羽田圭介
Born 1985 · Japan
Akutagawa 2015 (first half) · Winner
Sukurappu ando birudo
Keisuke Hada · 30 when first published
Novel · 121 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Kento, twenty-eight, jobless and preparing for an exam, lives with his mother and his eighty-seven-year-old grandfather, whose constant refrain is that he longs to die, and decides to help him on his way by smothering him with care.
Akutagawa 2014 (first half) · Candidate
Metamorufoshisu
Title translated by AI:“Metamorphosis”
Keisuke Hada · 29 when first published
Novella · 202 pages
AI-generated summary:A highly paid broker who spends his days pushing investments on old people kneels each night before a dominatrix at an S&M club, and keeps craving harsher play in search of a world visible only to someone who has surrendered completely.
Akutagawa 2009 (second half) · Candidate
Mīto za bīto
Keisuke Hada · 24 when first published
Novel · 156 pages · Coming of age
AI-generated summary:In a provincial city an hour from Tokyo, a nineteen-year-old student preparing for university exams while working shifts is handed a used Honda Beat by a friend, and the little car reshapes his days, down to an uneasy relationship with a call girl.
Akutagawa 2008 (first half) · Candidate
Hashiru
Title translated by AI:“Run”
Keisuke Hada · 23 when first published
Novel · 156 pages · Coming of age
AI-generated summary:A second-year high-school student rides an old green Bianchi from the shed to school, then skips class and keeps pedalling north on Route 4, through Fukushima, Yamagata, Akita and Aomori, texting lies to everyone at home.