Mari Akasaka

 is a Japanese novelist.
Biography.
Mari Akasaka was born in Suginami, Tokyo, and studied Politics in the Law Department at Keio University. In 1999 her novel "Vibrator" was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. She was again nominated for the Akutagawa prize in 2000 for her novel, "Muse", and won the Noma Literary Prize for New Writers for the same novel.
"Vibrator" was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, starring Shinobu Terajima and Nao Ōmori. The English translation of the book was published in 2005.