is a Japanese writer. She has won the All Yomimono Prize for New Writers, the Shimase Award for Love Stories, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.

Early life

Sakuragi was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan in 1965 to parents who owned and ran a local barbershop. After graduating from high school she worked as an official court typist until she got married at the age of 24, then had her first child at age 27 before starting to write in her early 30s.

Career

She won the 2002 All Yomimono Prize for New Writers for her short story , but her first book, a short story collection titled ', did not appear in print until 2007. In 2010 her book ' was published by Shinchosha, which also published ' the next year. ''Loveless'' won the 19th Shimase Award for Love Stories in 2012 and was nominated for the 146th Naoki Prize, but the prize went to Rin Hamuro. ''Garasu no ashi'' was later adapted into a Wowow television drama starring

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. In 2012 Sakuragi's short story collection ' was published by Shogakukan. ''Kishūteneki Tāminaru'' was later adapted into the film '' Kishūteneki Terminal'', which premiered at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival. Sakuragi won the 149th Naoki Prize for her 2013 book ', a set of stories told in reverse chronological order about a love hotel in her hometown of Kushiro, Hokkaido. The short story collections ' and ' were published in 2014, followed by the 2015 novels ' and '. In 2016 Sakuragi's novel ', about the investigation of an elderly man's death on a Hokkaido beach, was published by Shogakukan and adapted into a TV Asahi television movie starring Ko Shibasaki. Her novel ', a partly autobiographical story about a writer and editor, was published by

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in 2017.

Personal life

Sakuragi is a fan of

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. She lives with her family in Ebetsu, Hokkaido.

Recognition

* 2002 All Yomimono Prize for New Writers * 2012 19th Shimase Award for Love Stories * 2013 149th Naoki Prize (2013上)

Film and other adaptations

*'' Kishūteneki Terminal'', 2015 *''Garasu no ashi'', Wowow, 2015 *''Kōri no wadachi'', TV Asahi, 2016

Works

* ', Bungeishunjū, 2008, * ', Shogakukan, 2009, * ',

, 2009, * ', Shinchosha, 2010, * ',

, 2011, * ', Shinchosha, 2011, * ', Shogakukan, 2012, * ',

, 2013, * ', Shinchosha, 2013, * ', Futabasha, 2013, * ', Shūeisha, 2013, * ', Bungeishunjū, 2014, * ', Jitsugyō no Nihonsha, 2014, * ', 2015, Shogakukan, * , 2015,

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, * ', Shogakukan, 2016, * ',

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakuragi, Shino 1965 births Living people 21st-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese women writers Japanese women novelists Naoki Prize winners People from Kushiro, Hokkaido Writers from Hokkaido