Yuka Murayama

Yuka Murayama (村山由佳, Murayama Yuka) (born 1964) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Subaru Literary Newcomer Prize, the Naoki Prize, and the Shibata Renzaburo Prize.

Yuka Murayama
Native name	村山由佳
Born	1964 (age 60–61) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Writer, novelist
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Rikkyo University
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	The Angel's Egg Hoshiboshi no fune Double Fantasy
Notable awards	Subaru Literary Newcomer Prize Naoki Prize Shibata Renzaburo

Biography

Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, Murayama graduated from Rikkyo University and majored in Japanese literature.^[1] Before becoming a writer she worked at as a real-estate agent and a teacher at a cram school.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993 her first novel, The Angel's Egg (天使の卵 (エンジェルス・エッグ), Enjerusu eggu), won the Subaru Literary Newcomer Prize in Japan.^[2] After garnering the prize, she produced many other novels: Wild Winds, Bad Kids, Delicious Coffee Series, among others. The Angel's Egg was adapted to film in 2006 as The Angel's Egg, directed by Shin Togashi.^[3] In 2003 Murayama won the 129th Naoki Prize for Voyage Through Stars (星々の舟, Hoshiboshi no fune).^[4] In 2009 she won the 22nd Shibata Renzaburo Prize and the 4th Chuokoron Literary Prize for Double Fantasy (ダブル ファンタジー, Daburu fantaji), a story about a housewife seeking new sexual experiences.^[5] Double Fantasy was adapted into a 2018 Wowow television drama starring Asami Mizukawa.^[6]

Yuka Murayama lives in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition

• 1993 6th Subaru Literary Newcomer Prize^[7]
• 2003 129th Naoki Prize (2003上)^[4]
• 2009 4th Chuokoron Literary Prize^[8]
• 2009 22nd Shibata Renzaburo Prize^[9]

Bibliography

• Enjerusu eggu (天使の卵 (エンジェルス・エッグ), The Angel's Egg), Shueisha, 1994, ISBN 9784087740516
• Hoshiboshi no fune (星々の舟, Voyage Through Stars), Bungeishunjū, 2003, ISBN 9784163216508
• Daburu fantaji (ダブル ファンタジー, Double Fantasy), Bungeishunjū, 2009, ISBN 9784163275307