The is an annual award which began in 1989 and is sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun

Yomiuri Shimbun

The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five national newspapers in Japan; the other four are the Asahi Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the Sankei Shimbun...

 and Shimizu Corporation

Shimizu Corporation

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 with the backing of publisher Shinchōsha

Shinchosha

is a publisher founded in 1896 in Japan and headquartered in Yaraichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinchosha is one of the sponsors of the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.-Monthly:* ENGINE* Foresight* nicola*Shinchō-External links:*...

. The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ¥5 million. The contest is open to anyone, whether an already published author or not. Past winners include Riku Onda, Fuyumi Ono

Fuyumi Ono

is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is , but she writes under her maiden name.- Biography :...

 and Ken'ichi Sakemi.

Current

• Hiroshi Aramata
  Hiroshi Aramata
  is a Japanese author, translator, and screenplay writer, as well as a specialist in natural history and cartography.His most popular novel was Teito Monogatari , which has sold over 3.5 million copies in Japan alone. He also wrote Alexander Senki, a novel which eventually evolved into the anime...
  
  
• Hisashi Inoue
• Mari Kotani
  Mari Kotani
  is a Japanese science fiction critic, best known as the author of Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin and of *Joseijou muishiki: techno-gynesis josei SF-ron josetsu. Tokyo: Keiso shobo, 1994...
  
  
• Makoto Shiina
• Koji Suzuki
  Koji Suzuki
  Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring cycle of novels, which has been adapted into a manga series. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood...
  
  

Historical: 1-7

• Mitsuo Anno
• Hiroshi Aramata
• Hisashi Inoue
• Genichirō Takahashi
• Sumiko Yagawa

Historical: 8-10

• Mitsuo Anno
• Hiroshi Aramata
• Hisashi Inoue
• Makoto Shiina
• Sumiko Yagawa

Historical: 11-13

• Hiroshi Aramata
• Hisashi Inoue
• Makoto Shiina
• Koji Suzuki
• Sumiko Yagawa

Year 1: 1989

• Grand Prize: Kōkyū Shōsetsu
  Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
  is a made-for-TV anime movie produced by Studio Pierrot for NTV and based on the novel by Ken'ichi Sakemi. It is often incorrectly thought to be produced by Studio Ghibli due to the character designs by Katsuya Kondō , partially due to an error in its first fan translation that attributed the...
  
  by Ken'ichi Sakemi
• Superior Award: Uchū no Minamoto no Taki by Izumi Yamaguchi
• Runners Up:
  • Tsuki no Shizuku 100% Juice by Hiroaki Okazaki
  • Cosmic Beetle by Takao Iwamoto
  • Mikazuki Ginjirō ga Iku: Īhatōbo no Bōkenhen by Tatsuhiko Takeyoshi

Year 2: 1990

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Rakuen by Kōji Suzuki
    Koji Suzuki
    Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring cycle of novels, which has been adapted into a manga series. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood...
    
    
  • Eiyū Rafashiden by Hiroaki Okazaki
• Runners Up:
  • Last Magic by Tetsuya Murakami
  • Nichirin'ō Densetsu by Ayame Hara
  • Nenjutsu Kozō by Masakazu Katō

Year 3: 1991

• Grand Prize: Balthasar no Henreki by Aki Satō
• Superior Award: Nanka Tōkaitakushi by Gakuto Hara
• Runners Up:
  • Refrain by Rin Sawamura
  • Tenmei Dōji by Yasuko Kawai
  • Rokubanmei no Sayoko by Riku Onda

Year 4: 1992

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award: Mukashi, Kasei no Atta Basho by Yūsaku Kitano
• Runners Up:
  • Fantasia by Kyō Fujiwara
  • Aoi Eriru no Hana by Satoshi Utsugi
  • Yasha ga Ike Densetsu Ibun by Komoriten
  • Gāda no Hoshi by Satoko Tatsuki

Year 5: 1993

• Grand Prize: Irahai by Tetsuya Satō
• Superior Award: Shusen by Takenori Nanjō
• Runners Up:
  • Tōkei Ibun by Fuyumi Ono
    Fuyumi Ono
    is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is , but she writes under her maiden name.- Biography :...
    
    
  • Kyūkei no Kisetsu by Riku Onda

Year 6: 1994

• Grand Prize:
  • Bagājimanupanasu by Eiichi Ikegami
  • Tettō Musashinosen by Minoru Ginbayashi
• Superior Award: none
• Runners Up:
  • Mujika Makīna by Fumio Takano
  • Sekai no Hate ni Umarete by Rin Sawamura
  • Tobichi no Jimu by Min Ishidate

Year 7: 1995

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Funtai by Masaya Fujita
  • Bus Stop no Shōsoku by Tatsushi Shimamoto
• Runners Up:
  • Yōsorō 1983 by Tetsuya Ueno
  • Gakidō Sugoroku Soba Itohiki by Noboru Kihara

Year 8: 1996

• Grand Prize: none
• Superior Award:
  • Island by Ken Hazuki
  • Aonekoya by Mitsuko Kido
• Runners Up:
  • Dabusuton Kaidō by Mitsufumi Asagure
  • Kaiyū Opera Fune kara no Dasshutsu by Shunichi Hashimoto
  • Uchū Bōeigun by Masayuki Yagi

Year 9: 1997

• Grand Prize: Baisuboiru Book by Kyōichi Imura
• Superior Award: Kyōsō Kaiiki by Shigeru Satō
• Runners Up:
  • Gonin Kazoku by Rin Sawamura
  • Junkai no Senritsu by Ryōji Yokoyama
  • Nendaiki "Anoekumene Mercury" by Fumiko Hagiwara

Year 10: 1998

• Grand Prize: Organist by Yō Yamanoguchi
• Superior Award:
  • Yan no Itajima by Rin Sawamura
  • Aoneko no Machi by Yūichi Suzumoto
    Yuichi Suzumoto
    is a male Japanese novelist originally from Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, though he now lives in Osaka, Japan. As of 2006, he works for Aquaplus, known for being the publishing company of Leaf. Before going to Leaf, Suzumoto worked at the publishing company Visual Art's as a scenario writer for...
    
    
• Runners Up:
  • Gizō Shuki by Toshiro Kuwabara

External links

Japan Fantasy Novel Award