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Risa Wataya was born on 1 February, 1984 in Kyoto, Japan, is a Japanese novelist. Discover Risa Wataya'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 40 years old?

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Occupation Novelist, writer
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 1 February 1984
Birthday 1 February
Birthplace Kyoto, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto.

Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies.

Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize.

Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.

Wataya was born in Kyoto, Japan.

Her mother was a university English teacher, and her father worked for a clothing company.

At age 17, she told her parents that she was working on her university entrance exams, but she was actually writing her first novella, titled Insutōru (Install).

2001

Insutōru won the 38th Bungei Prize in 2001.

2004

It was later adapted into a 2004 film of the same name, starring Aya Ueto.

After graduating from Murasakino High School in Kyoto, Wataya attended Waseda University, where her thesis focused on the structure of Osamu Dazai's Hashire merosu (走れ、メロス Run, Melos!).

In 2004, while a second-year student at Waseda, Wataya received the Akutagawa Prize for her short novel Keritai senaka ("The Back You Want to Kick").

Wataya shared the prize with Hitomi Kanehara, another young, female author.

At the age of 19, Wataya became the youngest author and only the third student ever to win the Akutagawa Prize.

An English version of Keritai senaka was published 12 years later under the title I Want to Kick You in the Back.

Wataya did not immediately write more novels after winning the Akutagawa Prize, but rather worked several jobs in Kyoto, including selling clothes in a department store and serving as a hotel waitress.

2007

She returned to writing with her 2007 book Yume wo ataeru (Give Me a Dream), and in 2010 her novel Katte ni furuetero (Tremble All You Want) became a best-seller in Japan.

2011

Wataya moved back to Kyoto in 2011.

2012

In 2012 her novel Kawaisou da ne? ("Isn't it a pity?") won the Kenzaburo Oe Prize.

2013

While her writing addresses gender and youth sexuality, media coverage of Wataya's first two books tended to portray Wataya as more conservative than Hitomi Kanehara, her contemporary and co-winner of the 130th Akutagawa Prize.

She has said that Junot Díaz, Osamu Dazai, and Haruki Murakami are some of her favorite authors.

2014

Wataya announced her marriage in 2014.

2015

Her first child, a son, was born in late 2015.

She is a fan of AKB48.

Wataya's early work focused on strong female protagonists in high school settings.

2017

In 2017 a film adaptation of Katte ni furuetero, directed by Akiko Ohku, premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival and won the festival's Audience Award.