2015 in Japanese literature

The following is an overview of the year 2015 in Japanese literature. It includes winners of literary awards, yearly best-sellers, title debuts and endings, and deaths of notable Japanese literature-related people, as well as any other relevant Japanese literature-related events. For an overview of the year in literature from other countries, see 2015 in literature; for an overview of the year in manga (Japanese comics), see 2015 in manga.

Awards

• Agatha Christie Award:
• Akutagawa Prize:
• for
• Naoki Matayoshi for
• for 死んでいないè€Â
• Yukiko Motoya for 異類婚姻譚
• Bungei Prize
• for ドール
• for 地の底の記憶
• Dazai Osamu Prize: for 変わらざる喜び
• Dengeki Novel Prize Grand Prize:
• 松村涼哉 for ただ、それだけでよかったんです
• 角埜杞真 for トーキョー下町ゴールドクラッシュ！
• Edogawa Rampo Prize: Katsuhiro Go for
• Honkaku Mystery Award:
• Best Fiction: for
• Best Critical Work: Aoi Shimotsuki for
• Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature
• for 冥途あり
• for 骨風
• Japan Booksellers' Award: Nahoko Uehashi for
• Mephisto Prize: for
• Mishima Yukio Prize: Takahiro Ueda for 私の恋人
• Mystery Writers of Japan Award:
• Best Novel:
• for
• for
• Best Critical/Biographical Work:
• Masahiko Kikuni for
• Aoi Shimotsuki for
• Naoki Prize:
• for 流
• for つまをめとらば
• Nihon SF Taisho Award:
• Koronbia zero (Columbia Zero) by KōshÅ« Tani
• Toppen by Hiroyuki Morioka
• Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature: for Riku Onda's
• Noma Literary Prize : for 冥途あり
• Seiun Award:
• Best Japanese Novel: by Taiyō Fujii
• Best Japanese Short Story: by Hirotaka Tobi
• Sogen SF Short Story Prize: for 神々の歩法
• Tanizaki Prize: Kaori Ekuni for ヤモリ、カエル、シジミチョウ
• Yamamoto ShÅ«gorō Prize: Asako Yuzuki for ナイルパーチの女子会
• Yomiuri Prize:
• Fiction: for 女たち三百人の裏切りの書
• Drama: Haruhiko Arai for この国の空

Best-sellers

Light novel titles

The following is a list of the 10 best-selling light novel titles in Japan during 2015 according to Oricon.

Light novel volumes

The following is a list of the 10 best-selling light novel volumes in Japan during 2015 according to Oricon.

Title debuts

• January 25 - Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki (story) and You Shiina (art)
• February 7 - Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter by Futaba Hazuki
• February 28 - Isekai Shokudō by Junpei Inuzuka (story) and Katsumi Enami (art)
• March 20 - ' by Yukako Kabei (story) and Aiji Yamakawa (art)
• June 20 - Assault Lily by Kasama Hiroyuki (story), Yaegashi Nan and Mieko Hosoi (art)
• June 25 - Arifureta by Ryo Shirakome (story) and Takayaki (art)
• August 1 - Gangsta by Jun'ichi Kawabata
• October 20 - Babylon by Mado Nozaki (story) and Zain (art)
• December 18 - ' by Manta Aisora
• December 25 - Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki (story) and Akiko Takase (art)

Title endings

• May 1 - ' by Ryō Kawakami (story) and Range Murata (art)