Naoki Matayoshi (又吉 直樹, Matayoshi Naoki, born June 2, 1980) is a Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize[1] in 2015 for his book Hibana (火花, Spark), which was adapted into the Netflix series Hibana: Spark.

[2] Matayoshi is the boke of his comedy duo Peace alongside his partner Yuji Ayabe.

[3] 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.

[4] He is from Neyagawa City in Osaka Prefecture.

He graduated from Hokuyo Senior High School (presently Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School).