is a Japanese writer. She has won the All Yomimono Prize for New Writers, the Shimase Award for Love Stories, and 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 ...

. Her work has been adapted for film and television.

Early life

Sakuragi was born in

Kushiro, Hokkaido is a Cities of Japan, city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Located along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, it serves as the subprefecture's capital and it is the most populated city in the eastern ...

, 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

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, which also published ' the next year. ''Loveless'' won the 19th Shimase Award for Love Stories in 2012 and was nominated for the 146th

, but the prize went to Rin Hamuro. ''Garasu no ashi'' was later adapted into a Wowow television drama starring Saki Aibu. In 2012 Sakuragi's short story collection ' was published by

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. ''Kishūteneki Tāminaru'' was later adapted into the film ''

Kishūteneki Terminal is a 2015 Japanese drama film based on the novel by Shino Sakuragi who won the Naoki Prize in 2013. The film's theme song is "Terminal" by My Little Lover. It was released on November 7, 2015. Cast * Kōichi Satō (actor), Kōichi Satō as Kanji ...

'', which premiered at the 28th

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. Sakuragi won the 149th

for her 2013 book ', a set of stories told in reverse chronological order about a love hotel in her hometown of

. 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

and adapted into a

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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 Golden Bomber. She lives with her family in

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Recognition

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

(2013上)

Film and other adaptations

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, 2016

Works

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References

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