If you have a strong memory, you might recall that a young woman appears in live-action parts of the FLCL ending. That was Yukiko Motoya, who also voiced drama club writer Aya Sawada in the KareKano: His and Her Circumstances anime. The Gainax bit-player went on to a successful career as a playwright/theater producer, satirist, radio DJ, magazine columnist and novelist.

In 2006, she became the youngest winner of the Tsuruya Nanboku Memorial Award for best play for Sonan (Disaster). She was also nominated for the prestigious Akutagawa Award for emerging authors for novel Ikiteirudakede Ai (Just Living is Love).





This year, she's sharing it with Yusho Takiguchi. The 36 year-old Motoya is being recognized for her work on Irui Konin Tan (Tales of Marriage to a Different Sort), described as a humorous work describes a married couple whose faces come to resemble each other.

Gainax sends their congratulations...

本谷有希子さん、芥川賞受賞おめでとうございます！ヽ(*´∀｀)ﾉ ＴＶ「彼氏彼女の事情（カレカノ）」では作家志望の亜弥を演じて頂きました!!続くＯＶＡ「フリクリ」ではＥＤに実写出演でした!! ますますのご活躍をお祈りしております!! — GAINAX 公式 (@GAINAXNET) January 20, 2016











