Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, or SFWJ (Japanese official name: 日本SF作家クラブ, Nihon SF Sakka Club) is an organization of SF-related people, professional or semi-professional. It was formerly a friendship organization, but it is a general incorporated association since August 24, 2017.[1]

Mission[]

There are three missions in SFWJ.[2]

  • SFWJ promotes mutual friendship of members.
  • SFWJ establishes and operates award(s) such as Nihon SF Taisho Award.
  • SFWJ manages various activities in relation with the above award(s).

Membership[]

Though the official English name of the organization is "Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan", members are not limited to writer. Translator, editor, artist, creator, or promoter/ contributor in various genres in relation with SF and/or fantasy, professional or semi-professional, is granted to be a member, if a candidate is acknowledged by the organization.[3]

History[]

SFWJ was founded on 3 March 1963 at Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The founder members are 11 persons who are Takashi Ishikawa, Sakyo Komatsu, , Morihiro Saitō (JA), Hakukō Saitō, Ryo Hanmura, Masami Fukushima, Shinichi Hoshi, Ryu Mitsuse, Yū Mori (Hiroshi Minamiyama JA) and Tetsu Yano. They were SF-related writers, translators, and editors.[4]

The club was friendship group and the secretariat was located at Hayakawa Publishing, Tokyo at first. There was no president, but Masami Fukushima who was editor in chief of S-F Magazine was substantial president. Head of the club was a chief of secretariat.

After the death of Fukushima in 1976, Shin'ichi Hoshi took office as president of the club.

Taiyo Fujii is a president of the organization as of March, 2018.[1]

List of presidents and chiefs of secretariat[]

N Period President N Secretariat Remarque
- 1963 - ? - 1st Ryō Hanmura (JA) 1963 - ?
- ? -1973 - 2nd (JA) ? -1973
- 1973 - 1975 - 3rd (JA) 1973 - 1977
1st 1976 - 1977 Shinichi Hoshi (JA)
2nd 1978 - 1979 Tetsu Yano (JA) 4th Taku Mayumura (JA)
3rd 1980 - 1983 Sakyo Komatsu (JA) 5th Yasutaka Tsutsui (JA)
4th 1984 - 1985 Yasutaka Tsutsui (JA) 6th JA)
5th 1986 - 1987 (JA) 7th JA
6th 1988 - 1991 (JA) 8th Chiaki Kawamata (JA) 1988 - 1989
9th Masaki Yamada (JA) 1990 - 1990
10th Jun'ya Yokota (JA) 1991 - 1991
7th 1992 - 1993 Chiaki Kawamata (JA) 11th Haruka Takachiho (JA)
8th 1994 - 1995 Baku Yumemakura (JA) 12th (JA)
9th 1996 - 1999 Gō Nagai (JA) 13th Haruka Takachiho (JA)
10th 1999 - 2001 Mariko Ōhara (JA) 14th (JA)
vice Mari Kotani (JA)
11th 2001 - 2003 Chōhei Kanbayashi (JA) 15th (JA)
12th 2003 - 2005 Masaki Yamada (JA) 16th Yasuhiro Takeda (JA)
13th 2005 - 2007 Kōshū Tani (JA) 17th (JA)
14th 2007 - 2009 Haruka Takachiho (JA) 18th (JA)
15th 2009 - 2011 Motoko Arai (JA) 19th (JA)
16th 2011 - 2013 Hideaki Sena (JA) 20th (JA)
17th 2013 - 2015 (JA) 21st (JA) 2013 - 2014
22nd Hiroyuki Morioka (JA) 2014 - 2016
18th 2015 - Taiyō Fujii (JA)
23rd Yūko Itō (N/A) 2016 -


Member list[]

Member list of the SFWJ as of February 5, 2018:[5][6]

Honorary members[]

  • (有村 とおる, JA, 1945 - ) writer
  • (井口 健二, JA, 1949 - ) SF researcher
  • Takashi Ishikawa (石川 喬司, JA, September 17, 1930 - ) critic, writer
  • (鏡 明, JA, January 2, 1948 - ) translator, writer
  • Shinji Kajio (梶尾 真治, JA, December 24, 1947 - ) writer
  • Naoyuki Katō (加藤 直之, JA, 1952 - ) illustrator
  • Musashi Kanbe (かんべ むさし, JA, January 16, 1948 - ) writer
  • (高齋 正, JA, December 21, 1938 - ) automobile critic, writer
  • Masaki Tsuji (辻 真先, JA, March 23, 1932 - ) anime scenario writer, comic author
  • (張 仁誠, JA, 1952 - ) illustrator /uncertain/
  • Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井 康隆, JA, September 24, 1934 - ) writer, dramatist
  • (豊田 有恒, JA, May 25, 1938 - ) writer, critic, essayist
  • Taku Mayumura (眉村 卓, JA, October 20, 1934 - ) writer
  • (南山 宏, JA, July 29, 1937 - ) editor, translator, occult researcher, (alias: Yū Mori, 森 優)
  • Baku Yumemakura (夢枕 獏, JA, January 1, 1951 - ) writer, essayist

Current members[]

Surname - A, I, U, E, O[]

  • (青木 和, JA, December 27, 1961 - ) writer
  • (赤尾 秀子, JA) translator
  • (秋山 完, JA, December 22, 1960s - ) writer /uncertain/ [7]
  • Norihiko Asao (浅尾 典彦, /uncertain/) media writer
  • Taku Ashibe (芦辺 拓, JA, May 21, 1958 - ) mystery writer
  • Tsuyoshi Abe (阿部 毅, /uncertain/)
  • (天瀬 裕康, JA, November, 1931 - ) writer, SF fan, (alias: Susumu Watanabe, 渡辺 晋)
  • Godō Amano? (天野 護堂, /uncertain/)
  • Hotori Amano (天野 邊, /uncertain/) writer
  • Motoko Arai (新井 素子, JA, August 8, 1960 - ) writer
  • Yoshio Aramaki (荒巻 義雄, JA, April 12, 1933 - ) writer, critic
  • (飯野 文彦, JA, June 16, 1961 - ) writer
  • Haruna Ikezawa (池澤 春菜, JA, December 15, 1975 - ) voice actress, essayist
  • (池田 憲章, JA, January 14, 1955 - ) free writer, anime author
  • Muneo Ishikawa (石川 宗生, /uncertain/) writer
  • Yoshiyuki Ishiwa (石和 義之, 1962 - ) critic
  • Tsuyoki Isobe (礒部 剛喜, /uncertain/) critic
  • Ban Ippongi (一本木 蛮, JA, January 4, 1965 - ) manga artist, cosplayer
  • (井上 剛, JA, 1964 - ) writer
  • (井上 雅彦, JA, January 13, 1960 - ) writer
  • (伊野 隆之, JA, 1961 - ) writer
  • (浦浜 圭一郎, JA, April 23, 1963 - ) writer
  • (江坂 遊, JA, September 20, 1953 - ) vs story [8] writer
  • (榎木 洋子, JA, October 3, ? - ) writer
  • (太田 忠司, JA, February 24, 1959 - ) mystery writer
  • (大橋 博之, JA, 1959 - ) free writer, editor
  • Mariko Ōhara (大原 まり子, JA, March 20, 1959 - ) writer
  • (大和田 始, 1949 - ) SF researcher, writer
  • (岡和田 晃, JA, 1981 - ) critic, translator
  • Satoshi Ogawa (小川 哲, JA, December 25, 1986 - ) writer
  • (荻野目 悠樹, JA, February 2, 1965 - ) writer
  • (忍澤 勉, 1956 - ) critic, writer

Surname - K[]

  • Makio Kaji (加地 真紀男, /uncertain/) editor
  • (粕谷 知世, JA, 1961 - ) writer
  • Junichi Kadokura (門倉 純一, /uncertain/) music critic?
  • Motoyuki Kanae (鼎 元亨, /uncertain/) critic
  • Azami Kanō (狩野 あざみ, /uncertain/) writer
  • Chiaki Kawamata (川又 千秋, JA, December 4, 1948 - ) writer, critic
  • Kiyomi Kishima (鬼嶋 清美, 1971 - ) /uncertain/
  • (機本 伸��, JA, 1956 - ) writer, movie director, /uncertain/
  • (日下 三蔵, JA, February 21, 1968 - ) SF, mystery researcher
  • (草上 仁, JA, December 20, 1959 - ) writer
  • (草野 原々, JA, April 16, 1990 - ) writer
  • (久美 沙織, JA, April 30, 1959 - ) writer, essayist
  • (木立 嶺, /uncertain/) writer
  • Mari Kotani (小谷 真理, JA, July 11, 1958 - ) critic
  • (今野 敏, JA, September 27, 1955 - ) writer, manga author

Surname - S[]

  • (斉藤 英一朗, JA, July 16, 1952 - ) writer
  • (塩澤 快浩, JA, 1968 - ) editor
  • (篠崎 砂美, JA, July 22, 1960 - ) writer
  • (柴田 勝家, JA, October 3, 1987 - ) writer
  • (嶋田 洋一, JA, 1956 - ) translator
  • (縞田 理理, May 25, ? - ) writer
  • (霜島 ケイ, JA, April 18, 1963 - ) writer
  • (白井 弓子, JA, March 15, 1967 - ) manga artist
  • Kazuma Shinjō (新城 カズマ, JA) writer
  • (新戸 雅章, JA, September 18, 1948 - ) critic, writer, translator
  • (須賀 しのぶ, JA, November 7, 1972 - ) writer
  • (関 智, JA, March 26, 1957 - ) editor, game producer
  • (関 竜司, JA, /uncertain/) critic

(Continued)

Deceased members[]

Name Birth Death Genre Remarks
浅倉 久志 (JA) March 29, 1930 February 14, 2010 translator
浅羽 莢子 (JA) August 15, 1953 September 18, 2006 translator
Hajime Ishida 石田 一 ( - ) 1956 December 18, 2014 writer, movie researcher (uncertain)
石飛 卓美 (JA) 1951 May 26, 2014 writer
Keikaku Itō 伊藤 計劃 (JA) October 14, 1974 March 20, 2009 writer
大伴 昌司 (JA) February 3, 1936 January 27, 1973 editor, movie critic
Kaoru Kurimoto 栗本 薫 (JA) February 13, 1953 May 26, 2009 writer, critic alias:Azusa Nakajima (中島梓)
黒丸 尚 (JA) 1951 March 14, 1993 translator
Sakyō Komatsu 小松 左京 (JA) January 28, 1931 July 26, 2011 writer, critic, essayist
Hakukō Saitō 斎藤 伯好 (JA) January 6, 1935 August 8, 2006 translator
Takumi Shibano 柴野 拓美 (JA) October 27, 1926 January 16, 2010 translator, writer, SF researcher alias:Kozumi Rei (小隅黎)
竹内 博 (JA) August 7, 1955 June 27, 2011 special effects movie researcher
田中 文雄 (JA) September 22, 1941 April 12, 2009 film producer, writer
Osamu Tezuka 手塚 治虫 JA) November 3, 1928 February 9, 1989 manga artist, anime director
中里 融司 (JA) February 4, 1957 June 18, 2009 writer, manga author
野田 昌宏 (JA) August 18, 1933 June 6, 2008 TV director, translator, writer
Ryō Hanmura 半村 良 (JA) October 27, 1933 March 4, 2002 writer
深見 弾 (JA) June 15, 1936 July 28, 1992 translator (Russian, Polish)
Masami Fukushima 福島 正実 (JA) February 18, 1929 April 9, 1976 editor, translator, writer (First editor in chief of S-F magazine)
Shin'ichi Hoshi 星 新一 (JA) September 6, 1926 December 30, 1997 writer, essayist (First president of the SFWJ)
真鍋 博 (JA) July 3, 1932 October 31, 2000 illustrator, essayist
Ryū Mitsuse 光瀬 龍 (JA) March 18, 1928 July 7, 1999 writer
Tetsu Yano 矢野 徹 (JA) October 5, 1923 October 13, 2004 translator, writer
山野 浩一 (JA) November 27, 1939 July 20, 2017 horse racing critic, writer

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b (ja) About SFWJ
  2. ^ (ja) About SFWJ: 会則 第二条　目的と活動
  3. ^ (ja) About SFWJ: 会則 第三条 本会の会員資格
  4. ^ (ja) About SFWJ: 沿革
  5. ^ http://sfwj.jp/members/>
  6. ^ Date of birth and other information are based on each article in the ja-wikipedia, or according to the fairly reliable sources on Internet.
  7. ^ Birth year is unknown, but maybe ca. 1960s. (ja) Akiyama Kan site retrieved, March 20, 2018
  8. ^ "Very short" story writer. Disciple of Shinichi Hoshi.

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