is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the

Seiun Award The is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by , the awards are given at the annual Japan Science Fiction Convention. ...

for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company. Notable books written by Japanese authors that are published by Hayakawa are ''

Crest of the Stars is a three-volume space opera science fiction novel written by Hiroyuki Morioka with cover illustrations by Toshihiro Ono. This was followed by a second, ongoing novel series, '' Banner of the Stars'' (a.k.a. ''Seikai no Senki'', currentl ...

'' and ''

G.I. Samurai aka ''Time Slip'', is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/ action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) team that accidentally travels in time to the . The ...

''. In 2022, Hiroshi Hayakawa, for 30 years the president of Hayakawa Publishing (having worked since 1965 at the independent family firm), was the recipient of the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award "for his decades-long work in bringing international authors to the Japanese market, as well as his championing of science fiction, crime and non-fiction titles in Japan".

Magazines

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S-F Magazine is a science fiction magazine published by Hayakawa Shobō in Japan. It was Japan’s first successful science fiction prozine. History ''S-F Magazine'' was established in 1960. It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appea ...

'' (first published February 1960) *''

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' is a bi-monthly American digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction, and mystery fiction. Launched in fall 1941 by Mercury Press, ''EQMM'' is named after the fict ...

'' (Japanese edition of the

American magazine ''The American Magazine'' was a periodical publication founded in June 1906, a continuation of failed publications purchased a few years earlier from publishing mogul Miriam Leslie. It succeeded ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (1876–1904), ' ...

, first published in June 1956) *'' Higeki Kigeki'' (悲劇喜劇, a theatrical magazine first published in 1928 by

Kunio Kishida Kunio Kishida (岸田國士, Kishida Kunio, 2 November 1890 – 5 March 1954) was a Japanese playwright, dramatist, novelist, lecturer, acting coach, theatre critic, translator, and proponent of Shingeki ("New Theatre"/”New Drama"). Kishida sp ...

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Imprints

Hayakawa publishes books under a number of imprints. * Hayakawa Mystery * Hayakawa SF Series (December 1957–November 1974, 318 volumes) * Hayakawa Library (1962–1969) * Hayakawa Novels * Hayakawa Nonfiction * Kaigai SF Novels * Mysterious Press Books (on hiatus since 1988) * Shin Hayakawa SF Series (since December 2011) * Hayakawa Bunko ** Hayakawa Bunko SF (for translated foreign science fiction works) ** Hayakawa Bunko JA ** Hayakawa Mystery Bunko ** Hayakawa Comic Bunko (under the Hayakawa Bunko JA imprint) ** Jisedaigata Sakka no Real Fiction (under the Hayakawa Bunko JA imprint) ** Hayakawa Engeki Bunko * Hayakawa Mystery World * Hayakawa SF Series J-Collection * Sōzōryoku Bungaku * Hayakawa Shinsho Juice

References

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