is a Japanese

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

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born on June 16, 1948. He dropped out of

Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin Universit ...

while he was majoring in

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Biography

While in Aoyama, he ran a business known as Nejime Mingeiten, a

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store. He also was a member of a grass lot

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team known as the "Fouls". In 1989, he won the

Naoki Prize The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for the ...

. In 1997, he became the first champion of "Poetry Boxing". In 2001, he was in charge of the

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panel "Words of Power, Poems of Power"

Novels

*''Poetry Anthologies'' *''Negima Shoichi Shishu'' (Negima Shoichi Poetry Anthology) *''Noumaku Menma'' *''

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Junjō

Shōtengai A shōtengai () is a style of Japanese commercial district, typically in the form of a local market street that is closed to car traffic. Local shōtengai cater to the needs of nearby residents with a diverse mix of small specialty shops and few ...

'' (Koenji pure heart shopping street)

Essays

*I want to give the power of words *The enigma of a Nagasaki home. *200 Letters to Nagasaki *Nejime's bruxism

Awards

*1989 Naoki Prize. *One of his stories appears in Read Real Japanese

References

Living people 1948 births Aoyama Gakuin University alumni {{Japan-writer-stub