Sawako Agawa

Sawako Agawa
阿川 佐和子
Born (1953-11-01) 1 November 1953 (age 70)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materKeio University
Occupation(s)Author and television personality

Sawako Agawa (阿川 佐和子, Agawa Sawako, born 1 November 1953) is a Japanese author and television personality.

Early life[edit]

Sawako Agawa was born in Tokyo on 1 November 1953. Her father is the novelist Hiroyuki Agawa; and her elder brother Naoyuki Agawa is a former diplomat who, since 1999, has been a professor of law at Keio University.[1]

After graduation from Toyo Eiwa junior high school and high school (a private all-girls school, Christian school located in Minato, Tokyo), Agawa graduated from Keio University with the Bachelor of Letters degree in Western Historiography. She writes for Shunkan Bunshun.

Career[edit]

Agawa started her career in Japanese television, first as a reporter, then as a news reader. She appears on a variety of programs, including talk shows, quiz programs, and interview shows. In 1992 she became an interviewer, conducting 1,000 interviews with a wide variety of people including actors, athletes, and writers.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Television[edit]

  • Toto Neechan (2016), Shizuko Sawa
  • Rikuoh (2017), Akemi Masaoka
  • Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau (2021)[6]

Honours and awards[edit]

Honours
Year Honour Ref.
2014 Kikuchi Kan Prize [7]
Awards
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 11th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Rikuoh Won [8]
2023 36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Egoist Nominated [9]
2024 78th Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [10]
66th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Naoyuki Agawa profile (Japan Foundation) Archived 2010-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 13 September 2010.
  2. ^ Sekiguchi, Yasuo (20 January 2014). "Essayist notches 1,000th interview for weekly magazine". The Japan Times. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ "長尾謙杜の主演作「HOMESTAY」に佐々木蔵之介、石田ひかり、望月歩、濱田岳ら9名". Natalie. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ "エゴイスト". eiga.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ "「君たちはどう生きるか」ストーリー、声優、主題歌が明らかに". Natalie. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ "綾瀬はるかと池松壮亮が共演、東日本大震災特集ドラマがNHKで制作開始". Natalie. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ^ "菊池寛賞にタモリさんら 阿川さん、若田さんも". The Nikkei. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ^ Tokyo Drama Awards 2018
  9. ^ "日刊スポーツ映画大賞は石井裕也監督「月」が最多5部門6ノミネート". eiga.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  10. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 是枝裕和監督「怪物」が9部門ノミネート 阪本順治監督「せかいのおきく」は8部門". Sponichi. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ^ "「エゴイスト」「月」が作品賞など最多5部門に選出 「第66回ブルーリボン賞」各部門候補決まる". Chunichi Sports. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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