Ko Machida
Kō Machida ( Japanese 町 田 康 , Machida Kō ; civil Machizō Machida ( 町 田 町 蔵 , Machida Machizō ); born January 15, 1962 in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese writer, punk rock singer and actor. He was inspired by the Sex Pistols to start his own punk rock band "Inu". After their dissolution, he increasingly appeared as a poet. His first short story Kussun Daikoku was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize , which he won in 2000 with Kiregire .
Prizes and awards
- 1997 Bunkamura Prix des Deux Magots for Kussun daikoku
- 2000 123rd Akutagawa Prize for Kiregire
- 2001 Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize for Doma no shijūhachi taki
- 2002 Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize for Gongen no odoriko
- 2005 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for Kokuhaku
- 2008 Noma Literature Prize for Yadoya meguri
Works
- 1992 Kūge ( 供 花 , " Flower Offering ", poem anthology)
- 1996 Kussun daikoku ( く っ す ん 大 黒 , "Daikoku in tears", story)
- Trying to get rid of a god of luck, translated by Katja Cassing and Jürgen Stalph, Cass Verlag, Löhne 2016, ISBN 978-3-944751-09-2
- 1999 Ore, nanshin shite ( 俺 、 南 進 し て ) co-author Nobuyoshi Araki
- 2000 Kiregire ( き れ ぎ れ , "scraps")
- 2003 Gongen no odoriko ( 権 現 の 踊 り 子 )
- 2005 Kokuhaku ( 告白 , "Confession", detective novel)
Discography
Albums
- Meshi kūna! ( メ シ 喰 う な! ) Inu (1981)
- Ushiwakamaru nametottara dotsuitaru zo ( 牛 若 丸 な め と っ た ら ど つ い い た る ぞ! ) Inu (published 1984, recorded 1979)
- Doterai yatsura ( ど て ら い 奴 ら ) Machida Machizo (1986)
- Hona, donaisee yune ( ほ な 、 ど な い せ ぇ ゆ ぅ ね ) Machida Machizo (1987)
- Harafuri ( 腹 ふ り ) Machida Machizo + Kitazawa Gumi (1992)
- Chūshajō no yohane ( 駐 車場 の ヨ ハ ネ ) Machida Machizo + Kitazawa Gumi (1994)
- Dōnika naru ( ど う に か な る ) Machida Ko + The Glory (1995)
- Nōnai shuffle kakumei ( 脳 内 シ ャ ッ フ ル 革命 ) Machida Kō (1997)
- Miracle Young ( ミ ラ ク ル ヤ ン グ , Mirakuru Yangu) Miracle Young (2003)
- Machida Kō Group Live October 6, 2004 Machida Kō Group (2004)
Singles
- Kokoro no yunitto ( 心 の ユ ニ ッ ト ) Machi Tai (2002)
Filmography (selection)
- Bakuretsu toshi BURST CITY ( 爆裂 都市 BURST CITY ) Director: Sōgo Ishii (1982)
- Endless Waltz ( エ ン ド レ ス ・ ワ ル ツ ) Director: Koji Wakamatsu (1995)
- H story Director: Nobuhiro Suwa (2001)
Web links
- "In the sign of punk. (Author portrait Machida Kō)", in: Gebhardt, Lisette (2012): Yomitai! New literature from Japan . Berlin: EB-Verlag Dr. Brandt, pp. 25-28.
- official website of Machida Kō (Japanese)
- Kō Machida in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography of J'Lit
- Review of "On trying to get rid of a god of luck" (2016) by Lisette Gebhardt
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Machida, Ko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 町 田 康 (Japanese); Machida, Machizō (real name); 町 田 町 蔵 (Japanese, real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sakai , Osaka Prefecture |