ULibraries Research Guides: Japanese Language Students Library Guide: Akutagawa Prize Winners

The Akutagawa Prize, named for novelist Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, is often considered the most prestigious literary award in Japan. The award is presented by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature, and selections are made by a committee of former winners semiannually. Sometimes the committee decides on two honorees, and sometimes no prize is awarded. For more, including committee members' individual ratings and all winners going back to 1935, see the award's official website (in Japanese).

Akutagawa Prize Winner List

Year	Author	Title
2024下	Ando Jose	Dtopia
2024下	Suzuki Yuui	Goethe wa subete o itta
2024上	Sanzō K. Matsunaga	Bari sankō
2024上	Asahina Aki	Sanshōuo no Shijūkunich

2023下	Kudan Rie	Tokyō-to Dōjō-tō
2023上	Ichikawa Saō	Hunchback
2022下	Atsushi Satō	Arechi no kazoku
2022下	Idogawa Iko	Kono yo no yorokobi yo
2022上	Takase Junko	Oishii gohan ga taberaremasu yōni
2021下	Sunakawa Bunji	Black Box
2021上	Ishizawa Mai	Kai ni tsudzuku basho nite
2021上	Li Kotomi	Higanbana ga saku shima
2020下	Usami Rin	Oshi, moyu
2020上	Takayama Haneko	Shuri no uma
2020上	Tono Haruka	Hakyoku
2019下	Furukawa Makoto	Seitaka awadachisō 背
2019上	Imamura Natsuko	Murasaki no sukāto no onna
2018下	Ueda Takahiro	Nimrod
2018下	Machiya Ryōhei	1R 1-pun 34-byō
2018上	Takahashi Hiroki	Okuribi
2017下	Ishii Yūka	Hyakunen doro
2017下	Wakatake Chisako	Ora ora de hitori igumo
2017上	Numata Shinsuke	Eiri
2016下	Yamashita Sumito	Shinsekai
2016上	Murata Sayaka	Convenience Store Woman [English translation]
2015下	Motoya Yukiko	Irui konin tan
2015下	Takiguchi Yūshō	Shindeinai mono
2015上	Matayoshi Naoki	Spark
2015上	Hada Keisuke	Scrap and Build
2014下	Ono Masatsugu	Kyūnenmae no inori
2014上	Shibasaki Tomoka	Spring Garden

2013下	Oyamada Hiroko	The Hole
2013上	Fujino Kaori	Tsume to me
2012下	Kuroda Natsuko	ab Sango
2012上	Kashimada Maki	Touring the Land of the Dead
2011下	Tanaka Shinya	Tomogui
2011下	EnJoe Toh	Harlequin's Butterfly
2010下	Nishimura Kenta	Kueki ressha
2010下	Asabuki Mariko	Kikotowa
2010上	Akazome Akiko	Otome no mikkoku
2009上	Isozaki Kenichirō	Tsui no sumika
2008下	Tsumura Kikuko	Potosu raimu no fune
2008上	Yang Yi	Toki ga nijimu asa
2007下	Kawakami Mieko	Breasts and Eggs [English translation]
2007上	Suwa Tetsuhi	Asatte no hito
2006下	Aoyama Nanae	Hitori biyori
2006上	Itō Takami	Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru
2005下	Itoyama Akiko	Waiting in the Offing
2005上	Nakamura Fuminori	The Boy in the Earth
2004下	Kazushige Abe	Grand Finale
2004上	Morio Nobu	Kaigo Nyūmon