Yukiko Motoya

Yukiko Motoya

Born in Ishikawa prefecture in 1979, Yukiko Motoya is a playwright and director. Today she leads the Gekidan, Motoya Yukiko theater company. After graduating from high school, Motoya acted in plays including Fukusuke by the company Otona Keikaku, altT4 supervised by Akio Miyazawa and 1989 by Village Produce. In September of 2000 she launched her own company. She has also become the object of increasing attention as a writer with her nomination for the 18th Mishima Yukio Award for the short novel version of her play Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero (Cowards, Show Your Sad Love), and for the 135th Akutagawa Award for her short novel Ikiteiru dake de Ai (Love, from Just Being Alive).