Mishima Yukio Prize
The Mishima Yukio Prize is a Japanese literary award presented annually. It was established in 1988 in memory of author Yukio Mishima. The Mishima Yukio Prize is explicitly intended for work that "breaks new ground for the future of literature," and prize winners tend to be more controversial and experimental than winners of the more traditional Akutagawa Prize. It is awarded in the same annual ceremony as the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, which was established by the same sponsor in 1988 to recognize popular writing and genre fiction.
Winners
, the award's sponsor, maintains an official archive of award nominee and recipient information.| Year | Winner | Winning entry | |
| 1 | 1988 | Genichiro Takahashi | |
| 2 | 1989 | Akira Ooka | |
| 3 | 1990 | Jugi Hisama | |
| 4 | 1991 | Kazumi Saeki | A Loose Boy |
| 5 | 1992 | no applicable work | |
| 6 | 1993 | Chokitsu Kurumatani | |
| 6 | 1993 | Kazuya Fukuda | |
| 7 | 1994 | Yoriko Shono | |
| 8 | 1995 | Masayo Yamamoto | |
| 9 | 1996 | Hisaki Matsuura | |
| 10 | 1997 | Satoru Higuchi | |
| 11 | 1998 | Kyoji Kobayashi | |
| 12 | 1999 | Suzuki Seigō | |
| 12 | 1999 | Toshiyuki Horie | |
| 13 | 2000 | Tomoyuki Hoshino | “Wake Up,” Sings the Mermaid |
| 14 | 2001 | Shinji Aoyama | |
| 14 | 2001 | Masaya Nakahara | Bouquets of Flowers Everywhere |
| 15 | 2002 | Masatsugu Ono | Boat on a Choppy Bay |
| 16 | 2003 | Otaro Maijo | Asura Girl |
| 17 | 2004 | Toshihiko Yahagi | La-la-la Child of Science |
| 18 | 2005 | Maki Kashimada | Love at 6,000 Degrees Celsius |
| 19 | 2006 | Hideo Furukawa | LOVE |
| 20 | 2007 | Yuya Sato | 1000 Novels and Backbeard |
| 21 | 2008 | Shinya Tanaka | The Broken Chain |
| 22 | 2009 | Shiro Maeda | Merman in Summer Waters |
| 23 | 2010 | Hiroki Azuma | Quantum Families |
| 24 | 2011 | Natsuko Imamura | Amiko Here |
| 25 | 2012 | Jungo Aoki | |
| 26 | 2013 | Sayaka Murata | Of Bones, of Body Heat, of Whitening City |
| 27 | 2014 | Yukiko Motoya | |
| 28 | 2015 | Takahiro Ueda | My One True Love |
| 29 | 2016 | Shigehiko Hasumi | |
| 30 | 2017 | Yusuke Miyauchi | Garden of Kabul |
| 31 | 2018 | Natsuki Koyata | |
| 32 | 2019 | Michiko Mikuni |
Members of the selection committee
- From 1st to 4th: Kenzaburō Ōe, Jun Eto, Kenji Nakagami, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Teru Miyamoto
- From 5th to 8th: Shintaro Ishihara, Jun Eto, Genichiro Takahashi, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Teru Miyamoto
- From 9th to 12th: So Aono, Shitaro Ishihara, Jun Eto, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Teru Miyamoto
- From 13th to 20th: Masahiko Shimada, Nobuko Takagi, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kazuya Fukuda, Teru Miyamoto
- From 21st to 24th: Yōko Ogawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Noboru Tsujihara, Keiichiro Hirano, Ko Machida
- Current members: Hiromi Kawakami, Kaoru Takamura, Noboru Tsujihara, Keiichiro Hirano, Ko Machida
Available in English translation
Nominees
- 1988 - Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
- 1994 - Rieko Matsuura, The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P
- 2003 - Novala Takemoto, Emily
Winners
- 2003 - Otaro Maijo, Asura Girl
- 2005 - Maki Kashimada, A Translation of Maki Kashimada's 6000° Love with Foreword and Analysis