Nao-Cola Yamazaki
Nao-Cola Yamazaki 山崎 ナオコーラ | |
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Yamazaki in 2016 | |
| Native name | 山崎 ナオコーラ |
| Born | 山崎 直子 September 15, 1978 Kitakyushu, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kokugakuin University |
| Period | 2004–present |
| Genre | |
| Subject | Diversity, Categories |
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| Children | 2 |
Nao-Cola Yamazaki (山崎 ナオコーラ, Yamazaki Nao-Cola; born 1978) is the professional name of Naoko Yamazaki (山崎 直子, Yamazaki Naoko), a Japanese writer. They pride themselves on writing "things no one else can say in words anyone can understand". Yamazaki's writing won the Bungei Prize and the Shimase Award for Love Stories, being nominated multiple times for the Akutagawa Prize. Nao-Cola has suggested to use something like the gender-neutral singular "they", because being frustrated by the usage of "she" at the english Wikipedia.