Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

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

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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

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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

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SFWJ was founded on 3 March 1963 at Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The founder members are 11 persons who are Takashi Ishikawa, Sakyo Komatsu, Tetsurō Kawamura, 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 a 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. The head of the club was also its 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

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N Period President N Secretariat Remarque
- 1963 - ? - 1st Ryō Hanmura (JA) 1963 - ?
- ? -1973 - 2nd Shōji Ōtomo (JA) ? -1973
- 1973 - 1975 - 3rd Tadashi Kōsai (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 Aritsune Toyota JA)
5th 1986 - 1987 Aritsune Toyota (JA) 7th Kōji Tanaka JA
6th 1988 - 1991 Kōji Tanaka (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 Kazuhito Morishita (JA)
9th 1996 - 1999 Gō Nagai (JA) 13th Haruka Takachiho (JA)
10th 1999 - 2001 Mariko Ōhara (JA) 14th Eiichirō Saitō (JA)
vice Mari Kotani (JA)
11th 2001 - 2003 Chōhei Kanbayashi (JA) 15th Yōichi Shimada (JA)
12th 2003 - 2005 Masaki Yamada (JA) 16th Yasuhiro Takeda (JA)
13th 2005 - 2007 Kōshū Tani (JA) 17th Tsukasa Tōno (JA)
14th 2007 - 2009 Haruka Takachiho (JA) 18th Saori Kumi (JA)
15th 2009 - 2011 Motoko Arai (JA) 19th Masahiko Inoue (JA)
16th 2011 - 2013 Hideaki Sena (JA) 20th Mamoru Masuda (JA)
17th 2013 - 2015 Tsukasa Tōno (JA) 21st Naohiko Kitahara (JA) 2013 - 2014
22nd Hiroyuki Morioka (JA) 2014 - 2016
18th 2015 - 2018 Taiyō Fujii (JA)
23rd Yūko Itō (JA) 2016 - 2018
19th 2018 - 2020 Jōji Hayashi (JA) 24th Kiyomi Kishima (JA)
20th 2020 - 2022 Haruna Ikezawa (JA) 25th Yoko Enoki (JA)
21st 2022 - Hirotaka Ōsawa (JA) 26th Hana Ageha (JA)

Member list

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

Honorary members

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Current members

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Note: List as of February 5, 2018 : [7]

Surname - A, I, U, E, O

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  • Kazu Aoki (青木 和, JA, December 27, 1961 - ) writer
  • Hideko Akao (赤尾 秀子, JA) translator
  • Kan Akiyama (秋山 完, JA, December 22, 1960s - ) writer /uncertain/ [8]
  • 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/)
  • Hiroyasu Amase (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
  • Fumihiko Iino (飯野 文彦, JA, June 16, 1961 - ) writer
  • Haruna Ikezawa (池澤 春菜, JA, December 15, 1975 - ) voice actress, essayist
  • 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
  • Tsuyoshi Inoue (井上 剛, JA, 1964 - ) writer
  • Masahiko Inoue (井上 雅彦, JA, January 13, 1960 - ) writer
  • Takayuki Ino (伊野 隆之, JA, 1961 - ) writer
  • Keiichirō Urahama (浦浜 圭一郎, JA, April 23, 1963 - ) writer
  • Yū Esaka (江坂 遊, JA, September 20, 1953 - ) vs story [9] writer
  • Yōko Enoki (榎木 洋子, JA, October 3, ? - ) writer
  • Tadashi Ōta (太田 忠司, JA, February 24, 1959 - ) mystery writer
  • HIroyuki Ōhashi (大橋 博之, JA, 1959 - ) free writer, editor
  • Mariko Ōhara (大原 まり子, JA, March 20, 1959 - ) writer
  • Hajime Ōwada (大和田 始, 1949 - ) SF researcher, writer
  • Akira Okawada (岡和田 晃, JA, 1981 - ) critic, translator
  • Satoshi Ogawa (小川 哲, JA, December 25, 1986 - ) writer
  • Yūki Oginome (荻野目 悠樹, JA, February 2, 1965 - ) writer
  • Tsutomu Oshizawa (忍澤 勉, 1956 - ) critic, writer

Surname - K

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  • Makio Kaji (加地 真紀男, /uncertain/) editor
  • Chise Kasuya (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/
  • Shinji Kimoto (機本 伸司, JA, 1956 - ) writer, movie director, /uncertain/
  • Sanzō Kusaka (日下 三蔵, JA, February 21, 1968 - ) SF, mystery researcher
  • Jin Kusakami (草上 仁, JA, December 20, 1959 - ) writer
  • Gengen Kusano (草野 原々, JA, April 16, 1990 - ) writer
  • Saori Kumi (久美 沙織, JA, April 30, 1959 - ) writer, essayist
  • Ryō Kodachi (木立 嶺, /uncertain/) writer
  • Mari Kotani (小谷 真理, JA, July 11, 1958 - ) critic
  • Bin Konno (今野 敏, JA, September 27, 1955 - ) writer, manga author

Surname - S

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Surname - T

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Surname - N

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Surname - H

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Deceased members

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List as of July 2024.[10] (Order : Surname A, K, S, T, N, H, M, Y, R, W)

Name Birth Death Genre Remarks
Hisashi Asakura 浅倉 久志 (JA) March 29, 1930 February 14, 2010 translator
Sayako Asaba 浅羽 莢子 (JA) August 15, 1953 September 18, 2006 translator
Noriaki Ikeda 池田 憲章 (JA) January 14, 1955 October 17, 2022 free writer, anime author, sfx critic
Takashi Ishikawa 石川 喬司 (JA) September 17, 1930 July 9, 2023 critic, writer
Hajime Ishida 石田 一 ( - ) 1956 December 18, 2014 writer, movie researcher (uncertain)
Takumi Ishitobi 石飛 卓美 (JA) 1951 May 26, 2014 writer, farmer
Keikaku Itō 伊藤 計劃 (JA) October 14, 1974 March 20, 2009 writer
Shōji Ōtomo 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)
Hisashi Kuroma 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:Rei Kozumi (小隅黎)
Hiroshi Takeuchi 竹内 博 (JA) August 7, 1955 June 27, 2011 special effects movie researcher
Fumio Tanaka 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
Jun'ichi Tomonari 友成純一 (JA) July 24, 2024 writer
Aritsune Toyota 豊田 有恒 (JA) May 25, 1938 November 28, 2023 writer, critic, essayist
Yūji Nakazato 中里 融司 (JA) February 4, 1957 June 18, 2009 writer, manga author
Masahiro Noda 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
Dan Fukami 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)
Takashi Hoshi 星 敬 (JA) 1956 December 2, 2019 SF reseacer, editor
Hiroshi Manabe 真鍋 博 (JA) July 3, 1932 October 31, 2000 illustrator, essayist
Taku Mayumura 眉村 卓 (JA) October 20, 1934 November 3, 2019 writer, essayist, haiku poet
Ryū Mitsuse 光瀬 龍 (JA) March 18, 1928 July 7, 1999 writer
Masayoshi Yasugi 八杉 将司 (JA) November 2, 1972 Decenber 12, 2021 writer
Tetsu Yano 矢野 徹 (JA) October 5, 1923 October 13, 2004 translator, writer
Kōichi Yamano 山野 浩一 (JA) November 27, 1939 July 20, 2017 horse racing critic, writer

Notes and references

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  1. ^ 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. ^ (ja) 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. ^ Many SF/ Fantasy related peoples were member of the SFWJ in that time. After the incorporation of the SFWJ, many peoples left.
  8. ^ Birth year is unknown, but maybe ca. 1960s. (ja) Akiyama Kan site retrieved, March 20, 2018
  9. ^ "Very short" story writer. Disciple of Shinichi Hoshi.
  10. ^ (ja) Deceased members SFWJ, retrieved September 12, 2024
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