Naoki Matayoshi

Naoki Matayoshi (又吉 直樹) is a Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2015 for his book Spark (火花), which was adapted into the Netflix series Hibana: Spark.

Matayoshi is the boke of his comedy duo Peace alongside his partner Yuji Ayabe. Ayabe left Japan for New York in 2016 to continue his comedic career overseas while Matayoshi stayed in Japan, effectively making the duo inactive since then.

He is from Neyagawa City in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Hokuyo Senior High School (presently Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School).

Film

 * The Great Passage (2013) – Togawa
 * From the End of the World (2023)

Television

 * The Untold Story: How Tezuka created his "Black Jack" (2013) – Fujio Akatsuka
 * Botchan (2016) – Natsume Sōseki
 * Segodon (2018) – Tokugawa Iesada
 * Maiagare! (2022) – Iwao Yagi