Sawako Agawa

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.

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.

Filmography Films Colorful (2000), Mother Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken (2014), Sayuri Sasaki Homestay (2022) Egoist (2023) The Boy and the Heron (2023), Eriko (voice)

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

Honours and awards Honours Year Honour Ref. 2014 Kikuchi Kan Prize

Awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2018 11th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Rikuoh 2023 36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting ActressEgoist 2024 78th Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress 66th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress