Kyoko (novel)

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Kyoko

Author	Ryu Murakami
Original title	キョウコ
Language	Japanese
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Shueisha
Publication date	1995
Publication place	Japan
Media type	Print
Pages	213
ISBN	4087740986
OCLC	34700067
Preceded by	Piercing (novel)

Kyoko is a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami. The book tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York City to find the Cuban-American GI who taught her to dance salsa. She ends up traveling throughout the United States to help her friend, who is dying of AIDS, see his family one last time, although he doesn't even remember her.

In the year 2000, a film was made from the story of this book, under the title Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, written and directed by the author, Ryu Murakami.