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Riku Onda was born on 25 October, 1964 in Sendai, Japan, is a Japanese writer. Discover Riku Onda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 25 October 1964
Birthday 25 October
Birthplace Sendai, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Nanae Kumagai (熊谷 奈苗), known by her pen name Riku Onda (恩田 陸), is a Japanese writer.

Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize.

Her work has been adapted for film and television.

1964

Nanae Kumagai was born in 1964 in Aomori, Japan but raised in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture.

1987

She graduated from Waseda University in 1987 and worked in an office for several years, then quit her job to try writing a novel after reading Ken'ichi Sakemi's 1991 novel Kōkyū shōsetsu (後宮小說).

1992

Onda made her literary debut in 1992 with the novel The Sixth Sayoko (六番目の小夜子), which was adapted into the 2000 NHK show Sayoko is Back (六番目の小夜子) starring Anne Suzuki and Chiaki Kuriyama.

1999

More novels and adaptations followed, including the 1999 novel Mokuyō kumikyoku (木曜組曲), which was adapted into a 2002 film, and the 2000 novel Neverland (ネバーランド), which was adapted into a 2001 TBS television series starring Tsubasa Imai.

2005

In 2005 Onda won the 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers and the 2nd Japan Booksellers' Award Grand Prize for her novel Nighttime Picnic (夜のピクニック), a story about two half-siblings participating in their school's annual hike.

After being previously nominated for a 58th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for her book Q&A in 2005, Onda won the 59th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel in 2006 for her murder mystery Eugenia (ユージニア).

The next year she won the 20th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for her book The Incident in the Courtyard (中庭の出来事), a complex story about a playwright writing a play about a playwright who is murdered while writing a play.

2006

Yoru no pikunikku was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Masahiko Nagasawa and starring Mikako Tabe.

2011

Onda's 2011 novel Mistaken Dreams (夢違) was adapted into the 2012 television drama Akumu-chan, starring Keiko Kitagawa and shown on Nippon TV.

2014

An Akumu-chan film sequel, also starring Keiko Kitagawa, premiered in 2014.

2017

In 2017, after having been nominated six different times for the Naoki Prize, Onda won the 156th Naoki Prize for her 2016 book Honey Bee and Distant Thunder (蜜蜂と遠雷), a story about an international piano competition.

Mitsubachi to enrai also won the Japan Booksellers Award Grand Prize in 2017.

After winning the Naoki Award Onda visited her hometown of Sendai and received a special award from Mayor Emiko Okuyama.