Fumio Takano


Fumio Takano is a Japanese writer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Her work has won the 58th Edogawa Rampo Prize and she was a finalist for the 6th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. She won the 55th Seiun Award for Best Japanese Long Work for her novel Graf Zeppelin: The Airship of That Summer.
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Selected works

Selected Books in Japanese

Mujika Makīna, Shinchosha, 1995, ; Hayakawa, 2002, Kanto Anjeriko, Kodansha, 1996, Karamāzofu no imōto, Kodansha, 2012,

Selected works in English translation

Swan Knight, trans. Sharni Wilson, 2024, Luna Press
  • "Lest You Remember", trans. Jim Hubbert, Speculative Japan 3, 2011, Kurodahan Press
  • "Anton and Kiyohime", trans. Hart Larrabee, Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, 2010, edited by Holly Thompson, Stone Bridge Press
  • "Barcarolle", trans. Sharni Wilson, AI x SF, 2019, review by Sara L. Uckelman
  • "The Secret", trans. Sharni Wilson, khōréō, 2025, edited by Zhui Ning Chang