Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, or SFWJ (Japanese official name: Japanese: 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]
There are three missions in SFWJ.[2]
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]
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.
| 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 (N/A) | 2016 - 2018 | ||||
| 19th | 2018 - 2020 | Jōji Hayashi (JA) | 24th | Kiyomi Kishima (N/A) | 2018 - 2020 | |
| 20th | 2020 - 2022 | Haruna Ikezawa (JA) | 25th | Yoko Enoki (JA) | 2020 - 2022 | |
| 21st | 2022 - | Hirotaka Osawa (N/A) | 26th | Hana Ageha (N/A) | 2022 - |
Member list of the SFWJ as of February 5, 2018:[5] [6]
(Continued)
| Name | Birth | Death | Genre | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisashi Asakura Japanese: 浅倉 久志 (JA) | March 29, 1930 | February 14, 2010 | translator | ||
| Sayako Asaba Japanese: 浅羽 莢子 (JA) | August 15, 1953 | September 18, 2006 | translator | ||
| Hajime Ishida Japanese: 石田 一 (-) | 1956 | December 18, 2014 | writer, movie researcher | (uncertain) | |
| Takumi Ishitobi Japanese: 石飛 卓美 (JA) | 1951 | May 26, 2014 | writer | ||
| Keikaku Itō Japanese: 伊藤 計劃 (JA) | October 14, 1974 | March 20, 2009 | writer | ||
| Shōji Ōtomo Japanese: 大伴 昌司 (JA) | February 3, 1936 | January 27, 1973 | editor, movie critic | ||
| Kaoru Kurimoto Japanese: 栗本 薫 (JA) | February 13, 1953 | May 26, 2009 | writer, critic | alias:Azusa Nakajima (Japanese: 中島梓) | |
| Hisashi Kuroma Japanese: 黒丸 尚 (JA) | 1951 | March 14, 1993 | translator | ||
| Sakyō Komatsu Japanese: 小松 左京 (JA) | January 28, 1931 | July 26, 2011 | writer, critic, essayist | ||
| Hakukō Saitō Japanese: 斎藤 伯好 (JA) | January 6, 1935 | August 8, 2006 | translator | ||
| Takumi Shibano Japanese: 柴野 拓美 (JA) | October 27, 1926 | January 16, 2010 | translator, writer, SF researcher | alias:Kozumi Rei (Japanese: 小隅黎) | |
| Hiroshi Takeuchi Japanese: 竹内 博 (JA) | August 7, 1955 | June 27, 2011 | special effects movie researcher | ||
| Fumio Tanaka Japanese: 田中 文雄 (JA) | September 22, 1941 | April 12, 2009 | film producer, writer | ||
| Osamu Tezuka Japanese: 手塚 治虫 JA) | November 3, 1928 | February 9, 1989 | manga artist, anime director | ||
| Yūji Nakazato Japanese: 中里 融司 (JA) | February 4, 1957 | June 18, 2009 | writer, manga author | ||
| Masahiro Noda Japanese: 野田 昌宏 (JA) | August 18, 1933 | June 6, 2008 | TV director, translator, writer | ||
| Ryō Hanmura Japanese: 半村 良 (JA) | October 27, 1933 | March 4, 2002 | writer | ||
| Dan Fukami Japanese: 深見 弾 (JA) | June 15, 1936 | July 28, 1992 | translator (Russian, Polish) | ||
| Masami Fukushima Japanese: 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 Japanese: 星 新一 (JA) | September 6, 1926 | December 30, 1997 | writer, essayist | (First president of the SFWJ) | |
| Hiroshi Manabe Japanese: 真鍋 博 (JA) | July 3, 1932 | October 31, 2000 | illustrator, essayist | ||
| Ryū Mitsuse Japanese: 光瀬 龍 (JA) | March 18, 1928 | July 7, 1999 | writer | ||
| Tetsu Yano Japanese: 矢野 徹 (JA) | October 5, 1923 | October 13, 2004 | translator, writer | ||
| Kōichi Yamano Japanese: 山野 浩一 (JA) | November 27, 1939 | July 20, 2017 | horse racing critic, writer | ||