2015 in Japanese literature

The following is an overview of the year 2015 in Japanese literature. It includes winners of literary awards, yearly best-sellers, title debuts and endings, and deaths of notable Japanese literature-related people, as well as any other relevant Japanese literature-related events. For an overview of the year in literature from other countries, see 2015 in literature; for an overview of the year in manga (Japanese comics), see 2015 in manga.

Awards

 * Agatha Christie Award:
 * Akutagawa Prize:
 * for Scrap and Build (スクラップアンドビルド)
 * Naoki Matayoshi for
 * for 死んでいない者
 * Yukiko Motoya for 異類婚姻譚
 * Bungei Prize
 * for ドール
 * for 地の底の記憶
 * Dazai Osamu Prize: for 変わらざる喜び
 * Dengeki Novel Prize Grand Prize:
 * 松村涼哉 for ただ、それだけでよかったんです
 * 角埜杞真 for トーキョー下町ゴールドクラッシュ！
 * Edogawa Rampo Prize: Katsuhiro Go for Dotoku no Jikan (道徳の時間)
 * Honkaku Mystery Award:
 * Best Fiction: for Sayonara Kamisama (さよなら神様)
 * Best Critical Work: Aoi Shimotsuki for Agasa Kurisuti Kanzen Koryaku (アガサ・クリスティー完全攻略)
 * Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature
 * for 冥途あり
 * for 骨風
 * Japan Booksellers' Award: Nahoko Uehashi for
 * Mephisto Prize: for Koi to Kinki no Purediketto [Predicate] (恋と禁忌の述語論理)
 * Mishima Yukio Prize: Takahiro Ueda for 私の恋人
 * Mystery Writers of Japan Award:
 * Best Novel:
 * for
 * for Inosento Deizu (イノセント・デイズ)
 * Best Critical/Biographical Work:
 * Masahiko Kikuni for Hondana Tantei Saigo no Aisatsu (本棚探偵最後の挨拶)
 * Aoi Shimotsuki for Agasa Kurisuti Kanzen Koryaku (アガサ・クリスティー完全攻略)
 * Naoki Prize:
 * for 流
 * for つまをめとらば
 * Nihon SF Taisho Award:
 * Koronbia zero (Columbia Zero) by Kōshū Tani
 * Toppen by Hiroyuki Morioka
 * Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature: for Riku Onda's
 * Noma Literary Prize : for 冥途あり
 * Seiun Award:
 * Best Japanese Novel: Orbital Cloud (オービタル・クラウド) by Taiyō Fujii
 * Best Japanese Short Story: "Umi no Yubi" (海の指星) by Hirotaka Tobi
 * Sogen SF Short Story Prize: for 神々の歩法
 * Tanizaki Prize: Kaori Ekuni for ヤモリ、カエル、シジミチョウ
 * Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize: Asako Yuzuki for ナイルパーチの女子会
 * Yomiuri Prize:
 * Fiction: for 女たち三百人の裏切りの書
 * Drama: Haruhiko Arai for この国の空

Light novel titles
The following is a list of the 10 best-selling light novel titles in Japan during 2015 according to Oricon.

Light novel volumes
The following is a list of the 10 best-selling light novel volumes in Japan during 2015 according to Oricon.

Title debuts

 * January 25 - Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki (story) and You Shiina (art)
 * February 7 - Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter by Futaba Hazuki
 * February 28 - Isekai Shokudō by Junpei Inuzuka (story) and Katsumi Enami (art)
 * March 20 - 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team by Yukako Kabei (story) and Aiji Yamakawa (art)
 * June 20 - Assault Lily by Kasama Hiroyuki (story), Yaegashi Nan and Mieko Hosoi (art)
 * June 25 - Arifureta by Ryo Shirakome (story) and Takayaki (art)
 * August 1 - Gangsta by Jun'ichi Kawabata
 * October 20 - Babylon by Mado Nozaki (story) and Zain (art)
 * December 18 - Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsu Yasumi by Manta Aisora
 * December 25 - Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki (story) and Akiko Takase (art)

Title endings

 * May 1 - Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City by Ryō Kawakami (story) and Range Murata (art)