Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, or SFWJ 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.
Mission
There are three missions in SFWJ.- SFWJ promotes mutual friendship of members.
- SFWJ establishes and operates award such as Nihon SF Taisho Award.
- SFWJ manages various activities in relation with the above award.
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.History
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, Hakukō Saitō, Ryo Hanmura, Masami Fukushima, Shinichi Hoshi, Ryu Mitsuse, Yū Mori and Tetsu Yano. They were SF-related writers, translators, and editors.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.
Member list
Member list of the SFWJ as of February 5, 2018 :Honorary members
- Tōru Arimura writer
- Kenji Iguchi SF researcher
- Akira Kagami translator, writer
- Shinji Kajio writer
- Naoyuki Katō illustrator
- Musashi Kanbe writer
- Tadashi Kōsai automobile critic, writer
- Masaki Tsuji anime scenario writer, comic author
- Jinsei Chō illustrator /uncertain/
- Yasutaka Tsutsui writer, dramatist
- Hiroshi Minamiyama editor, translator, occult researcher,
- Baku Yumemakura writer, essayist
Current members
Surname - A, I, U, E, O
- Kazu Aoki writer
- Hideko Akao translator
- Kan Akiyama writer /uncertain/
- Norihiko Asao media writer
- Taku Ashibe mystery writer
- Tsuyoshi Abe
- Hiroyasu Amase writer, SF fan,
- Godō Amano?
- Hotori Amano writer
- Motoko Arai writer
- Yoshio Aramaki writer, critic
- Fumihiko Iino writer
- Haruna Ikezawa voice actress, essayist
- Muneo Ishikawa writer
- Yoshiyuki Ishiwa critic
- Tsuyoki Isobe critic
- Ban Ippongi manga artist, cosplayer
- Tsuyoshi Inoue writer
- Masahiko Inoue writer
- Takayuki Ino writer
- Keiichirō Urahama writer
- Yū Esaka vs story writer
- Yōko Enoki writer
- Tadashi Ōta mystery writer
- HIroyuki Ōhashi free writer, editor
- Mariko Ōhara writer
- Hajime Ōwada SF researcher, writer
- Akira Okawada critic, translator
- Satoshi Ogawa writer
- Yūki Oginome writer
- Tsutomu Oshizawa critic, writer
Surname - K
- Makio Kaji editor
- Chise Kasuya writer
- Junichi Kadokura music critic?
- Motoyuki Kanae critic
- Azami Kanō writer
- Chiaki Kawamata writer, critic
- Kiyomi Kishima /uncertain/
- Shinji Kimoto writer, movie director, /uncertain/
- Sanzō Kusaka SF, mystery researcher
- Jin Kusakami writer
- Gengen Kusano writer
- Saori Kumi writer, essayist
- Ryō Kodachi writer
- Mari Kotani critic
- Bin Konno writer, manga author
Surname - S
- Eiichirō Saitō writer
- Yoshihiro Shiozawa editor
- Sami Shinosaki writer
- Katsuie Shibata writer
- Yōichi Shimada translator
- Riri Shimada writer
- Kei Shimojima writer
- Yumiko Shirai manga artist
- Kazuma Shinjō writer
- Masaaki Shindo critic, writer, translator
- Shinobu Suga writer
- Satoru Seki editor, game producer
- Ryūji Seki critic
Surname - T
- Shin Takai writer
- Fumio Takano writer, novelist
- Maki Takatsuki critic, cinema researcher
- Ryōhei Takahashi critic, translator, free editor
- Yasuhiro Takeda representative of GAINAX
- Tōya Tachihara writer, translator
- Takayuki Tatsumi scholar of American literature, critic
- Ryūichi Taniguchi commentator, writer
- Kōshū Tani writer
- Denis Taillandier critic
- Tokio Tsumori writer
- Tsukasa Tōno writer
- Hirotaka Tobi writer
Surname - N
- Gō Nagai manga artist
- Norio Nakai writer
- Yasuo Nagayama critic, anthologist
- Akira Nanao light-novel writer
- Hiroyuki Nanba keyboard-player, composer, writer
- Hiromitsu Nishiwaki music-composer of sfx film
- Azusa Noa writer
Surname - H
- Moto Hagio manga artist
- Jun'ichirō Hashimoto writer, tutor
- Satoshi Hase sf/fantasy writer
- Kei Hattori
- Jōji Hayashi writer
- Ryūsuke Hikawa researcher of anime/sfx
- Reiko Hikawa writer
- Masamichi Higurashi writer
- Shinku Hidaka writer
- Mogura Hinoshita writer
- Masao Hirata novelist
- Yoshiki Hiraya writer, mystery writer
- Taiyo Fujii writer
- Shingo Fujisaki non-fiction writer
- Masaya Fujita writer
- Toshirō Fujimoto critic, writer
- Makoto Henri writer
Deceased members
List as of July 2024.| Name | Birth | Death | Genre | Remarks |
| Hisashi Asakura 浅倉 久志 | March 29, 1930 | February 14, 2010 | translator | |
| Sayako Asaba 浅羽 莢子 | August 15, 1953 | September 18, 2006 | translator | |
| Noriaki Ikeda 池田 憲章 | January 14, 1955 | October 17, 2022 | free writer, anime author, sfx critic | |
| Takashi Ishikawa 石川 喬司 | September 17, 1930 | July 9, 2023 | critic, writer | - |
| Hajime Ishida 石田 一 | 1956 | December 18, 2014 | writer, movie researcher | |
| Takumi Ishitobi 石飛 卓美 | 1951 | May 26, 2014 | writer, farmer | |
| Keikaku Itō 伊藤 計劃 | October 14, 1974 | March 20, 2009 | writer | |
| Shōji Ōtomo 大伴 昌司 | February 3, 1936 | January 27, 1973 | editor, movie critic | |
| Kaoru Kurimoto 栗本 薫 | February 13, 1953 | May 26, 2009 | writer, critic | alias:Azusa Nakajima |
| Hisashi Kuroma 黒丸 尚 | 1951 | March 14, 1993 | translator | |
| Sakyō Komatsu 小松 左京 | January 28, 1931 | July 26, 2011 | writer, critic, essayist | |
| Hakukō Saitō 斎藤 伯好 | January 6, 1935 | August 8, 2006 | translator | |
| Takumi Shibano 柴野 拓美 | October 27, 1926 | January 16, 2010 | translator, writer, SF researcher | alias:Rei Kozumi |
| Hiroshi Takeuchi 竹内 博 | August 7, 1955 | June 27, 2011 | special effects movie researcher | |
| Fumio Tanaka 田中 文雄 | September 22, 1941 | April 12, 2009 | film producer, writer | |
| Osamu Tezuka 手塚 治虫 | November 3, 1928 | February 9, 1989 | manga artist, anime director | |
| Jun'ichi Tomonari 友成純一 | July 24, 2024 | writer | ||
| Aritsune Toyota 豊田 有恒 | May 25, 1938 | November 28, 2023 | writer, critic, essayist | |
| Yūji Nakazato 中里 融司 | February 4, 1957 | June 18, 2009 | writer, manga author | |
| Masahiro Noda 野田 昌宏 | August 18, 1933 | June 6, 2008 | TV director, translator, writer | |
| Ryō Hanmura 半村 良 | October 27, 1933 | March 4, 2002 | writer | |
| Dan Fukami 深見 弾 | June 15, 1936 | July 28, 1992 | translator | |
| Masami Fukushima 福島 正実 | February 18, 1929 | April 9, 1976 | editor, translator, writer | |
| Shin'ichi Hoshi 星 新一 | September 6, 1926 | December 30, 1997 | writer, essayist | |
| Takashi Hoshi 星 敬 | 1956 | December 2, 2019 | SF reseacer, editor | |
| Hiroshi Manabe 真鍋 博 | July 3, 1932 | October 31, 2000 | illustrator, essayist | |
| Taku Mayumura 眉村 卓 | October 20, 1934 | November 3, 2019 | writer, essayist, haiku poet | |
| Ryū Mitsuse 光瀬 龍 | March 18, 1928 | July 7, 1999 | writer | |
| Masayoshi Yasugi 八杉 将司 | November 2, 1972 | December 12, 2021 | writer | |
| Tetsu Yano 矢野 徹 | October 5, 1923 | October 13, 2004 | translator, writer | |
| Kōichi Yamano 山野 浩一 | November 27, 1939 | July 20, 2017 | horse racing critic, writer |