Hayakawa Publishing

Hayakawa Publishing Corporation (株式会社早川書房, Kabushiki-gaisha Hayakawa Shobō) is a Japanese publishing company. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company.

Hayakawa Publishing Corporation
Native name
株式会社早川書房
Kabushiki-gaisha Hayakawa Shobō
Private KK
IndustryPublishing
Genre
FoundedAugust 1945 (1945-08) in Japan
FounderKiyoshi Hayakawa
HeadquartersTachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan
Products
Brands
  • Hayakawa Bunko
  • Hayakawa Library
  • Hayakawa Mystery
  • Hayakawa Novels
  • Hayakawa SF Series
ServicesPublishing
Total equity¥35,000,000 (2016)
Number of employees
83 (2016)
Websitehayakawa-online.co.jp

Notable books written by Japanese authors that are published by Hayakawa are Crest of the Stars and G.I. Samurai.

Magazines
  • S-F Magazine (first published February 1960)
  • Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Japanese edition of the American magazine, first published in June 1956)
  • Higeki Kigeki (悲劇喜劇, a theatrical magazine first published in 1928 by Kunio Kishida)

Imprints

Hayakawa publishes books under a number of imprints.

  • Hayakawa Mystery
  • Hayakawa SF Series (from December 1957 - November 1974, 318 volumes)
  • Hayakawa Library (from 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
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