Tsogen SF Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2017) award
Mikihiko Hisanaga
ひさなが みきひこ
Hisanaga Mikihiko
Pen Names:
Mikuhiko Hisanaga（Pen name used when submitting debut work; changed to current pen name after winning the Sogen SF short story prize.）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Tokyo, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist
- Active Years
- 2017-
- Affiliations
- Member, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan
- Memberships
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan
- Influenced By
- Stephen King, Haruki Murakami, Guillermo del Toro, M. Night Shyamalan, Hirohiko Araki
- Nominations
- 42nd Nihon SF Taisho Award - Finalist (Seventy-four Seconds of Melody and Solitude), 43rd Nihon SF Taisho Award - Finalist (Our Monster), 44th Nihon SF Taisho Award - Finalist (Our Monster)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sogen SF Short Story Prize | Seventy-four Seconds of Melody and Solitude | — | Tokyo Sogen Publishing | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Iida Prize | Our Monster | — | Iida Prize (as announced) | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story) | Our Monster | 日本短編部門 | Seiun Awards Committee | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (short story) | Days of Black Repose | 短編部門 | Mystery Writers of Japan | 受賞 |
Sogen SF Short Story Prize
2017
Work:
Seventy-four Seconds of Melody and Solitude
Organization:
Tokyo Sogen Publishing
Result:
受賞
Iida Prize
2023
Work:
Our Monster
Organization:
Iida Prize (as announced)
Result:
受賞
Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story)
2024
Work:
Our Monster
Category:
日本短編部門
Organization:
Seiun Awards Committee
Result:
受賞
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (short story)
2025
Work:
Days of Black Repose
Category:
短編部門
Organization:
Mystery Writers of Japan
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Seiun Award
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (2024) award
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 78 (2025) short story category
Works
Major Works
Seventy-four Seconds of Melody and Solitude
2020 Science fiction, short story collectionA debut short-story collection that gathers pieces exploring time, solitude and poetic, fantastical imagery.
lonelinesstimefantasy
Our Monster
2023 Fantastical literature / horror / SF (short story collection)A collection of short and mid-length stories that uses monsters and strange beings to poetically explore modern loneliness and relationships; the book received wide critical recognition.
monstershuman relationshipspoetic expression
Bibliography
- Seventy-four Seconds of Melody and Solitude (Tokyo Sogensha, 2020)
- Our Monster (Tokyo Sogensha, 2023)
- Short stories and anthology appearances compiled in book form (representative works, 2017-2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic and lyrical prosefantastical yet literary descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- monsters and the grotesquesolitude and fragmented timeinterplay of the mundane and the uncanny
Legacy
Recognized as a prominent young SF/fantasy writer noted for poetic short fiction. With awards such as the Seiun Award and the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, he has established a presence across genre boundaries in contemporary Japanese short fiction.
Academic Societies
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan
Quotes
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With poetic prose he tells new-era stories about contemporary people. He is like a Guillermo del Toro of fiction, born infected by King and Murakami.
Source: Hideo Kojima (comment / selection note) (2023)
Trivia
- Debuted with "Seventy-four Seconds of Melody and Solitude," winning the 8th Sogen SF Short Story Prize.
- Cat lover; pet cat named 'Oyatsu' (Snack).
- Previously submitted work under the name 'Mikuhiko Hisanaga'.