Shogo Sato

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.

Shogo Sato
佐藤 正午
Born
Kenryu Sato

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

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
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
TV dramas
Dates Title Network Series Lead actor Original work
8 Jan – 12 Mar 2013Shotenin Michiru no Minoue BanashiNHKYoru DoraErika TodaMinoue Banashi

References
  1. "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.
  • Shogo Sato Home – Official homepage. Archived on 17 February 2014. (in Japanese)
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