# Hayakawa Publishing

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Japanese publishing company

Hayakawa Publishing Corporation Native name 株式会社早川書房 Romanized name Kabushiki-gaisha Hayakawa Shobō Type Private KK Industry Publishing Genre science fiction fantasy crime fiction nonfiction Founded August 1945; 80 years ago (1945-08) in Japan Founder Kiyoshi Hayakawa [ja] Headquarters Tachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan Area served Japan Key people Hiroshi Hayakawa (president) Products Books magazines Brands Hayakawa Bunko Hayakawa Library Hayakawa Mystery Hayakawa Novels Hayakawa SF Series Services Publishing Total equity ¥35,000,000 (2016) Number of employees 83 (2016) Website hayakawa-online.co.jp

**Hayakawa Publishing, Inc.** (株式会社早川書房, *Kabushiki-gaisha Hayakawa Shobō*; [trading as](/source/Trade_name) the **Hayakawa Publishing Corporation**) is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa[1] as a [crime fiction](/source/Crime_fiction) publisher. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the [Seiun Award](/source/Seiun_Award) 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](/source/Crest_of_the_Stars)* and *[G.I. Samurai](/source/G.I._Samurai)*.

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](/source/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".[2][3]

## Magazines

- *[S-F Magazine](/source/S-F_Magazine)* (first published February 1960)

- *[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellery_Queen%27s_Mystery_Magazine_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Japanese edition of the [American magazine](/source/Ellery_Queen's_Mystery_Magazine), first published in June 1956)

- *[Higeki Kigeki](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Higeki_Kigeki&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%82%B2%E5%8A%87%E5%96%9C%E5%8A%87)]* (悲劇喜劇, a theatrical magazine first published in 1928 by [Kunio Kishida](/source/Kunio_Kishida))

## Imprints

Hayakawa publishes books under a number of imprints.

- Hayakawa Mystery

- [Hayakawa SF Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hayakawa_SF_Series&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BBSF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA)] (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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-euro24_1-0)** ["London Book Fair salutes Japanese publisher Hiroshi Hayakawa"](https://today.euro-24.com/entertainment/books/14511.html). *Euro 24*. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bayley, Sian (1 April 2022). ["Hayakawa wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award"](https://www.thebookseller.com/news/news/hayakawa-wins-lbf-lifetime-achievement-award). *[The Bookseller](/source/The_Bookseller)*. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Hiroshi Hayakawa wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award"](https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-detail/hiroshi-hayakawa-wins-lbf-lifetime-achievement-award/). *[BookBrunch](/source/BookBrunch)*. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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