Akutagawa Prize winners

Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)

Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor

author from Japan (1923–1996)

Japanese writer and filmmaker

Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)

Japanese writer

Japanese novelist (1962-)

Japanese novelist and singer

Japanese writer (1960-)

Japanese writer (1907–1991)

Japanese writer

Japanese author（） (1909–1992)

Japanese writer

Japanese writer of Korean origin and South Korean citizenship

Japanese writer and activist (1930–1989)

Japanese writer (1905-1985)

Japanese writer (1925-2012)

Japanese writer

Japanese writer

Japanese novelist

Japanese writer (1930–2017)

Japanese writer

Japanese artist, photographer and writer (1937–2014)

Japanese artist (1934–1997)

Japanese writer

Japanese novelist

Japanese writer (1924-1994)

Japanese writer (1899-1987)

Taiwan writer

Japanese writer (born 1983)

Japanese essayist, novelist and psychiatrist (1927–2011)

Japanese novelist and writer

Japanese writer (1946–1992)

Japanese writer, musician, and actor (born 1962)

Japanese novelist and film critic

Japanese writer (1926–2015)

Japanese writer (1930–2007)

Japanese author, novelist (1920–2013)

Japanese writer, novelist and seiyū

Japanese novelist and writer

Japanese writer

Japanese writer

Japanese writer

Japanese writer

Japanese writer (1915–2006)

Japanese comedian and novelist

Japanese writer, composer, and film director

Japanese writer

Japanese writer (1955-1992)

Japanese writer

Chinese-born novelist

Japanese writer

Japanese novelist

Japanese writer

Japanese writer (1937–2020)

Poet and novelist

Japanese novelist and writer (1974–2017)

Japanese writer (1921–2009)

Japanese novelist and writer (1928-2019)

Japanese writer