{{Short description|Japanese novelist}} {{Infobox person | name = Shogo Sato | native_name = 佐藤 正午 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Kenryu Sato | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|25|df=yes}} | occupation = Novelist }} {{nihongo|'''Shogo Sato'''|佐藤 正午|Satō Shōgo|born {{nihongo|Kanetaka Sato<ref name="shogo">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907142510/http://www.shogosato.com/kanetaka.htm|title=佐藤正午のプロフィール|work=Shogo Sato Home|language=ja|url=http://www.shogosato.com/kanetaka.htm|archivedate=7 September 2012|accessdate=23 Jul 2017}}</ref>|佐藤 謙隆|Satō Kanetaka}}, 25 August 1955<ref name="shogo"/>}} is a Japanese novelist.
==Biography== He was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki.<ref name="shogo"/> He graduated from Sasebo North High School, and dropped out from Hokkaido University Department of Literature.<ref>{{cite interview|last1=Sato|first1=Shogo|url=http://www.lifesasebo.com/99view/supesyaru/special/135/special135.html|title=佐世保で生まれる物語。佐藤正午はなぜ故郷で小説を書き続けるのか…。|language=ja|interviewer=Terogo Ogawa|publisher=Lifesasebo|accessdate=23 Jul 2017}}</ref> While studying at university, he was impressed after reading ''Isahaya Shōbu Nikki'' (1977) by the writer Kuninobu Noro, and started writing novels when he got a reply by writing a fan letter.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sato|first1=Shogo|year=1989|title=Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī|language=ja|publisher=Shueisha Bunko|page=11|isbn=978-4087494631}}</ref> In 1979 he went back to Sasebo after leaving the university, won the Subaru Literary Award for his long-awaited novel {{nihongo|''Eien no 1/2''|永遠の1/2|Eien no Nibun no Ichi}} written in 1983 for two years, and debuted as a writer.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sato|first1=Shogo|year=1989|title=Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī|language=ja|publisher=Shueisha Bunko|page=12}}</ref><ref name="shogo"/> He made his pen name {{nihongo|"Shogo"|正午|Shōgo|"Noon"}} because he said that he heard the sound of a siren from a fire department in Sasebo City ringing at noon in the age of amateurs and coming up with the custom of starting to write novels.<ref name="shogo"/>
His other representative works include ''Revolver'' (1985), ''Kojin Kyōju'' (1988, Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize nominate), ''Kanojo ni tsuite Shiru koto no subete'' (1995), ''Y'' (1998), ''Jump'' (2000), ''Minoue Banashi'' (2009), etc., in which ''Y'' an ''Jump'' were bestsellers. In 2015, he won the Futaro Yamada Award for ''Hato no Gekitai-hō''. In 2017, he later won the 157th Naoki Prize for ''Tsuki no Michi Kake''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK7M6HL5K7MUCLV00Q.html|title=芥川賞に沼田真佑さん 直木賞に佐藤正午さん|work=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|date=19 Jul 2017|accessdate=23 Jul 2017}}</ref>
Bicycle racing has been his long-standing hobby,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sato|first1=Shogo|year=1989|title=Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī|language=ja|publisher=Shueisha Bunko}}</ref> and several works were on the subject of bicycle racing, such as ''Eien no 1/2'', his short story ''Kimi wa Gokai shite iru'', his column collection on bicycle racing ''side B'', etc., were also published.
==Bibliography== ===Novels=== ====Featured==== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Dates ! Title ! Publishers ! Notes |- | {{ubl|Jan 1984|May 1986|Oct 2016}} || ''Eien no 1.2'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko|Shogakukan Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Dec 1984|Jul 1987}} || ''Ōsama no Kekkon'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko}} || His short novel "Aoi Kasa" was completed |- | {{ubl|Nov 1985|Apr 1988|Dec 2007}} || ''Revolver'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Apr 1986|May 1988}} || ''Bico's'' || {{ubl|Kobunsha|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Feb 1987|Apr 1990|Nov 2001}} || ''Koi o Kazoete'' || {{ubl|Kodansha|Kodansha Bunko|Kadokawa Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Mar 1987|May 1990}} || ''Dōtei Monogatari'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Dec 1988|Sep 1991|Mar 2002}} || ''Kojin Kyōju'' || {{ubl|Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Aug 1991|Feb 1998|Oct 2008}} || ''Hōtō-ki'' || {{ubl|Kodansha|Haruki Bunko|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Jul 1995|Jan 1999|Nov 2007}} || ''Kanojo ni Tsuite Shiru koto no Subete'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Dec 1996|Jul 2001}} || ''Toriatsukai Chūi'' || {{ubl|Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Oct 1998|May 2001}} || ''Y'' || {{ubl|Kadokawa Haruki Corporation|Haruki Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Sep 2000|Oct 2002}} || ''Jump'' || {{ubl|Kobunsha|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Jan 2007|Jan 2010}} || ''5'' || {{ubl|Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Dec 2007|Jan 2011}} || ''Under Report'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko}} || |- | Feb 2009 || ''Osananajimi'' || Iwanami Shoten || |- | {{ubl|Jul 2009|Nov 2011}} || ''Minoue Banashi'' || {{ubl|Kobunsha|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | Nov 2014 || ''Hato no Gekitai-hō'' || Shogakukan || |- | Sep 2015 || ''Under Report/Blue'' || Shueisha Bunko || Complete edition with the short story "Blue" drawn at a later date |- | Apr 2017 || ''Tsuki no Michi Kake'' || Iwanami Shoten || |- | 2025 || ''Ripe Persimmon'' || Kadokawa ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/book/20250826-OYT1T50164/|title= 佐藤正午さん「熟柿」に中央公論文芸賞…選考会で「まったく退屈させない書き方と構成力」と評価|access-date= 6 February 2026|date= 26 August 2025|website= Yomiuri Shimbun|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
====Short stories==== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Dates ! Title ! Publishers |- | Apr 1988 || ''Onna ni tsuite'' || Kodansha |- | {{ubl|Dec 1988|Mar 1993}} || ''Natsu no Jōfu'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko}} |- | Apr 1991 || ''(Renamed) Koi Urimasu'' || Kodansha Bunko |- | {{ubl|Apr 1991|Jan 1997|Dec 2012}} || ''Ninjin Club'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko|Kobunsha Bunko}} |- | {{ubl|May 1993|Sep 2001}} || ''Spain no Ame'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Kobunsha Bunko}} |- | {{ubl|Mar 1997|Feb 2000}} || ''Burnishing Point'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko}} |- | {{ubl|Jan 1999|Jan 2002|Jan 2013}} || ''Couples'' || {{ubl|Shueisha|Shueisha Bunko|Shogakukan Bunko}} |- | {{ubl|May 2000|Oct 2003|Mar 2012}} || ''Kimi wa Gokai shite iru'' || {{ubl|Iwanami Shoten|Shueisha Bunko|Shogakukan Bunko}} |- | Apr 2001 || ''(Reverted) Onna ni tsuite'' || Kobunsha Bunko |- | Sep 2005 || ''Hana no yōna Hito'' || Iwanami Shoten |- | {{ubl|Jun 2011|Nov 2013}} || ''Dance Hall'' || {{ubl|Kobunsha|Kobunsha Bunko}} |- | Sep 2011 || ''(Renamed) Koto no Shidai'' || Shogakukan Bunko |}
===Essays, others=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Dates ! Title ! Publishers ! Notes |- | Jun 1989 || ''Watashi no Inu made Aishite hoshī'' || Shueisha Bunko || |- | {{ubl|Jan 2001|Mar 2007}} || ''Ari no susabi'' ||rowspan="2"| {{ubl|Iwanami Shoten|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Dec 2001|Apr 2008}} || ''Zō o Arau'' || |- | {{ubl|Dec 2002|Jul 2007}} || ''side B'' || {{ubl|Shogakukan|Shogakukan Bunko}} || |- | {{ubl|Feb 2005|Mar 2009}} || ''Buta o Nusumu'' || {{ubl|Iwanami Shoten|Kobunsha Bunko}} || |- | Jun 2006 || ''Shōsetsu no Yomikaki'' || Iwanami Shoten || |- | Nov 2009 || ''Shogo-ha'' || Shogakukan || |- | Jun 2015 || ''Kaku Interview (1, 2)'' || Shogakukan Bunko || Interview readings (listeners: Kotoko Ito, Yumi Higashine) |- | Feb 2016 || ''Shōsetsuka no Shiki'' || Iwanami Shoten || |}
===Anthologies=== Works by Shogo Sato are inside quotation marks ("") {|class="wikitable" |- ! Dates ! Title ! Works ! Publishers |- | Jul 1988 || ''Liaison–6-tsu no Koi no Monogatari'' || Shufunotomo || "Itokiriba" |- | {{ubl|Apr 1989|Jul 1993}} || ''Jū Nana-tsubu no Biyaku'' || {{ubl|Magazine House|Kadokawa Bunko}} || "Furueru Onna" |- | {{ubl|Jul 1995|Nov 1997}} || ''Tobaku-shi-tachi'' || {{ubl|Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Bunko}} || "Kimi wa Gokai shite iru" |- | Jul 2001 || ''Hito no Monogatari'' || Kadokawa Shoten || "Ai no Chikara o Uyamae" |- | Jan 2004 || ''Love Stories'' || Suiyō-sha || "Earring" |- | Mar 2005 || ''Himitsu.–Watashi to Watashi no aida no Jū Ni-wa'' || Da Vinci Books Bunko || "Niratama A", "Niratama B" |- | {{ubl|Aug 2007|May 2009}} || ''Otona no Kataomoi'' || {{ubl|Kadokawa Haruki Corporation|Haruki Bunko}} || "Magokoro" |}
==Imaging works== ; Films {|class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Title ! Distributor ! Director ! Lead actor |- | 21 Nov 1987 || ''Eien no 1/2'' || Toho || Kichitaro Negishi || Saburō Tokitō |- | 22 Oct 1988 || ''Revolver'' || Cine Ropponica || Toshia Fujita || Kenji Sawada |- | 8 May 2004 || ''Jump'' || Cinequanon || Masao Takeshita || Taizo Harada |- | 19 May 2012 || ''Kanojo ni tsuite Shiru koto no subete'' || King Record || Kishu Izuchi || Ai Sasamine |- | 2022 || ''Tsuki no Michi Kake'' || Shochiku || Ryūichi Hiroki || Yo Oizumi<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/466525|title= 大泉洋×有村架純×目黒蓮×柴咲コウが共演、数奇な愛の物語「月の満ち欠け」映画化|access-date= June 20, 2022|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |}
; TV dramas {|class="wikitable" |- ! Dates ! Title ! Network ! Series ! Lead actor ! Original work |- | 8 Jan – 12 Mar 2013 || ''Shotenin Michiru no Minoue Banashi'' || NHK || Yoru Dora || Erika Toda || ''Minoue Banashi'' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20140217102412/http://www.shogosato.com/index.htm|Shogo Sato Home}} – Official homepage. Archived on 17 February 2014. {{in lang|ja}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Shogo}} Category:Japanese novelists Category:Naoki Prize winners Category:People from Sasebo Category:Writers from Nagasaki Prefecture Category:1955 births Category:Living people