Natsuki Koyata

is a Japanese writer. She has won the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Japan Fantasy Novel Award, and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize.

Early life and education Koyata was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan in 1981. In junior high school she initially participated in the softball club, then quit group activities and refused to go to school, instead spending time reading at the local library. Koyata later returned to school and eventually graduated from Nishogakusha University in Tokyo. After graduation she worked in temporary jobs and began writing her first novel. The novel followed the next year.

In 2016 Koyata's book , a story about sexuality and discrimination set in a near future society, won the 34th Oda Sakunosuke Prize. Release was also nominated for the 30th Mishima Yukio Prize, but the prize went to Yusuke Miyauchi. The next year she was nominated again and won the 31st Mishima Yukio Prize for . That same year Koyata's book , a story about relationships and sexuality in the life of a fifteen year old girl set in a fantasy society in which animals and people are family, was published by Shinchosha. Nozomu no wa won the 17th Sense of Gender Awards Grand Prize.

Recognition 2013 Japan Fantasy Novel Award 2017 34th Oda Sakunosuke Prize 2018 31st Mishima Yukio Prize 2018 17th Sense of Gender Awards Grand Prize