Mariko ASABUKI (朝吹 真理子, Asabuki Mariko) was born 19th December 1984 in Tōkyō and is a Japanese writer. Asabuki has a Master Degree in Japanese Literature at Keiō University in Tōkyō. Her first novel Ryūzeki (流跡, 2009) won Bunkamura prize. Her work Kikotowa (きことわ, 2010) won Akutagawa prize in 2011.