上田岳弘
Born 1979 · Japan
Akutagawa 2018 (second half) · Winner
Nimuroddo
Title translated by AI:“Nimrod”
Takahiro Ueda · 39 when first published
Novel · 136 pages · Speculative, Love
AI-generated summary:Satoshi Nakamoto, who mines virtual currency on his company's servers, his girlfriend Noriko Takubo, a securities worker haunted by an abortion and a divorce, and his colleague Jin Nimuro, nicknamed Nimrod, a failed novelist, drift toward a future in which everything can be replaced.
Akutagawa 2015 (second half) · Candidate
Ikyō no yūjin
Title translated by AI:“A Friend in a Foreign Land”
Takahiro Ueda · 36 when first published
Novel · 156 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:A cult on Awaji Island, where Japan's creator gods first made the land, wins converts after foretelling the Kobe earthquake, and a band of brilliant hackers from the US west coast arrives to see its leader, observed by an all-seeing narrator.
Akutagawa 2014 (second half) · Candidate
Wakusei
Title translated by AI:“Planet”
Takahiro Ueda · 35 when first published
Novel · 229 pages