo1989Watashi ga Koroshita ShōjoRyō HaraNot yet translated into English
- Kooreru Hitomi1988Kooreru HitomiMasaaki NishikiNot yet translated into English
- Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo1988Tōi Umi kara Kita CooTamio KageyamaNot yet translated into English
- Tōkyō Shin Ōhashi Uchūzu1988Tōkyō Shin Ōhashi UchūzuAkiko SugimotoNot yet translated into English
- Urete Yuku Natsu1988Urete Yuku NatsuShizuko TōdōNot yet translated into English
- Kairōden1987KairōdenIchirō ShiraishiNot yet translated into English
- Sorezore no Tsuigakushō1987Sorezore no TsuigakushōMakio AbeNot yet translated into English
- Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu Onrī1987Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu OnrīAmy YamadaNot yet translated into English
- Koi Kurenai1986Koi KurenaiHiroko MinagawaNot yet translated into English
- The Red Star of Cadiz
1986The Red Star of CadizGō Ōsaka - Tooi Amerika1986Tooi AmerikaShinpei TokiwaNot yet translated into English
- Enka no Mushi1985Enka no MushiYōko YamaguchiNot yet translated into English
- Saishuu-bin ni Maniaeba1985Saishuu-bin ni ManiaebaMariko HayashiNot yet translated into English
- Uogashi Monogatari1985Uogashi MonogatariSeigo MoritaNot yet translated into English
- Koibumi1984KoibumiMikihiko RenjōNot yet translated into English
- Tennojimura1984TennojimuraToshizō NanbaNot yet translated into English
- Hiden1983HidenOsamu TakahashiNot yet translated into English
- Kuropan Furyo-ki1983Kuropan Furyo-kiKōshi KurumizawaNot yet translated into English
- Shiseikatsu1983ShiseikatsuTakurō KankiNot yet translated into English
- En'netsu Shōnin1982En'netsu ShōninYūsuke FukadaNot yet translated into English
- Jidai-ya no Nyōbō1982Jidai-ya no NyōbōTomomi MuramatsuNot yet translated into English
- Kamata Kōshinkyoku1981Kamata KōshinkyokuKôhei TsukaNot yet translated into English
- Kirai1981KiraiAkira MitsuokaNot yet translated into English
- Ningen Banji Saiō ga Hinoeuma1981Ningen Banji Saiō ga HinoeumaYukio AoshimaNot yet translated into English
- Genshu no Muhon1980Genshu no MuhonMasanori NakamuraNot yet translated into English
- Kiiroi Kiba1980Kiiroi KibaKageki ShimodaNot yet translated into English
- The Name of the Flower
1980The Name of the FlowerKuniko Mukōda - Napoleon Crazy1979Napoleon CrazyTakashi Atōda
- Rōkyoku-shi Asahimaru no Hanashi1979Rōkyoku-shi Asahimaru no HanashiKomimasa TanakaNot yet translated into English
- Dai Naniwa Morobito Ourai1978Dai Naniwa Morobito OuraiNatsuo AriakeNot yet translated into English
- Ichigen no Koto1978Ichigen no KotoTomiko MiyaoNot yet translated into English
- Jinjū no Umi1978Jinjū no UmiYō TsumotoNot yet translated into English
- Rikon1978RikonTakehiro IrokawaNot yet translated into English
- Kosodate Gokko1976Kosodate GokkoKyōzō MiyoshiNot yet translated into English
- Fukushū suru wa Ware ni ari1975Fukushū suru wa Ware ni ariRyuzo SakiNot yet translated into English
- Atorasu Densetsu1974Atorasu DensetsuMagoroku IdeNot yet translated into English
- Oni no Uta1974Oni no UtaGiichi FujimotoNot yet translated into English
- Sheltering Rain1974Sheltering RainRyō Hanmura
- Ansatsu no Nenrin1973Ansatsu no NenrinShuhei FujisawaNot yet translated into English
- Tsugaru Jonkarabushi1973Tsugaru JonkarabushiHideo Osabe
- Tegusari Shinjū1972Tegusari ShinjūHisashi InoueNot yet translated into English
- Zan
1972ZanKenjō TsunabuchiNot yet translated into English - Gunki Hatameku Shita ni1970Gunki Hatameku Shita niYūki ShōjiNot yet translated into English
- Hikari to Kage1970Hikari to KageJunichi WatanabeNot yet translated into English
- Nagaragawa1970NagaragawaJō ToyodaNot yet translated into English
- Tatakai Sunde Hi ga Kurete1969Tatakai Sunde Hi ga KureteAiko SatōNot yet translated into English
- Kyōjin no Ori1968Kyōjin no OriMitsugu SaotomeNot yet translated into English
- Seigyoku Shishi Kōro1968Seigyoku Shishi KōroShunshin ChinNot yet translated into English
- American Hijiki1967American HijikiAkiyuki Nosaka
- Hijiri Shōjo1967Hijiri ShōjoTooru MiyoshiNot yet translated into English
- Oitsumeru1967OitsumeruJirō IkushimaNot yet translated into English
- Aozameta Uma wo Miyo1966Aozameta Uma wo MiyoHiroyuki ItsukiNot yet translated into English
- Shiroi Keshi1966Shiroi KeshiMasaaki TachiharaNot yet translated into English
- Niji1965NijiShigeo FujiiNot yet translated into English
- Toriko Shū-ki1965Toriko Shū-kiJihei ChibaNot yet translated into English
- Yaochō1965YaochōYūkichi ShinbashiNot yet translated into English
- Chanshaoshu no Hanashi1964Chanshaoshu no HanashiAtsuko AnzaiNot yet translated into English
- Enkan1964EnkanMichiko NagaiNot yet translated into English
- Chiri no Naka1963Chiri no NakaYoshie WadaNot yet translated into English
- Kōdan Honmokutei1963Kōdan HonmokuteiTsuruo AndōNot yet translated into English
- Onna no Ikusa1963Onna no IkusaTokuji SatōNot yet translated into English
- Eburiman-shi no Yūgana Seikatsu1962Eburiman-shi no Yūgana SeikatsuHitomi YamaguchiNot yet translated into English
- Koshū no Kishi1962Koshū no KishiSonoko SugimotoNot yet translated into English
- Tensai to Kyōjin no Aida1962Tensai to Kyōjin no AidaHisahide SugimoriNot yet translated into English
- Hotaru no Kawa1961Hotaru no KawaKeiichi ItōNot yet translated into English
- The Temple of the Wild Geese
1961The Temple of the Wild GeeseTsutomu Minakami - Hagure Nenbutsu1960Hagure NenbutsuDaikichi TerauchiNot yet translated into English
- Haitoku no Mesu1960Haitoku no MesuJūgo KuroiwaNot yet translated into English
- Sakuran1960SakuranShōtarō IkenamiNot yet translated into English
- Danjūrō Seppuku Jiken1959Danjūrō Seppuku JikenYasuji ToitaNot yet translated into English
- Fukurō no Shiro1959Fukurō no ShiroRyōtarō ShibaNot yet translated into English
- Mabechigawa1959MabechigawaKieko WatanabeNot yet translated into English
- Taganeshi1959TaganeshiYumie HiraiwaNot yet translated into English
- Akai Yuki1958Akai YukiEiji ShinbaNot yet translated into English
- Hana Noren1958Hana NorenToyoko YamasakiNot yet translated into English
- Ochiru1958OchiruKyō TakigawaNot yet translated into English
- Sōkaiya Kinjō1958Sōkaiya KinjōSaburō ShiroyamaNot yet translated into English
- Ruson no Tanima1957Ruson no TanimaMasanori EsakiNot yet translated into English
- Kabe no Hana1956Kabe no HanaKanichi KonNot yet translated into English
- Kachigarasu1956KachigarasuMiharu HozumiNot yet translated into English
- Ogin-sama1956Ogin-samaTōkō KonNot yet translated into English
- Tōdaiki1956TōdaikiNorio NanjōNot yet translated into English
- Gōrikiden1955GōrikidenJirō NittaNot yet translated into English
- Honkon1955HonkonEikan KyūNot yet translated into English
- Boroya no Shunjū1954Boroya no ShunjūHaruo UmezakiNot yet translated into English
- Shūshin Miketsushū1954Shūshin MiketsushūYorichika ArimaNot yet translated into English
- Takayasu Inu Monogatari1954Takayasu Inu MonogatariYukio TogawaNot yet translated into English
- Hanran1952HanranNobuyuki TatenoNot yet translated into English
- Tsumina Onna1952Tsumina OnnaShinji FujiwaraNot yet translated into English
- Eigoya-san1951Eigoya-sanKeita GenjiNot yet translated into English
- Iesu no Ei1951Iesu no EiRenzaburō ShibataNot yet translated into English
- Suzuki Mondo1951Suzuki MondoJuran HisaoNot yet translated into English
- Chōgonka1950ChōgonkaKazuo DanNot yet translated into English
- Shikkō Yūyo1950Shikkō YūyoItoko KoyamaNot yet translated into English
- Tennō no Bōshi1950Tennō no BōshiHidemi KonNot yet translated into English
- Omote1949OmoteTsuneo TomitaNot yet translated into English
- Umi no Haien1949Umi no HaienKatsurō YamadaNot yet translated into English
- Nyū Giniya Sangakusen1944Nyū Giniya SangakusenSeizō OkadaNot yet translated into English
- Yamahata1943YamahataSōichi MoriNot yet translated into English
- Gōjō Ichigo1942Gōjō IchigoNorio TaokaNot yet translated into English
- Kanyō1942KanyōTakio KanzakiNot yet translated into English
- Unnan Shubihei1941Unnan ShubiheiSōjū KimuraNot yet translated into English
- Gunji Yuubin1940Gunji YuubinSensuke KawachiNot yet translated into English
- Kazusa Fudoki1940Kazusa FudokiGenzō MurakamiNot yet translated into English
- Koyubi1940KoyubiChiyo TsutsumiNot yet translated into English
- Kabuto1938KabutoTadao OoikeNot yet translated into English
- Narin-denka e no Kaisō1938Narin-denka e no KaisōSotoo TachibanaNot yet translated into English
- John Manjirō Hyōryūki1937John Manjirō HyōryūkiMasuji IbuseNot yet translated into English
- Jinsei no Ahō1936Jinsei no AhōTakatarō KigiNot yet translated into English
- Tenshō Onna Gassen1936Tenshō Onna GassenChōgorō KaionjiNot yet translated into English
- Tsuruhachi Tsurujirō1935Tsuruhachi TsurujirōMatsutarō KawaguchiNot yet translated into English
- Yoshinochō Taiheiki1935Yoshinochō TaiheikiUko WashioNot yet translated into English
Winners from the prize's Wikipedia article.