Ryōhei Machiya

Ryohei Machiya is a Japanese novelist. He won the Akutagawa Prize for his boxing novel Ichi Raundo Ippun Sanju-yon Byo (1 round 1 minute 34 seconds).^[1]

Early life

Ryōhei Machiya was born in 1983 in Taito-ku, Tokyo, and attended the Saitama Prefectural Koshigaya High School.^[2][3]

Television appearances

in 2023, Machiya appeared on the NHK World series The Professionals. He was voiced for the English-speaking market by writer, voice actor, and former Manual Cinema composer Jacob Winchester.^[4]

References

1. "Three novelists picked for Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards". The Japan Times Online. 2019-01-17. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
2. "第160回芥川賞を上田岳弘＆町屋良平が受賞！直木賞は真藤順丈". RBB TODAY (in Japanese). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
3. "Akutagawa Prize #160: 1 round 1pun 34byō, by Machiya Ryōhei | Glynne Walley's J-lit site". blogs.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
4. The Professionals: The Quiet Joy of Unsung Support: Onishi Toshio, Copy Editor (Documentary), Jacob Winchester, NHK World, 2023-03-12, retrieved 2024-02-27