Literary translation

Literary translation: bibliography

“Listening is an act of community, which takes space, time, and silence. Reading is a means of listening.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin

Listening to the voices of a text, feeling its rhythms and coaxing out certain threads of meaning, and weaving them back together in the hope of carrying forward the spirit of the text — I am grateful that I can play a part in retelling someone’s story through translation.

I have a keen interest in various themes, genres, and forms — whether the style is dreamlike and unsettling, or heartfelt and inspiring. If you’d like to hear more about my work or discuss a potential project, please feel free to get in touch.

Novels

• TBA (two titles from HarperVia and one title from Berkley, forthcoming in 2027)
• The Friday Bookshop: Volume 1 by Sawako Natori (Berkley PRH, Nov 2026; selected as the 2026 title for the “One World, One Book” program at PRH)
• The Samurai Detectives: Volume 3: The Man in the Mist by Shotaro Ikenami (Penguin, Aug 2026)
• The Samurai Detectives: Volume 2: The Killer on the Streets by Shotaro Ikenami (Penguin, Feb 2026)
• The Samurai Detectives: Volume 1 by Shotaro Ikenami (Penguin, Oct 2025)
• Diary of a Cat by Mayumi Nagano (MacLehose Press, Sept 2025)
• Run with the Wind by Miura Shion (HarperVia, Oct 2024)
• Sample translations of authors such as Chisato Abe, Shunji Iwai, Saeko Himuro, Aya Koda, Kiyoko Murata, Yuka Murayama, Mio Yamaguchi (commissioned by publishers/agencies; since my first sample work in 2022, many have led directly to acquisition and/or publication)
• Currently pitching novels by Kaho Nashiki, Aoi Uno, Mariko Asabuki, and Kazumi Yumoto

Light Novels

• In a World of Lies, I Fell into an Unforgettable Love by Misaki Ichijo (Yen On, Nov 2024)
• The Lawyer in Shizukuishi Sleeps with a Wolf by Akira Sugano (Yen On, Oct 2023)
• I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness: I’ll Spoil Her with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!: Vols. 1–3 by Fukada Sametarou (J-Novel Club, Aug 2023–Feb 2024)

Short Stories

• “Melonpan” by Sachiko Kishimoto, Asymptote blog (Apr 2025)
• “Flying in the Dark Night” by Mayumi Inaba, Samovar (Feb 2025)
• Spring Comes Riding in a Carriage by Riichi Yokomitsu (Vertical, Dec 2023; illustrated book)
• “Scarlet Silk,” by Mayumi Inaba, Tales & Feathers, Issue 2, Autumn 2023
• “The Winter Cicada” by Moe Azuchi (for the Kurodahan Press Prize 2020)

Poetry

• Yosano Akiko, “The First Contraction,” “On Sorrow,” and “The Universe and I,” co-translated with Clara Marino, The Massachusetts Review , Vol. 65, Issue 3, Autumn 2024
• Yosano Akiko, “Mice,” co-translated with Clara Marino, Modern Poetry in Translation: Origins of the Fire Emoji: Focus on [Dead] Women Poets, No. 3, Nov 2020
• Mio Adachi, “Beyond the Night Ocean,” a music-poem; awarded the Art Renaissance Prize at the Tokyo Geidai Art Festival 2022
• Shinji Ohmaki, “The Rustle of Existence,” a poem accompanying a video artwork for an upcoming exhibition
• Dimitris Lyacos, poems from Poena Damni (under review; EN to JP)
• Martha Nakamura, “Discovery,” a prose poem (under review)

Children’s Books

• Sample translations of authors such as Reiko Hiroshima, Miroco Machiko, Kenji Miyazawa, Etsuko Yamamoto, Takako Torimiyama (both commissioned and on spec)
• Currently pitching various picture books and MG/YA novels, including A Hundred Years, a moving picture book about friendship, loss, and reincarnation

Essays, Reviews, and Other Writings

• Run with the Wind and The Samurai Detectives: A Translator in the Deep Sea /『風が強く吹いている』と『剣客商売』：深い海を漂う翻訳者, a guest article in the series, “Bringing Japanese Stories to a Global Audience”, invited by TranNet, on my translation practice and the path that brought me here (Jan 2026)
• “Listening in on Fifty Sounds” (review of Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton), Hopscotch Translation, Mar 2022
• A multi-media guide analysis on Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, trans. by Sam Bett and David Boyd, for Audrey, an online book club platform, which included a playlist of music that resonates with the world of the novel (Mar 2021)

Professional Affiliations

• Member of SCBWI; The Society of Authors; ETN; ELTNA
• BCLT International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School Alumna: 2021 & 2024 cohort
• Advisor (translation into Japanese) for Dimitris Lyacos Foundation