Editing Asako Yuzuki (section)

===Breakthrough and Naoki Prize nominations===

Yuzuki published several novels in 2013, including ''Ōhi no kikan'' (王妃の帰還, ''Return of the Queen''), ''Ranchi no Akko-chan'' (ランチのアッコちゃん), and ''Itō-kun A to E'' (伊藤くん A to E), a series of linked short stories about different women each involved with the same man. ''Itō-kun A to E'' received Yuzuki's first nomination for the Naoki Prize (150th). It was later adapted into the 2017 romantic comedy television series ''The Many Faces of Ito'', starring Fumino Kimura and directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, and a theatrical film version was also released.

Her 2014 novel ''Honya-san no Daiana'' (本屋さんのダイアナ, ''Diana the Book Clerk''), published by Shinchosha, chronicles a years-long friendship between two girls from different backgrounds and received her second Naoki Prize nomination (151st).

In 2015 Yuzuki published ''Nairu pāchi no joshikai'' (ナイルパーチの女子会) through Bungeishunjū. The novel, a story about two women whose lives intersect as one blackmails the other, won the 28th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize and received a third Naoki Prize nomination (153rd).