Nihon SF Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1988) award
Shingo Aizu
あいづ しんご
Aizu Shingo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-01-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Classical SF researcher, Writer, Editor, Antiquarian bookseller
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Japan SF History Study Group (founder/leader), Japan Classical SF Research Society (founding participant), Science Fiction Writers of Japan (past member)
- Memberships
- Science Fiction Writers of Japan (former member)
- Influenced By
- Jun'ya Yokota, Yasuo Nagayama, Sakyo Komatsu
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komazawa University | Faculty of Economics | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
Komazawa University
Faculty of Economics
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Nihon SF Taisho (Special Prize) | Kaidanji · Oshikawa Shunrō (co-authored) | — | Science Fiction Writers of Japan | 受賞（特別賞、共著：横田順彌） |
| 1993 | Japan Tondemo Book Award (Special Prize) | For reissuing Nanasawa Jūshichi's 'Green People's Demon City' (Aizu Shingo & Jun'ya Yokota) | — | Japan Tondemo Book Awards organizers | 受賞（特別賞） |
Nihon SF Taisho (Special Prize)
1989
Work:
Kaidanji · Oshikawa Shunrō (co-authored)
Organization:
Science Fiction Writers of Japan
Result:
受賞（特別賞、共著：横田順彌）
Japan Tondemo Book Award (Special Prize)
1993
Work:
For reissuing Nanasawa Jūshichi's 'Green People's Demon City' (Aizu Shingo & Jun'ya Yokota)
Organization:
Japan Tondemo Book Awards organizers
Result:
受賞（特別賞）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Showa Imaginary Science Museum
1998 Criticism/ResearchA collection of essays examining popular culture and speculative science in the Showa era.
Showa popular cultureHistory of speculative fiction
Chronology of Japanese Scientific Fiction
1999 Reference / ChronologyA research reference organizing the development of Japanese science fiction in chronological form.
chronologySF history
Bibliography
- Showa Imaginary Science Museum (Rilosou, 1998)
- Chronology of Japanese Scientific Fiction (Rilosou, 1999)
- Kaidanji: Oshikawa Shunrō (co-authored with Jun'ya Yokota, Pan Research Institute 1987 → Tokuma Bunko)
- Shonen Shosetsu Series 09: Unno Juuzou (ed., San-ichi Shobo, 1987)
- Shonen Shosetsu Series 18: Boy's SF Best Works (ed., San-ichi Shobo, 1992)
- The Arm of the Strange Tree (co-ed., Tokyo Sogensha, 2013)
- Knowing Spirits: Modern Japanese Spiritual Literature Selections (ed., Sokyushorin, 2014)
- Prewar Japanese Modern Horror Selections: Babylon's Vampire (ed., Sogen Suiri Bunko, 2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, expository styleEvidence-based historical narration
- Recurring Motifs
- Meiji, Taisho, early Showa popular cultureRediscovery of rare/curious books
Legacy
A researcher and editor who contributed to the study of Japanese SF and popular culture from the Meiji to early Showa periods, facilitating reprints, collected editions and reassessment of classical SF through research groups and editorial work.
Academic Societies
- Japan Classical SF Research Society
Archives
- National Diet Library: holdings of works and related materials
Trivia
- Operates (or operated) an antiquarian bookshop called "Kaibido."
- Participated in editing the Complete Works of Unno Juuzou (supervised by Sakyo Komatsu and Jun'ichiro Kida).
- Around 1982 founded the Japan SF History Study Group as chair; it dissolved after about three years.