Junzō Shōno was a Japanese novelist. A native of Osaka, he began writing novels after World War II. He won the 1954 Akutagawa Prize for his book Purusaido Shokei. Shōno's other award-winning books include Seibutsu, for which he won the Shinchosha literary prize, Yube no Kumo, which was awarded the 1965 Yomiuri Prize, and Eawase which took the Noma literary prize.