Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize

The {{Nihongo|Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prizes|日本冒険小説協会大賞|Nihon Bōken Shōsetsu Kyōkai Taishō}} were presented every year by the {{Nihongo|Japan Adventure Fiction Association|日本冒険小説協会|Nihon Bōken Shōsetsu Kyōkai}} (JAFA) from 1982 to 2011. They honor the best in adventure fiction published in the previous year.

The Japan Adventure Fiction Association was founded in 1981 by Chin Naitō (1936–2011) and was disbanded in 2012 after his death.

Winners

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Author

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1

| 1982||Robert B. Parker||Early Autumn||Kenzo Kitakata||{{Nihongo||眠りなき夜|Nemuri Naki Yoru}}

2

| 1983||John le Carré||The Little Drummer Girl||Kenzo Kitakata||{{Nihongo||檻|Ori}}
English translation: The Cage, tr. Paul Warham, Vertical, 2006[http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/cage.html The Cage — Vertical, Inc.] {{in lang|en}}

3

| 1984||Robert Ludlum||The Bourne Identity||Yoichi Funado[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/838-yoichi-funado Yoichi Funado] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo||山猫の夏|Yamaneko no Natsu}}

4

| 1985||James Crumley||Dancing Bear||Tatsuo Shimizu[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/291-tatsuo-shimizu Tatsuo Shimizu] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo||背いて故郷|Somuite Kokyo}}

5

| 1986||Dick Francis||Proof||Go Osaka||{{Nihongo||カディスの赤い星|Kadisu no Akai Hoshi}}
English translation: The Red Star of Cádiz, tr. Usha Jayaraman, Kurodahan Press, 2008[http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/j0019cate.html The Red Star of Cadiz | Kurodahan Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129182857/http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/j0019cate.html |date=2018-01-29 }} {{in lang|en}}

6

| 1987||Bob Langley||Traverse of the Gods||Yoichi Funado||{{Nihongo||猛き箱舟|Takeki Hakobune}}

7

| 1988||Trevanian||The Main||Yoichi Funado||{{Nihongo||伝説なき地|Densetsu Naki Chi}}

8

| 1989||Stephen Hunter||The Day Before Midnight||Joh Sasaki||{{Nihongo||エトロフ発緊急電|Etorofu Hatsu Kinkyu-den}}

9

| 1990||Wilbur Smith||The Eye of the Tiger||Tatsuo Shimizu||{{Nihongo||行きずりの街|Yukizuri no Machi}}

10

| 1991||Bernard Cornwell||Sea Lord||Yoichi Funado||{{Nihongo||砂のクロニクル|Suna no Kuronikuru}}

11

| 1992||Clive Cussler||Sahara||Kaoru Takamura[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/861-kaoru-takamura Kaoru Takamura] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo||リヴィエラを撃て|Riviera o Ute}}

12

| 1993||Dean Koontz||Watchers||Kaoru Takamura||{{Nihongo||マークスの山|Makusu no Yama}}

13

| 1994||Robert R. McCammon||Swan Song||Joh Sasaki||{{Nihongo||ストックホルムの密使|Sutokkuhorumu no Misshi}}

14

| 1995||Robert R. McCammon||Boy's Life||Yoichi Funado||{{Nihongo||蝦夷地別件|Ezochi Bekken}}

15

| 1996||Dick Francis||Come to Grief||Seishu Hase||{{Nihongo||不夜城|Fuyajo}}

16

| 1997||Glenn Meade||Snow Wolf||Baku Yumemakura||{{Nihongo||神々の山嶺|Kamigami no Itadaki}}
Graphic novel adaptation (English translation): The Summit of the Gods (illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. Fanfare/Ponent Mon. 2009–)[http://www.ponentmon.com/comic-books-english/taniguchi/summit-of-the-gods-1/index.html The Summit of the Gods 1 - English catalogue > Taniguchi - Ponent Mon] {{in lang|en}}

17

| 1998||Stephen Hunter||Black Light|||Miyuki Miyabe||{{Nihongo||理由|Riyu}}

18

| 1999||Stephen Hunter||Time to Hunt||Harutoshi Fukui[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/739-harutoshi-fukui Harutoshi Fukui] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo||亡国のイージス|Bokoku no Ijisu}}

19

| 2000||Lee Child||Killing Floor||Arimasa Osawa||{{Nihongo||心では重すぎる|Kokoro de wa Omosugiru}}

20

| 2001||Boston Teran||God Is A Bullet||Arimasa Osawa||{{Nihongo||闇先案内人|Yamisaki Annainin}}

21

| 2002||Stephen Hunter||Pale Horse Coming||Harutoshi Fukui||{{Nihongo||終戦のローレライ|Shusen no Rorerai}}
Film adaptation: Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)

22

| 2003||Victor Gischler||Gun Monkeys||Yoichi Funado||{{Nihongo||夢は荒れ地を|Yume wa Arechi o}}

23

| 2004||James Crumley||The Final Country||Toshihiko Yahagi[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/877-toshihiko-yahagi Toshihiko Yahagi] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo|The Wrong Goodbye|ロング・グッドバイ|Rongu Guddobai}}[http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/what/projects/readjapan/list_fiction/translation/fiction/fiction_047.html The Wrong Goodbye | The Nippon Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111092424/http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/what/projects/readjapan/list_fiction/translation/fiction/fiction_047.html |date=2013-11-11 }} {{in lang|en}}

24

| 2005||James Carlos Blake||A World of Thieves||Ken Nishimura[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/741-ken-nishimura Ken Nishimura] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo||劫火|Goka}}

25

| 2006||Dick Francis||Under Orders||Arimasa Osawa||{{Nihongo||新宿鮫IX 狼花|Shinjuku-Zame 9: Ōkami-Bana}}

26

| 2007||Jeffery Deaver||The Cold Moon||Joh Sasaki||{{Nihongo||警官の血|Keikan no Chi|lit. The Policeman's Lineage}}[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/609-the-policemans-lineage J'Lit | Publications : The Policeman's Lineage | Books from Japan] {{in lang|en}}

27

| 2008||Tom Rob Smith||Child 44||Akio Higuchi||{{Nihongo||約束の地|Yakusoku no Chi}}

28

| 2009||Don Winslow||The Power of the Dog||Yumeaki Hirayama[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/610-yumeaki-hirayama Yumeaki Hirayama] at J'Lit Books from Japan {{in lang|en}}||{{Nihongo|Diner|ダイナー|Daina}}[http://exhibitabooks.com/books/diner-by-yumeaki-hirayama/ Diner by Yumeaki Hirayama | exhibitAbooks.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111074624/http://exhibitabooks.com/books/diner-by-yumeaki-hirayama/ |date=2013-11-11 }} {{in lang|en}}

29

| 2010||Don Winslow||The Winter of Frankie Machine||Ken Nishimura||{{Nihongo||残火|Nokori-Bi}}

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|rowspan="2"|2011||rowspan="2"|Jeffery Deaver||rowspan="2"|Carte Blanche||Arimasa Osawa||{{Nihongo||新宿鮫X 絆回廊|Shinjuku-Zame 10: Kizuna Kairō}}

Ken Nishimura{{Nihongo地の底のヤマ|Chi no Soko no Yama}}

See also

References