Takami ItōTakami Itō is a Japanese author who won an Akutagawa Prize in 2006.BiographyItō was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As a middle-school student, he was a classmate of Ken Hirai. He later graduated from Waseda University.Prizes Bungei Prize Shōgakukan Children's Publications Culture Prize Jōji Hirata Literature Prize Akutagawa Prize for the novel "八月の路上に捨てる"