Jun'ya Yokota
Jun'ya Yokota was a Japanese science fiction writer and a researcher of Meiji era cultural history. He is the winner of multiple Taisho Awards, the Ozaki Memorial Prize, and the Mystery Writers of Japan Award.
He also used the pseudonyms 横田順弥 and Jun Masaki.
Biography
Yokota was born 11 November 1945 in Saga Prefecture, Japan.He became known for his knowledge of classic science fiction and his use of humor and gags in his writing. Together with Shingo Aizu, he wrote Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya, the definitive work on Japanese science fiction author Shunrō Oshikawa. This work won the Nihon SF Taisho Award and nominated for a Seiun Award in 1988.
His 2011 work, The History of Modern Japanese Fantastic Fiction: Meiji Edition, won a Taisho Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, and the Ozaki Hokki Memorial Popular Literature Research Prize. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan awarded him the Special Services Award for lifetime achievements in the field of science fiction in 2018.
He died of heart failure on 4 January 2019 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A funeral was held for close relatives. His daughter, Masako Suzuki, lead the mourning, and an open memorial services was held afterward.
Selected works
Novels
- Uchū Gomi Taisensō
- 2095 no Shōnen
- Nazo no Uchūjin UFO
- Uchū no Faiaman
- Dassen! Taimu Mashin Kitan
- Poemu-kun to Mirakuru Taun no Nakama-tachi
- Ginga Patorōru Hōkoku
- Asuteroido Yūkyōden
- Kaseijinrui no Gyakushū
- ''Rosuto Wārudo no Himitsu''
Short story collections
- Hansekai e Yatta Otoko: Yokojun no Shōto Shōto Shuu
- Fantanjī-san Horafuki Yobanashi
- Yonimo Bakageta Monogatari
- ''Yokisenu Hōteishiki: Hacha Hacha SF Tanpenshū''
Nonfiction
- SF Jiten
- Yokojun no Bikkuri Hausu
- Nihon SF Koten Koten 1-3
- *Volume 1
- *Volume 2
- *Volume 3
- Daijin Kamereon-shō
- Ranchō Henchō Waruagaki Chōkagaku Kōza
- Nagai Gō Sengenshoku Baka Zukan: Yokota Jun'ya Hacha Hacha SF Kessakushū
- SF Daijiten
- Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya with Shingo Aizu
- Kindai Nihon Shōsetsushi - Meiji-hen
- ''Kindai Nihon Shōsetsushi - Nyūmon-hen''
Awards and honors
Yokota received the following awards and honors:| Year | Organization | Award title, Category | Work | Result | Refs |
| 1981 | Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan | Seiun Award, Best Japanese Long Work | Asuteroido Yūkyōden | Nomitated | |
| 1982 | Mystery Writers of Japan | Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Special Award | Nihon SF Koten Koten 1-3 | Nomitated | |
| 1987 | Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan | Seiun Award, Best Nonfiction | SF Daijiten | Nomitated | |
| 1988 | Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan | Seiun Award, Best Nonfiction | Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya | Nomitated | |
| 1988 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan | Nihon SF Taisho Award | Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya | Won | |
| 1989 | Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan | Seiun Award, Best Japanese Long Work | Kaseijinrui no Gyakushū | Nomitated | |
| 1992 | Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan | Seiun Award, Best Japanese Long Work | Rosuto Wārudo no Himitsu | Nomitated | |
| 2011 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan | Nihon SF Taisho Award, Special Award | Kindai Nihon Shōsetsushi - Meiji-hen | Won | |
| 2011 | 大衆文学研究会 | Ozaki Hokki Memorial Popular Literature Research Prize | Kindai Nihon Shōsetsushi - Meiji-hen | Won | |
| 2012 | Mystery Writers of Japan | Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Special Award | Kindai Nihon Shōsetsushi - Meiji-hen | Won | |
| 2018 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan | Nihon SF Taisho Award, Special Services Award | Won |