Shogo Sato
佐藤 正午
Born
Kenryu Sato

(1955-08-25) 25 August 1955
NationalityJapanese
OccupationNovelist

Shogo Sato (佐藤 正午, Satō Shōgo, born Kanetaka Sato[1] (佐藤 謙隆, Satō Kanetaka), 25 August 1955[1]) is a Japanese novelist.

Biography

He was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki.[1] He graduated from Sasebo North High School, and dropped out from Hokkaido University Department of Literature.[2] While studying at university, he was impressed after reading Isahaya Shōbu Nikki (1977) by the writer Kuninobu Noro, and started writing novels when he got a reply by writing a fan letter.[3] In 1979 he went back to Sasebo after leaving the university, won the Subaru Literary Award for his long-awaited novel Eien no 1/2 (永遠の1/2, Eien no Nibun no Ichi) written in 1983 for two years, and debuted as a writer.[4][1] He made his pen name "Shogo" (正午, Shōgo, "Noon") because he said that he heard the sound of a siren from a fire department in Sasebo City ringing at noon in the age of amateurs and coming up with the custom of starting to write novels.[1]

His other representative works include Revolver (1985), Kojin Kyōju (1988, Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize nominate), Kanojo ni tsuite Shiru koto no subete (1995), Y (1998), Jump (2000), Minoue Banashi (2009), etc., in which Y an Jump were bestsellers. In 2015, he won the Futaro Yamada Award for Hato no Gekitai-hō. In 2017, he later won the 157th Naoki Prize for Tsuki no Michi Kake.[5]

Bicycle racing has been his long-standing hobby,[6] and several works were on the subject of bicycle racing, such as Eien no 1/2, his short story Kimi wa Gokai shite iru, his column collection on bicycle racing side B, etc., were also published.

Bibliography

Novels

Dates Title Publishers Notes
  • Jan 1984
  • May 1986
  • Oct 2016
Eien no 1.2
  • Dec 1984
  • Jul 1987
Ōsama no Kekkon
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
His short novel "Aoi Kasa" was completed
  • Nov 1985
  • Apr 1988
  • Dec 2007
Revolver
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • Apr 1986
  • May 1988
Bico's
  • Feb 1987
  • Apr 1990
  • Nov 2001
Koi o Kazoete
  • Mar 1987
  • May 1990
Dōtei Monogatari
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Dec 1988
  • Sep 1991
  • Mar 2002
Kojin Kyōju
  • Aug 1991
  • Feb 1998
  • Oct 2008
Hōtō-ki
  • Kodansha
  • Haruki Bunko
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • Jul 1995
  • Jan 1999
  • Nov 2007
Kanojo ni Tsuite Shiru koto no Subete
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • Dec 1996
  • Jul 2001
Toriatsukai Chūi
  • Kadokawa Shoten
  • Kadokawa Bunko
  • Oct 1998
  • May 2001
Y
  • Kadokawa Haruki Corporation
  • Haruki Bunko
  • Sep 2000
  • Oct 2002
Jump
  • Kobunsha
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • Jan 2007
  • Jan 2010
5
  • Kadokawa Shoten
  • Kadokawa Bunko
  • Dec 2007
  • Jan 2011
Under Report
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
Feb 2009OsananajimiIwanami Shoten
  • Jul 2009
  • Nov 2011
Minoue Banashi
  • Kobunsha
  • Kobunsha Bunko
Nov 2014Hato no Gekitai-hōShogakukan
Sep 2015Under Report/BlueShueisha BunkoComplete edition with the short story "Blue" drawn at a later date
Apr 2017Tsuki no Michi KakeIwanami Shoten

Short stories

Dates Title Publishers
Apr 1988Onna ni tsuiteKodansha
  • Dec 1988
  • Mar 1993
Natsu no Jōfu
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
Apr 1991(Renamed) Koi UrimasuKodansha Bunko
  • Apr 1991
  • Jan 1997
  • Dec 2012
Ninjin Club
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • May 1993
  • Sep 2001
Spain no Ame
  • Shueisha
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • Mar 1997
  • Feb 2000
Burnishing Point
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Jan 1999
  • Jan 2002
  • Jan 2013
Couples
  • Shueisha
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Shogakukan Bunko
  • May 2000
  • Oct 2003
  • Mar 2012
Kimi wa Gokai shite iru
  • Iwanami Shoten
  • Shueisha Bunko
  • Shogakukan Bunko
Apr 2001(Reverted) Onna ni tsuiteKobunsha Bunko
Sep 2005Hana no yōna HitoIwanami Shoten
  • Jun 2011
  • Nov 2013
Dance Hall
  • Kobunsha
  • Kobunsha Bunko
Sep 2011(Renamed) Koto no ShidaiShogakukan Bunko

Essays, others

Dates Title Publishers Notes
Jun 1989Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshīShueisha Bunko
  • Jan 2001
  • Mar 2007
Ari no susabi
  • Iwanami Shoten
  • Kobunsha Bunko
  • Dec 2001
  • Apr 2008
Zō o Arau
  • Dec 2002
  • Jul 2007
side B
  • Shogakukan
  • Shogakukan Bunko
  • Feb 2005
  • Mar 2009
Buta o Nusumu
  • Iwanami Shoten
  • Kobunsha Bunko
Jun 2006Shōsetsu no YomikakiIwanami Shoten
Nov 2009Shogo-haShogakukan
Jun 2015Kaku Interview (1, 2)Shogakukan BunkoInterview readings (listeners: Kotoko Ito, Yumi Higashine)
Feb 2016Shōsetsuka no ShikiIwanami Shoten

Anthologies

Works by Shogo Sato are inside quotation marks ("")

Dates Title Works Publishers
Jul 1988Liaison–6-tsu no Koi no MonogatariShufunotomo"Itokiriba"
  • Apr 1989
  • Jul 1993
Jū Nana-tsubu no Biyaku
  • Magazine House
  • Kadokawa Bunko
"Furueru Onna"
  • Jul 1995
  • Nov 1997
Tobaku-shi-tachi
  • Kadokawa Shoten
  • Kadokawa Bunko
"Kimi wa Gokai shite iru"
Jul 2001Hito no MonogatariKadokawa Shoten"Ai no Chikara o Uyamae"
Jan 2004Love StoriesSuiyō-sha"Earring"
Mar 2005Himitsu.–Watashi to Watashi no aida no Jū Ni-waDa Vinci Books Bunko"Niratama A", "Niratama B"
  • Aug 2007
  • May 2009
Otona no Kataomoi
  • Kadokawa Haruki Corporation
  • Haruki Bunko
"Magokoro"

Imaging works

Films
Date Title Distributor Director Lead actor
21 Nov 1987Eien no 1/2TohoKichitaro NegishiSaburō Tokitō
22 Oct 1988RevolverCine RopponicaToshia FujitaKenji Sawada
8 May 2004JumpCinequanonMasao TakeshitaTaizo Harada
19 May 2012Kanojo ni tsuite Shiru koto no subeteKing RecordKishu IzuchiAi Sasamine
2022Tsuki no Michi KakeShochikuRyūichi HirokiYo Oizumi[7]
TV dramas
Dates Title Network Series Lead actor Original work
8 Jan – 12 Mar 2013Shotenin Michiru no Minoue BanashiNHKYoru DoraErika TodaMinoue Banashi

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "佐藤正午のプロフィール". Shogo Sato Home (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 23 Jul 2017.
  2. ↑ Sato, Shogo. "佐世保で生まれる物語。佐藤正午はなぜ故郷で小説を書き続けるのか…。" (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Terogo Ogawa. Lifesasebo. Retrieved 23 Jul 2017.
  3. ↑ Sato, Shogo (1989). Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī (in Japanese). Shueisha Bunko. p. 11. ISBN 978-4087494631.
  4. ↑ Sato, Shogo (1989). Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī (in Japanese). Shueisha Bunko. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "芥川賞に沼田真佑さん　直木賞に佐藤正午さん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 Jul 2017. Retrieved 23 Jul 2017.
  6. ↑ Sato, Shogo (1989). Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī (in Japanese). Shueisha Bunko.
  7. ↑ "大泉洋×有村架純×目黒蓮×柴咲コウが共演、数奇な愛の物語「月の満ち欠け」映画化". Natalie. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  • Shogo Sato Home – Official homepage. Archived on 17 February 2014. (in Japanese)
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