Sawako Agawa

Sawako Agawa
阿川 佐和子
Born	(1953-11-01) 1 November 1953 (age 71) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Keio University (BA)
Occupation(s)	Author and television personality
Parent	Hiroyuki Agawa

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

Early life

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 Shūkan Bunshun.

Career

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

Films

• Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken (2014), Sayuri Sasaki
• Homestay (2022)[3]
• Egoist (2023)[4]
• The Boy and the Heron (2023), Eriko (voice)[5]

Television

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

Honours and awards

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

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.

External links

• Profile (in Japanese)