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Masami Fukushima was born on 18 February, 1929 in Japan, is an A 20th-century japanese translator. Discover Masami Fukushima's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

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Born 18 February, 1929
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Date of death 1976
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Masami Fukushima (福島 正実) was a Japanese science fiction editor, author, critic, and translator.

As the first chief editor of SF Magazine, he helped popularize science fiction in Japan and became known as the "Demon of SF".

His real name is Masami Katō (加藤 正実).

He also used the pen name: Kyō Katō (加藤 喬).

Born in Toyohara, Karafuto (now Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin), Fukushima was the son of a public official.

1934

His family moved to Manchuria after his father's transfer in 1934.

1937

In 1937 they moved to the mainland of Japan.

Fukushima grew up in Yokohama.

1945

He entered Nihon University in 1945 and transferred to Meiji University in 1950, where he majored in French literature.

1954

In 1954 he dropped out and began to study translation under Shunji Shimizu (清水俊二) and writing children's literature under Tatsuzo Nasu (那須辰造).

1956

In 1956, Fukushima was invited to join Hayakawa Publishing.

1959

The following year, he initiated the Hayakawa SF series and in 1959 founded S-F Magazine and served as chief editor until he left the company in 1969.

Hayakawa World SF Complete Collection was also planned by Fukushima.

He aimed to make SF more highbrow, and initially rejected space opera.

To avoid being considered "childish literature", Fukushima adopted exclusively the paintings of Seikan Nakajima for the covers of SF Magazine and Hayakawa SF series.

1974

(see covers) He, along with Shinichi Sekizawa, wrote the 1974 film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.

Beside his work in widening the Japanese SF genre, he translated many English SF authors, including Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert A. Heinlein, into Japanese and edited SF anthologies.

1976

Fukushima died in 1976, aged 47.

There is a prize for Juvenile SF in his memory.