# List of Japanese speculative fiction writers

This is a list of Japanese speculative fiction writers. Writers are sorted alphabetically by surname.
* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Kōbō Abe (安部公房, 1924–1993, real name Kimifusa Abe (安部公房)
* Hirotaka Adachi (安達寛高, real name of Otsuichi)
* Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, b. 1948)
* Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, b. 1971)
* Motoko Arai (新井素子, b. 1960)
* Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, b. 1971)
* Kunio Aramaki (荒巻邦夫, real name of Yoshio Aramaki)
* Yoshimasa Aramaki (荒巻義雅, real name of Yoshio Aramaki)
* Yoshio Aramaki (荒巻義雄, b. 1933)
* Hiroshi Aramata (荒俣宏, b. 1947)
* Alice Arisugawa or Arisu Arisugawa (有栖川有栖, b. 1959)
* Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, b. 1958)
* Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻行人, b. 1960)

## B–D

* Takizawa Bakin (滝沢馬琴, 1767–1848)
* Chen Shunchen (陳舜臣, pseudonym of Chin Shunshin)
* Chen Soon Shin (陳舜臣, pseudonym of Chin Shunshin)
* Kimio Chiba (千葉喜美雄, real name of Ryu Mitsuse)
* Chihitsudō (遅筆堂, pseudonym of Hisashi Inoue)
* Chin Shunshin (陳舜臣, 1924–2015)
* Gakuto Coda, Gakuto Kōda (甲田学人, b. 1977)

## E–G

* Toh EnJoe or Tō Enjō (円城塔, b. 1972)
* Taiyo Fujii or Taiyō Fujii (藤井太洋, b. 1971)
* Masako Fukae (深江雅子, real name of Masako Mori)
* Masami Fukushima (福島正実, 1929–1976)

## H

* Ryō Hanmura or Ryō Hammura (半村良 1933–2002)
* Hideshi Hino (日野日出志 1946)
* Akira Hori (堀晃 b. 1944)
* Shinichi Hoshi or Shin'ichi Hoshi (星新一 1926-1997)

## I–J

* Kimio Iizuka (飯塚喜美雄, real name of Ryu Mitsuse)
* Sumiyo Imaoka (今岡純代, real name of Kaoru Kurimoto)
* Hisashi Inoue (井上ひさし, 1934–2010)
* Fujio Ishihara (石原藤夫, b. 1933)
* Junji Ito or Junji Itō (伊藤潤二. b. 1963)
* Keikaku Itō (伊藤計劃, pseudonym of Project Itoh)
* Satoshi Itō (伊藤聡, real name of Project Itoh)
* Shimako Iwai (岩井志麻子, b. 1964)

## K–L

* Shinji Kajio (梶尾真治. b. 1947)
* Chōhei Kambayashi or Chōhei Kanbayashi (神林長平, b. 1953)
* Musashi Kanbe (かんべむさし, b. 1948)
* Hajime Kanzaka (神坂一, b. 1964)
* Kyō Katō (加藤喬, pseudonym of Masami Fukushima)
* Masami Katō (加藤正実, pseudonym of Masami Fukushima)
* Chiaki Kawamata (川又千秋, b. 1948)
* Hideyuki Kikuchi (菊地秀行, b. 1949)
* Yusuke Kishi or Yūsuke Kishi (貴志祐介, b. 1959)
* Morio Kita (北杜夫, 1927–2011)
* Heitarō Kiyono (清野平太郎, real name of Ryō Hanmura)
* Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三, b. 1962)
* Gakuto Koda or Gakuto Kōda (甲田学人)
* Izuki Kogyoku or Izuki Kōgyoku (紅玉いづき, b. 1984)
* Minoru Komatsu (小松実, real name of Sakyo Komatsu)
* Sakyo Komatsu or Sakyō Komatsu (小松左京, 1931–2011)
* Chiaki J. Konaka or Chiaki Konaka (小中千昭, b. 1961)
* Yoji Kondo or Yōji Kondō (近藤陽次, 1933–2017)
* Eric Kotani, pseudonym of Yoji Kondo)
* Rei Kozumi (小隅黎, pseudonym of Takumi Shibano)
* Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本薫, 1953–2009)
* Ken Kuronuma (黒沼健, 1902–1985)

## M

* Gorō Masaki (柾悟郎, b. 1957)
* Jun Masaki (真木じゅん, pseudonym of Jun'ya Yokota)
* Taku Mayumura (眉村卓, b. 1934)
* Gakuto Mikumo (三雲岳斗, b. 1970)
* Hiroko Minagawa (皆川博子, b. 1930)
* Ryu Mitsuse or Ryū Mitsuse (光瀬龍, 1928–1999)
* Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき, b. 1960)
* Masako Mori (森真沙子, b. 1944)
* Hiroyuki Morioka (森岡浩之, b. 1962)
* Daijiro Morohoshi (諸星大二郎, b. 1949) manga artist
* Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, b. 1949)

## N

* Norio Nakai (中井紀夫, b. 1952)
* Azusa Nakajima (中島梓, pseudonym of Kaoru Kurimoto)
* Azusa Noa (野阿梓, b. 1954)
* Hōsuke Nojiri (野尻抱介, b. 1961)
* Asa Nonami (乃南アサ, b. 1960)
* Mahokaru Numata (沼田まほかる, b. 1948)

## O–R

* Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎, b. 1935)
* Issui Ogawa (小川一水, b. 1975)
* Noriko Ogiwara (荻原規子, b. 1959)
* Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子, b. 1959)
* Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美, b. 1960)
* Masaari Oshikawa (押川方存, real name of Shunrō Oshikawa)
* Shunrō Oshikawa (押川春浪, 1876–1914)
* Otsuichi (乙一, b. 1978)
* Project Itoh or Keikaku Itō (伊藤計劃, 1974–2009)
* Ryukishi07 (竜騎士07, b. 1973)

## S

* Hiroshi Sakurazaka (桜坂洋, b. 1970)
* Shōichi Sano (佐野昌一, real name of Unno Juza)
* Yūichi Sasamoto (笹本祐一, b. 1963)
* Daisuke Satō (佐藤大輔, 1964–2017)
* Sōkichi Saitō (斎藤宗吉, real name of Morio Kita)
* Hideaki Sena (瀬名秀明, b. 1968)
* Takumi Shibano (柴野拓美, 1926–2010)
* Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (澁澤龍彦, 1928–1987)
* Tatsuo Shibusawa (澁澤龍雄, real name of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa)
* Yoshinori Shimizu (清水義範, b. 1947)
* Kazuma Shinjō (新城カズマ)
* Setsuko Shinoda (篠田節子, b. 1955)
* Hiroe Suga (菅浩江, b. 1963)
* Taidō Sugiyama (杉山泰道, real name (Buddhist name) Yumeno Kyūsaku)
* Koji Suzuki, Kōji Suzuki (鈴木光司, b. 1957)

## T

* Kiyoshi Takayanagi (高柳清, real name of Chōhei Kambayashi)
* Haruka Takachiho (高千穂遙, b. 1951)
* Akimitsu Takagi (高木彬光, 1920–1995)
* Seiichi Takagi (高木誠一, real name of Akimitsu Takagi)
* Katsuhiko Takahashi (高橋克彦, b. 1947)
* Haneko Takayama (高山羽根子, b. 1975)
* Kimiyoshi Takekawa (竹川公訓, real name of Haruka Takachiho)
* Kōshū Tani (谷甲州, b. 1951)
* Nagaru Tanigawa (谷川流, b. 1970)
* Hirotaka Tobi (飛浩隆, b. 1960)
* Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷英二, 1901–1970)
* Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷英一, real name of Eiji Tsuburaya)
* Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井康隆, b. 1934)

## U–V

* Tow Ubukata or Tō Ubukata (冲方丁, b. 1977)
* Naoyuki Uchida (内田直行, real name of Yukito Ayatsuji)
* Hisashi Uchiyama (内山廈, pseudonym of Hisashi Inoue)
* Sayuri Ueda (上田早夕里, b. 1964)
* Masahide Uehara (上原正英, real name of Alice Arisugawa)
* Nahoko Uehashi (上橋菜穂子, b. 1962)
* Kazuo Umezu (楳図かずお, b. 1936) manga artist
* Unno Juza, Unno Jūza, or Unno Jūzō (海野十三, 1897–1949)
* Gen Urobuchi (虚淵玄, b. 1972)

## W–Z

* Soichiro Watase or Sōichirō Watase (渡瀬草一郎, b. 1978)
* Masaki Yamada (山田正紀, b. 1950)
* Bochō Yamamura (山村暮鳥, 1884–1924)
* Tetsu Yano (矢野徹, 1923–2004)
* Jun'ya Yokota (横田順彌 or 横田順弥, 1945–2019)
* Baku Yumemakura (夢枕獏, b. 1951)
* Yumeno Kyūsaku (夢野久作, 1889–1936)