Jun'ya Yokota Explained

Jun'ya Yokota
Native Name:	横田順彌
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	11 November 1945
Birth Place:	Saga Prefecture, Japan
Death Place:	Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Language:	Japanese
Nationality:	Japan
Alma Mater:	Hosei University Law School
Period:	1970–2019
Subjects:	Meiji era culture and history
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Children:	Masako Suzuki

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 (same pronunciation) and .

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,, 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

(January 1977, Hayakawa,)
(September 1977, Shūeisha,)
(June 1978, Hayakawa)
(September 1978, Shūeisha)
(December 1978, Kodansha)
(June 1979, Kisotengaisha)
(August 1979, Futabasha)
(August 1980, Shūeisha)
(May 1988, Shinchosha,)
(February 1991, Shinchosha,)

Short story collections

(January 1981, Tokuma Shoten,)
(March 1981, Shūeisha)
(April 1981, Kadokawa Shoten)
(May 1981, Futabasha)

Nonfiction

(Yokota Jun'ya) (May 1977, Kōsaidō)
(March 1980, Futabasha)
(Yokota Jun'ya)
- Volume 1 (May 1980, Hayakawa)
- Volume 2 (December 1980, Hayakawa)
- Volume 3 (April 1981, Hayakawa)
(June 1980, Kodansha)
(January 1982, Tokuma Shoten,)
(February 1982, Uraku Shuppansha)
(November 1986, Kadokawa,)
Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya with Shingo Aizu (December 1987, Pan Research Institute,)
(January 2011, Pilar Press,)
(March 2012, Pilar Press,)

Awards and honors

Yokota received the following awards and honors:

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Year	Organization	Award title, Category	Work	Result	Refs<
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1981	Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan	Seiun Award, Best Japanese Long Work
1982	Mystery Writers of Japan	Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Special Award
1987	Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan	Seiun Award, Best Nonfiction
1988	Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan	Seiun Award, Best Nonfiction	Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya
1988	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan	Nihon SF Taisho Award	Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya
1989	Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan	Seiun Award, Best Japanese Long Work
1992	Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan	Seiun Award, Best Japanese Long Work
2011	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan	Nihon SF Taisho Award, Special Award
2011	大衆文学研究会 (Daishū Bungaku Kenkyūkai)	Ozaki Hokki Memorial Popular Literature Research Prize
2012	Mystery Writers of Japan	Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Special Award
2018	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan	Nihon SF Taisho Award, Special Services Award