2022 Seiun Awards Winners

F-CON, the 59th Japan SF Convention, has announced the winners for the 2022 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Awards), honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan.

Best Translated Novel

• WINNER: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir, translated by Kazuko Onoda (Hayakawa)

• No Enemy but Time, Michael Bishop, translated by Yutaka Oshima (Takeshobo)
• This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, translated by Kazuko Yamada (Hayakawa)
• The Fated Sky, Mary Robinette Kowal, translated by Akinobu Sakai (Hayakawa)
• Death’s End, Cixin Liu, translated by Nozomi Omori, Wan Chai, Sakura Mitsuyoshi & Ko Tomari (Hayakawa)
• Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky, translated by Masayuki Uchida (Takeshobo)
• Network Effect, Martha Wells, translated by Naoya Nakahara (Tokyo Sogensha)
• The Man with the Compound Eyes, Wu Ying-Mi, translated by Satoshi Oguriyama (Kadokawa)

Best Translated Short Story

• WINNER: “The One With the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses”, James Alan Gardner, translated by Chiori Sada (Federations)

• “The King of Time,” Baoshu, translated by Kosaku Ai (Hayakawa SF 10/21)
• “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” Alix. E Harrow, translated by Fumiyo Harashima (Hayakawa SF 8/21)
• “Power Armor: A Love Story,” David Barr Kirtley, translated by Naoya Nakahara (Armored)
• “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary,” Ken Liu, translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa (Spring of the Universe)
• “Nomad,” Karin Lowachee, translated by Naoya Nakahara (Armored)
• “Mother Tongues,” S. Qiouyi Lu, translated by Umiyuri Katsuyama (Shimi no Techou 12/21)
• “Yakiniku Planet,” Liang Qingshan, translated by Keita Kojima (Chinese & American Enigmatic SF)

Best Japanese Novel

• WINNER [tie]: Man Kind, Taiyo Fujii (Hayakawa SF serialization ending 8/21)
• WINNER [tie]: Tsuki to Raika to Nosferatu [Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut], Keisuke Makino (Gagaga Bunko)

• Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Mō Ichido dake, Aemasu ka? [What Will You Be Doing at the End? Can I See You Just One More Time?], Akira Kareno (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko)
• Aoi no Suehime [The Youngest Princess in Blue], Mitsuhiro Monden (Sōgen Suiri Bunko)
• Toukeigai Jitai [A Situation Beyond Statistics], Yuri Shibamura (Hayakawa Bunko JA)
• Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Reimei-hen Aquarius Algorithm [Space Battleship Yamato: Dawn Chapter, Aquarius Algorithm], Yuya Takashima (Kadokawa)
• Kiryu Keisatsu: Hakkotsu Kaidou [Kiryu Police: White Bone Road], Ryoe Tsukimura (Hayakawa Shobō)
• JAGAE Oda Nobunaga Den Kidou [JAGAE Eccentric Legend of Oda Nobunaga], Baku Yumemakura (Shodensha)

Best Japanese Short Story

• WINNER: “SF Sakka no Taoshikata” [“How to Defeat a Science Fiction Writer”], Satoshi Ogawa (Anomalous Papers 10/19)

• “Shukansha“ [“The Subjectivist”], Koichi Harukure (Hayakawa SF 8-10/21)
• “UchiAka-shic Record” [“Anonymous Akashic Records”], Yuba Isukari (Hayakawa SF 6/21)
• “Nana Okunin no Pessimist” [“Seven Billion Pessimists”], Nirou Katase (Hayakawa SF 8/21)
• “Souji to Souji Yougu no Jinruishi” [“A Human History of Cleaning & Cleaning Equipment”], Yuri Matsuzaki (Anomalous Papers 10/19)
• “Shintai wo Uru Koto” [“Selling The Body”], Miyuki Ono (Hayakawa SF 8/21)
• “Musekitsui-doubutsu no Souzouryoku to Souzousei ni Tsuite” [“On the Imagination and Creativity of Invertebrates], Yuichi Sakanaga (Kawade Shobo Shinsha NOVA 2021 Summer Issue, 4/6)
• “Kisho ga Watashi wo Ningen ni Shitekureta” [“You Made Me Human”], Todoki Uka (Hayakawa SF 2/21)

There are also winners in Dramatic, Comic, Artist, Non-Fiction, and “Free” (other) categories. The awards were presented on August 27, 2022 at the 59th Japan SF Convention in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

For more information, including a complete list of winners (in Japanese), see the SFFAN’s website.

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