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Born July 24th, 1964 in Tokyo. Graduated from Nihon University, Division of arts, majored in literature. With her first work, Kitchen she won the 6th Kaien Newcomer Writers Prize in November, 1987 and then the 16th Izumi Kyoka Literary Prize in October, 1988. Outside of Japan, she was awarded a few prizes in Italy. In October, 2000 Furin to Nanbei was awarded the 10th edition Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Prize. Her works, including Kitchen, are translated and published in more than 20 countries.