Famous People with Name Sono

Sonosuke Fujimaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Sonosuke Fujimaki: is a Japanese Olympic fencer. He competed in four events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Sion Sono            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Sion Sono: a controversial poet and filmmaker. He was born in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan and is best known for his movies and avant-garde poetry performances.Sono began his career as a poet in 1978 when he was only 17 years old. His poems appeared in popular Japanese publications such as The Modern Poem Book. Afterwards, he enrolled in Hosei University, but left school in mid-course and began making 8 mm films. In 1985, he debuted in the PIA Film Festival with a 30-min experimental short movie, I Am Sion Sono!! (Ore wa Sion Sono da!!), a selection of his poetry being read by him on the screen. In 1987, he participated with the movie A Man's Hanamichi (Otoko no Hanamichi), and won the Grand Prize.

Ayako Sono            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Ayako Sono: a Catholic Japanese writer. Her baptismal name is Maria Elisabet.She went to the Catholic Sacred Heart School in Tokyo after elementary school. During World War II, she evacuated to Kanazawa. After writing for the fanzines La Mancha and Shin-Shicho (???: New Thought), she was recommended by Masao Yamakawa, an established critic at the time, to Mita Bungaku, for which she wrote Enrai No Kyaku Tachi (??????: Visitors from Afar), one of the shortlisted stories for the Akutagawa Prize in 1954. That piece attracted a considerable attention due to the heroine girl’s lighthearted attitude toward the occupation forces. The year next, she was married to Shumon Miura (?? ??), one of the members of Shin-Shicho. They are famous for their happy marriage. She continued producing many works, until she started suffering from depression. She had safely recovered from the crisis.