Shuichi Yoshida

Shuichi Yoshida (吉田 修一), born 14 September 1968, is a Japanese novelist.

Biography
Shuichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album, 'Doberman'. His 2007 novel, Akunin, won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award.

Selected works

 * Saigo no Musuko (1999)
 * Parade (2002)
 * Park Life (2002)
 * Nichiyōbitachi (2002)
 * Tōkyōwankei (2002)
 * Shichigatsu Nijūyokka Dōri (2004)
 * Haru, Bānīzu de (2004)
 * Akunin (2007)
 * Shizuka na Bakudan (2008)

Adaptations

 * Tōkyōwankei was adapted into a 2004 TV drama starring Yukie Nakama.
 * Haru, Bānīzu de was made into a 2006 TV movie starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Shinobu Terajima.
 * Shichigatsu Nijūyokka Dōri was made into a 2006 film starring Takao Ōsawa and Miki Nakatani. It had the international English title Christmas on July 24th Avenue.