is a Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2015 for his book , which was adapted into the Netflix series Hibana: Spark.

Matayoshi is the boke of his comedy duo Peace alongside his partner Yuji Ayabe. Ayabe left Japan for New York in 2016 to continue his comedic career overseas while Matayoshi stayed in Japan, effectively making the duo inactive since then.

Naoki Matayoshi

He is from Neyagawa City in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Hokuyo Senior High School (presently Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School).

Naoki Matayoshi

Filmography

Film

The Great Passage (2013) – Togawa

From the End of the World (2023)

Naoki Matayoshi

Television

The Untold Story: How Tezuka created his "Black Jack" (2013) – Fujio Akatsuka

Botchan (2016) – Natsume Sōseki

Segodon (2018) – Tokugawa Iesada

Maiagare! (2022) – Iwao Yagi

Bibliography

, Bungeishunjū, 2015, , Shogakukan, 2016, , Shinchosha, 2017,

References

External links

1980 births

Living people

Japanese male comedians

Japanese television personalities

21st-century Japanese novelists

Akutagawa Prize winners

People from Neyagawa, Osaka

Kansai University alumni