Naoki Matayoshi
Naoki Matayoshi (又吉 直樹, Matayoshi Naoki, born June 2, 1980) is a Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2015 for his book Hibana (火花, Spark), which was adapted into the Netflix series Hibana: Spark.
Matayoshi is the boke of his comedy duo Peace alongside his partner Yuji Ayabe. Ayabe left Japan for New York in 2016 to continue his comedic career overseas while Matayoshi stayed in Japan, effectively making the duo inactive since then.
He is from Neyagawa City in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Hokuyo Senior High School (presently Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School).
Acted in
Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018
2024
as Self
変哲の竜
2024
A Town Without Seasons
2023
as Homeless father
Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama
2023
From the End of the World
2023
Chair
2022
Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Summer Special
2021
as Kentaro Iwaya
A Seaside Weekly Tabloid
2018
Segodon
2018
as Tokugawa Iesada
吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか？
2016
as Naoki Matayoshi
Botchan
2016
as Soseki Natsume
Mystery Trilogy Special
2015
as Mata Komori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
2015
as Takayama Norio
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2014
as 小森マタ (案内人)
Wednesday Downtown
2014
as Panel member
The Great Passage
2013
as Togawa
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Omuraisu
2011
Picaru's theorem
2010