Idol Burning
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Originally published as Oshi, moyu in Japan in 2020 by Kawade Shobo Shinsha
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2020 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE
‘My oshi was on fire. Word was he’d punched a fan’
High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari’s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him, religiously chronicling & analysing all his events. He is the spine of her life; she cannot survive without him. When Masaki is rumoured to have assaulted a female fan, facing waves of social media backlash, Akari’s world falls apart.
Offering a vivid insight into otaku culture & adolescence, Idol, Burning is a brilliantly gripping story of obsession, coming of age & the addictive, relentless nature of fandom culture.
Born in 1999, Rin Usamiis a university student & writer. Her debut novel Kaka won the Bungei Prize and the Mishima Yukio Prize. Her second novel Oshi, Moyu / Idol, Burning won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2020 & has become a phenomenon, selling over 500,000 copies in Japan alone. She lives in Japan. Asa Yoneda is a literary translator based in Bristol, UK, whose work includes The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya & Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2020 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE
‘My oshi was on fire. Word was he’d punched a fan’
High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari’s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him, religiously chronicling & analysing all his events. He is the spine of her life; she cannot survive without him. When Masaki is rumoured to have assaulted a female fan, facing waves of social media backlash, Akari’s world falls apart.
Offering a vivid insight into otaku culture & adolescence, Idol, Burning is a brilliantly gripping story of obsession, coming of age & the addictive, relentless nature of fandom culture.
Born in 1999, Rin Usamiis a university student & writer. Her debut novel Kaka won the Bungei Prize and the Mishima Yukio Prize. Her second novel Oshi, Moyu / Idol, Burning won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2020 & has become a phenomenon, selling over 500,000 copies in Japan alone. She lives in Japan. Asa Yoneda is a literary translator based in Bristol, UK, whose work includes The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya & Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto.
Listed on 17 May, 2024