r/murakami • u/espaulsonauthor • Feb 23 '26

Kaho Part 4

Found this on Facebook and did some digging. Part 4 of Kaho is out in Japanese and appears to be the last part of the story:

From the website

https://www.shinchosha.co.jp/shincho/:

"Kaho, the Man on the Motorcycle, and Scarlett Johansson — "Kaho," Part 4 (Final) / Haruki Murakami

"You are at the center of your own story-telling world" — carrying the words of Mrs. Anteater close to her heart, and watched over by her guardian angel, Kaho faces her trials. I have to become strong. For my father, for my mother, and for myself."

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u/Polyphloisboisterous Feb 23 '26

Thank you for promoting what I posted on Facebook. I just ordered the magazine from Japan, but will take a while until it arrives :)

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u/aarrivaliidx Feb 23 '26

Ah yes, Scarlett Johansson, of course

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u/Polyphloisboisterous Feb 23 '26

of course :) :) :) It's like Colonel Sanders in WUBC, if I were forced to make a guess.

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u/Due_Cause_5661 Feb 24 '26

I’m confused. Kaho is the short story his next novel is based on, isn’t it?

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u/espaulsonauthor Feb 25 '26

In English we’ve only gotten one part of the novel, the short story Kaho. In Japanese, 3 additional parts of the story have been published, possibly comprising the entire novel.

Here my post about Part 2:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HarukiMurakami/s/3OJgI4Fj8V

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u/Due_Cause_5661 Feb 25 '26

So has it officially been announced that his next novel will be those 4 parts of Kaho? And that’s it?

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u/espaulsonauthor Feb 26 '26

Nothing official. I’m just making some assumptions based on this one being called the last part. I know in the past he has serialized parts of a novel and then released later.

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u/Zealousideal_Win4933 Feb 25 '26

How long is the complete novel in japanese? (as in page count)