Gw mau tau Penghargaan dan nominasi dari Kanae Minato

2007 – Shosetsu Suiri New Writers Prize: "The Saint" (Bab pertama dari novel Confessions)

2009 – Penghargaan Buku Terlaris Jepang: Confessions

2012 – Penghargaan Penulis Misteri Jepang untuk Cerpen Terbaik: "Umi no Hoshi"

2015 – Alex Award: Confessions

2015 – Nominasi untuk kategori Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel: Confessions

2015 – Nominasi untuk kategori Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel: Confessions

, 2010 (The Night Ferris Wheel)

, 2011 (The Chain of Flowers)

, 2012 (The Snow White Murder Case)

, 2013 (An Entrance Examination for a  High School)

, 2014 (Sleep on a Bean)

, 2014 (Mountain Woman Diary)

, 2014 (The End of the Story)

, 2010 (Round Trip Letter)

, 2013 (Thoughts of Home)

Kita no Kanaria tachi (2012) (Based on her short story Niju nen go no Shukudai 二十年後の宿題)

The Snow White Murder Case (Shirayukihime Satsujin Jiken) (2014)

Bokyo (Based on her short story “夢の国 Yume no Kuni” Dreamland and “光の航 Hikari no koro” Light Route)(2017)

Hana no Kusari (FTV) (2013)

N no Tame ni (serial) (2014)

Josei Sakka Mysteries Utsukushiki Mitsu no Uso (FTV 女性作家ミステリーズ 美しき三つの嘘 Hanya episode 1 berdasarkan cerita pendek “Moonstone” dari “Sapphire”) (2016)

Bokyo TV Movie Special (Berdasarkan cerita pendek “みかんの花 Mikan no hana” Orange Flowers, “海の星 Umi no hoshi” Sea Stars and “雲の糸 Kumo no ito” Cloud Thread)(2016)

Ōfuku shokan ~ Junen go-nen-go no hōshu (FTV berdasarkan cerita pendek  往復書簡～十五年後の補習) (2016)

Yamaonna Nikki ~ Onnatachi wa itadaki wo mezashite (FTV 山女日記 ～女たちは頂きを目指して～) (2016)