Riku Onda
{{Short description|Japanese writer (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Riku Onda
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| pseudonym = 恩田 陸
| native_name = 熊谷 奈苗
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1964}}
| birth_place = Sendai, Japan
| alma_mater = Waseda University
| occupation = Writer
| language = Japanese
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- Yoru no pikunikku
- Yujinia
- Nakaniwa no dekigoto
- Mitsubachi to enrai
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| awards = {{plainlist|
- Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
- Japan Booksellers' Award
- Mystery Writers of Japan Award
- Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize
- Naoki Prize
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{{nihongo|Nanae Kumagai|熊谷 奈苗|Kumagai Nanae|born 1964}}, known by her pen name {{nihongo|Riku Onda|恩田 陸|Onda Riku}}, is a Japanese writer. Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.
Early life and education
Nanae Kumagai was born in 1964 in Aomori, Japan but raised in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture.{{cite web|url=http://ibarakinews.jp/news/newsdetail.php?f_jun=15110873221250|language=ja|title=「水戸は縁起いい土地」 直木賞作家・恩田陸さん|work=Ibaraki Shimbun|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104135/http://ibarakinews.jp/news/newsdetail.php?f_jun=15110873221250|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} She graduated from Waseda University in 1987 and worked in an office for several years, then quit her job to try writing a novel after reading Ken'ichi Sakemi's 1991 novel {{nihongo3||後宮小說|Kōkyū shōsetsu}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.waseda.jp/top/news/51069|language=ja|title=第二世紀へのメッセージ|publisher=Waseda University|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104155/https://www.waseda.jp/top/news/51069|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
Career
Onda made her literary debut in 1992 with the novel {{nihongo3|The Sixth Sayoko|六番目の小夜子|Rokubanme no Sayoko}}, which was adapted into the 2000 NHK show {{nihongo3|Sayoko is Back|六番目の小夜子|Rokubanme no Sayoko}} starring Anne Suzuki and Chiaki Kuriyama.{{cite web|url=https://dot.asahi.com/dot/2017041400036.html|language=ja|title=史上初のダブルW受賞！？ 恩田陸ってどんな作家なの？|work=AERAdot|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|last=高倉|first=優子|date=April 14, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133724/https://dot.asahi.com/dot/2017041400036.html|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/tv60bin/detail/index.cgi?das_id=D0009020042_00000|language=ja|title=ドラマ愛の詩 六番目の小夜子|publisher=NHK|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104332/https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/tv60bin/detail/index.cgi?das_id=D0009020042_00000|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} More novels and adaptations followed, including the 1999 novel {{nihongo3||木曜組曲|Mokuyō kumikyoku}}, which was adapted into a 2002 film,{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/movie/40608/|language=ja|title=木曜組曲|work=Eiga.com|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133739/https://eiga.com/movie/40608/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} and the 2000 novel {{nihongo3|Neverland|ネバーランド|Nebārando}}, which was adapted into a 2001 TBS television series starring Tsubasa Imai.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020202093126/http://www.tbs.co.jp/neverland2001/cast.htm|archive-date=February 2, 2002|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/neverland2001/cast.htm|language=ja|title=Neverland Cast|publisher=Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|access-date=August 2, 2018}}
In 2005 Onda won the 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers and the 2nd Japan Booksellers' Award Grand Prize for her novel {{nihongo3|Nighttime Picnic|夜のピクニック|Yoru no pikunikku}}, a story about two half-siblings participating in their school's annual hike.{{cite web|url=http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/54319|language=ja|title=恩田陸『夜のピクニック」は文学史に名を残す名作だ|work=Shūkan Gendai|publisher=Kodansha|last=佐藤|first=優|date=February 4, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133702/http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/54319|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Yoru no pikunikku was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Masahiko Nagasawa and starring Mikako Tabe.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2006/09/25/802.html|language=ja|title=『夜のピクニック』1000人一緒に星空試写会開催|work=CinemaCafe.net|date=September 25, 2006|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104206/https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2006/09/25/802.html|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} After being previously nominated for a 58th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for her book Q&A in 2005, Onda won the 59th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel in 2006 for her murder mystery The Aosawa Murders ({{nihongo3|Yujinia|ユージニア}}). The next year she won the 20th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for her book {{nihongo3|The Incident in the Courtyard|中庭の出来事|Nakaniwa no dekigoto}}, a complex story about a playwright writing a play about a playwright who is murdered while writing a play.{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY200705150358.html|language=ja|title=第２０回三島由紀夫賞・山本周五郎賞決まる|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133757/http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY200705150358.html|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/736-the-incident-in-the-courtyard|title=The Incident in the Courtyard|work=Books from Japan|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104529/http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/736-the-incident-in-the-courtyard|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Onda's 2011 novel {{nihongo3|Mistaken Dreams|夢違|Yumechigai}} was adapted into the 2012 television drama My Little Nightmare (Akumu-chan), starring Keiko Kitagawa and shown on Nippon TV.{{cite news|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120816dog00m200032000c.html|language=ja|title=北川景子：腹黒い小学教師役で新境地に挑戦|work=MANTAN Web|publisher=Mainichi Shimbun|date=August 17, 2012|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104120/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120816dog00m200032000c.html|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/akumu/|language=ja|title=悪夢ちゃん|publisher=Nippon TV|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912035458/http://www.ntv.co.jp/akumu/|archive-date=September 12, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} My Little Nightmare: The Movie film sequel, also starring Keiko Kitagawa, premiered in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2026635/full/|language=ja|title=北川景子主演『悪夢ちゃん』続編映画化!|work=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=July 15, 2013|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133957/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2026635/full/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1359194|language=ja|title=GACKT、衝動を抑えきれず「すぐ保護されてた」|work=Modelpress|date=May 3, 2014|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803134043/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1359194|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
In 2017, after having been nominated six different times for the Naoki Prize, Onda won the 156th Naoki Prize for her 2016 book {{nihongo3|Honey Bee and Distant Thunder|蜜蜂と遠雷|Mitsubachi to enrai}}, a story about an international piano competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/20/books/sumito-yamashita-claims-156th-akutagawa-prize/|title=Sumito Yamashita claims 156th Akutagawa Prize|work=The Japan Times|last=Kikuchi|first=Daisuke|date=January 20, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133843/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/20/books/sumito-yamashita-claims-156th-akutagawa-prize/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/20170119-akutagawanaoki|language=ja|title=『直木賞』に6度目ノミネートの恩田陸、『芥川賞』は山下澄人|work=Cinra.net|date=January 19, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803165115/https://www.cinra.net/news/20170119-akutagawanaoki|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Mitsubachi to enrai also won the Japan Booksellers Award Grand Prize in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2088997/full/|language=ja|title=【2017年本屋大賞】恩田陸氏『蜜蜂と遠雷』に決定 直木賞と"ダブル受賞"の快挙|work=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133843/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2088997/full/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} After winning the Naoki Award Onda visited her hometown of Sendai and received a special award from Mayor Emiko Okuyama.{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170328/ddl/k04/040/085000c|language=ja|title=「仙台は私の古里」 恩田陸さんに「賛辞の楯」 市役所訪問 ／宮城|work=Mainichi Shimbun|date=March 28, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133912/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170328/ddl/k04/040/085000c|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
Awards
- 2005 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers{{cite web|url=http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bn/list.html|language=ja|title=吉川英治文学新人賞過去受賞作|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616180415/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bn/list.html|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- 2005 2nd Japan Booksellers' Award Grand Prize{{cite web|url=https://www.hontai.or.jp/history/index.html|language=ja|title=これまでの本屋大賞|publisher=本屋大賞|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706104327/https://www.hontai.or.jp/history/index.html|archive-date=July 6, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- 2006 59th Mystery Writers of Japan Award{{cite web|url=http://www.mystery.or.jp/prize/|language=ja|title=文学賞検索|publisher=日本推理作家協会|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234000/http://www.mystery.or.jp/prize|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- 2007 20th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/prizes/yamamotosho/archive.html|language=ja|title=山本周五郎賞 過去の受賞作品|publisher=Shinchosha|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095831/http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/prizes/yamamotosho/archive.html|archive-date=July 22, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- 2017 156th Naoki Prize (2016下){{cite web|url=http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/list.html|language=ja|title=直木賞受賞者一覧|publisher=日本文学振興会|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107125052/http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/list.html|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- 2017 14th Japan Booksellers' Award Grand Prize
Bibliography
=Selected works in Japanese=
- {{nihongo3|Sixth Child|六番目の小夜子|Rokubanme no Sayoko}}, Shinchosha, 1992, {{isbn|9784101234113}}
- {{nihongo3||木曜組曲|Mokuyō kumikyoku}}, Tokuma Shoten, 1999, {{isbn|9784198610937}}
- {{nihongo3|Neverland|ネバーランド|Nebārando}}, Shueisha, 2000, {{isbn|9784087744637}}
- Q&A, Gentosha, 2004, {{isbn|9784344006232}}
- {{nihongo3|Nighttime Picnic|夜のピクニック|Yoru no pikunikku}}, Shinchosha, 2004, {{isbn|9784103971054}}
- {{nihongo3|Eugenia|ユージニア|Yujinia}}, Kadokawa Shoten, 2005, {{isbn|9784048735735}}
- {{nihongo3|The Incident in the Courtyard|中庭の出来事|Nakaniwa no dekigoto}}, Shinchosha, 2006, {{isbn|9784103971078}}
- {{nihongo3|Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight|木洩れ日に泳ぐ魚|Komorebi ni Oyogu Sakana}}, Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2007, {{isbn|9784120038518}}
- {{nihongo3||夢違|Yumechigai}}, Kadokawa Shoten, 2011, {{isbn|9784041100608}}
- {{nihongo3|Honey Bee and Distant Thunder|蜜蜂と遠雷|Mitsubachi to enrai}}, Gentosha, 2016, {{isbn|9784344030039}}
=Selected works in English=
- "The Big Drawer", translated by Nora Stevens Heath, Speculative Japan 2, 2011{{cite book|title=Speculative Japan 2: "The Man Who Watched the Sea" and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy|publisher=Kurodahan|date=2011|chapter=The Big Drawer|last=Onda|first=Riku|translator-last=Stevens Heath|translator-first=Nora|isbn=9784902075182}}
- "The Warning", translated by Mikhail S. Ignatov, Speculative Japan 3, 2012{{cite book|title=Speculative Japan 3: "Silver Bullet" and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy|publisher=Kurodahan|date=2012|chapter=The Warning|last=Onda|first=Riku|translator-last=Ignatov|translator-first=Mikhail S.|isbn=9784902075304}}
- The Aosawa Murders, translated by Alison Watts, 2020{{cite news |title=100 Notable Books of 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/books/notable-books.html |access-date=20 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=20 November 2020}}
- Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight, translated by Alison Watts, 2022{{Cite news |last=Cha |first=Steph |date=2022-07-21 |title=A Quicksilver Mystery That Flickers, Flashes, Twists and Turns |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/books/review/fish-swimming-dappled-sunlight-riku-onda.html |access-date=2022-08-31 |issn=0362-4331}}
- Honeybees and Distant Thunder, translated by Philip Gabriel, 2023 {{Cite web |date=2023-05-06 |title=Japan bestseller ‘Honeybees’ is an ode to creatives |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/japan-bestseller-honeybees-is-an-ode-to-creatives/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}
Film and other adaptations
=Film=
- {{nihongo||木曜組曲|Mokuyō kumikyoku}}, 2002
- {{nihongo3|Nighttime Picnic|夜のピクニック|Yoru no pikunikku}}, 2006{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/movie/31217/|language=ja|title=夜のピクニック|work=Eiga.com|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803134055/https://eiga.com/movie/31217/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- My Little Nightmare: The Movie (Akumu-chan''), 2014{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/movie/78961/|language=ja|title=悪夢ちゃん The 夢ovie|work=Eiga.com|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133906/https://eiga.com/movie/78961/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
- Listen to the Universe (蜜蜂と遠雷 - Mitsubachi to enrai), 2019
=Television=
- {{nihongo3|The Sixth Sayoko|六番目の小夜子|Rokubanme no Sayoko}}
- {{nihongo|Neverland|ネバーランド|}}, TBS, 2001
- My Little Nightmare ({{nihongo|Akumu-chan|悪夢ちゃん|}}), Nippon TV, 2012
Reference, 2023
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