awarded to Makate Asai and Kaoruko Himeno. The book was later adapted into the 2017 romantic comedy television series The Many Faces of Ito, starring Fumino Kimura and directed by Ryūichi Hiroki. A movie version was also released in theaters. Yuzuki was subsequently nominated for the Naoki Prize several more times. Her novel , a story about a years-long friendship between two girls from different backgrounds, was published by Shinchosha in 2014 and nominated for the 151st Naoki Prize. She did not win, as the award went to Hiroyuki Kurakawa. In 2015 Yuzuki's novel , a story about two women whose lives intersect as one blackmails the other, was published by Bungeishunjū. Nile Perch Women's Club won the 28th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize. It was also nominated for the 153rd Naoki Prize, but the award went to comedian Naoki Matayoshi. Yuzuki's fourth Naoki Prize nomination came in 2017, when her novel BUTTER was nominated for the 157th Naoki Prize. BUTTER, a story about a reporter investigating a woman accused of luring men with her cooking and then killing them, was loosely based on an actual series of suspicious deaths of middle-aged men that led to murder convictions and a death sentence for Kanae Kijima. Yuzuki did not win the 157th Naoki Prize, as the award went to Shogo Sato. In 2018, Yuzuki's novel was published by Shōdensha. The following year she was nominated a fifth time for the Naoki Prize, for her book . Recognition 2008 88th All Yomimono Prize for New Writers 2015 28th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize Adaptations Nageki no bijo, NHK BS Premium, 2013 Ranchi no Akko-chan, NHK BS Premium, 2015 The Many Faces of Ito, MBS/Netflix, 2017 Ōhi no kikan, NHK FM (radio), 2018 Selected works , Bungeishunjū, 2010, (includes "Forget Me, Not Blue") , Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, 2011, , Jitsugyō no Nihonsha, 2013, , Futabasha, 2013, , Gentosha, 2013, , Bungeishunjū, 2015, , Shinchosha, 2017, , Shōdensha, 2018, , Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, 2019, References 1981 births Living people 21st-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese women writers Japanese women novelists Rikkyo University alumni Writers from Tokyo