Fumio Takano

is a Japanese writer from Ibaraki Prefecture. Her work has won the 58th Edogawa Rampo Prize and she was a finalist for the 6th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. She won the 55th Seiun Award for Best Japanese Long Work for her novel Graf Zeppelin: The Airship of That Summer , which was also a finalist for the Nihon SF Taisho Award .

Selected works

Selected Books in Japanese Mujika Makīna (Musica Machina), Shinchosha, 1995, ; Hayakawa, 2002, Kanto Anjeriko (Canto Angelico), Kodansha, 1996, Karamāzofu no imōto (The Sister Karamazov), Kodansha, 2012,

Selected works in English translation Swan Knight, trans. Sharni Wilson, 2024, Luna Press Publishing "Lest You Remember", trans. Jim Hubbert, Speculative Japan 3, 2011, Kurodahan Press "Anton and Kiyohime", trans. Hart Larrabee, Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, 2010, edited by Holly Thompson, Stone Bridge Press "Barcarolle", trans. Sharni Wilson, AI x SF, 2019, review by Sara L. Uckelman "The Secret", trans. Sharni Wilson, khōréō, 2025, edited by Zhui Ning Chang , review by A.C. Wise