Yuko Naito

Yuko Naito

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1975. She belongs to the theater group EN and is a playwright and director. In 2002, she founded the theater company Green Flowers. She has a reputation for her family dramas based on meticulous research/interviews and depicted in a gentle and warm style of writing. In 2014, she won the Best Work prize in the Yomiuri Theater Award for Hatsuhagi no Hana (written and directed by Saito) performed by the theater group EN, and it was nominated for the 18th Tsurutani Namboku Drama Award. In 2020, she was nominated for the 65th Kishida Drama Award for Hikari sasu Mori (writer and director) performed by the theater group EN. In 2022, she won the Individual Award at the 57th Kinokuniya Theater Awards for the theater group EN production of So ha, Fuku no yoru tokoro (written and directed by Saito). Her play Katabui (Squall), 1972 co-produced with ACO Okinawa and Theater Office Natori won the 26th Tsuruya Namboku Drama Award and the 10th Hayakawa “Tragic Comedy” Award.