Tsogen SF Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2019) award
Tokio Amasawa
アマサワ トキオ
Amasawa Tokio
Pen Names:
Tokio Amasawa（Used at debut (romanized-style pen name)）,
Amasawa Tokio（Used from 2019 (kana-style pen name)）,
Tenzawa Tokio（Kanji form adopted from 2021）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Azuchi, Omihachiman, Shiga, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Game company employee
- Active Years
- 2018-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genron SF Writing Course (led by Nozomi Omori) | — | — | — | 2017-2018 | Japan |
Genron SF Writing Course (led by Nozomi Omori)
Period:
2017-2018
Year of Graduation:
2018
Country:
Japan
Attended Genron's SF writing course as a participant
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Genron SF New Writer Award (2nd) | Lagos Biotic City | — | Genron | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Sogen SF Short Story Award (10th) | Sangita | — | Tokyo Sogen Publishing | 受賞 |
Genron SF New Writer Award (2nd)
2018
Work:
Lagos Biotic City
Organization:
Genron
Result:
受賞
Sogen SF Short Story Award (10th)
2019
Work:
Sangita
Organization:
Tokyo Sogen Publishing
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lagos Biotic City
2018 Science fictionA short SF story set in a city transformed into a living organism, exploring the boundaries between biotic infrastructure and everyday life.
biotic urbanizationboundaries between humans and machines
Sangita
2019 Science fictionA short story depicting a near future where machines and institutions intertwine. Winner of the 10th Sogen SF Short Story Award.
near-futureinstitutions and technology
The Light of All Mopeds
2025 Science fiction (short story collection)A short story collection published under the name Tenzawa Tokio, containing the title story and other pieces.
cities and machinesstrangeness in the everyday
Bibliography
- Lagos Biotic City
- Sangita
- Akabane 24 Hours
- YAZAWA Mark II
- Dostopia
- Shopping Explosion
- The Light of All Mopeds
- Kicks (serial)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detailed worldbuilding with hard-SF ideasdefamiliarizing depictions of cities and infrastructure
- Recurring Motifs
- biotic citieshuman-machine boundariesunease within the everyday
Legacy
A contemporary Japanese SF writer who gained attention after winning new-writer awards; noted for short fiction focusing on cities and technology.
Trivia
- Originally published under the pen name "Tokio Amasawa."
- Changed pen name to "Amasawa Tokio" in 2019 and to the kanji form "Tenzawa Tokio" in 2021.
- Has a background working for a game development company.