is a Japanese novelist from

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Life and career

Tono's father was Japanese rock musician and singer-songwriter

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. His parents divorced when he was a year old. Tono graduated from Komayose Elementary School and Ohba Junior High School in Fujisawa,

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Prefectural Hakuyo High School, and the Faculty of Law at

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. He did not read a lot in school and was rather more into sports. For a short while he was in a high school band. He later moved to

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. In 2020, Tono won the

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for his book . He also won the

Bungei Prize The is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha , formerly , is a publisher founded in 1886 in Japan. It is headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It publishes the magazine '' Bungei'' and admini ...

in 2019 for his work . In 2021, his work was shortlisted for the .

References

Living people 1991 births People from Fujisawa, Kanagawa Japanese male writers Writers from Kanagawa Prefecture Akutagawa Prize winners 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-writer-stub