List of Japanese writers: I

The following is a list of Japanese writers whose family name begins with the letter I

List by Family Name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - M - N - O - R - S - T - U - W - Y - Z

Ibuse Masuji (February 15, 1898 – July 10, 1993)
Ido Reizan (1859–1935)
Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693)
Iida Dakotsu (April 26, 1885 – October 3, 1962)
Ikenami Shotaro (January 25, 1923 – May 3, 1990)
Ikezawa Natsuki (born 1945)
Ikkyu (1394–1481)
Inagaki Manjirō (September 26, 1861 – November 25, 1908)
Inagaki Taruho (December 26, 1900 – October 25, 1977)
Inoue Hisashi (born 1934)
Inoue Kenkabō (1870–1934)
Inoue Yasushi (May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991)
Inui Kurumi (born 1963)
Irokawa Takehiro (1929–1989)
Isaka Kōtarō (born May 25, 1971)
Lady Ise (c. 875 – c. 938)
Ishibashi Ningetsu (September 1, 1865 – February 1, 1926)
Ishida Ira (born March 8, 1960)
Ishigaki Rin (February 21, 1920 – December 26, 2004)
Ishiguro Kazuo (born November 8, 1954)
Ishihara Fujio (born 1933)
Ishihara Shintaro (born 1932)
Ishikawa Jun (March 7, 1899 – December 29, 1987)
Ishikawa Takuboku (February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912)
Ishikawa Tatsuzo (July 2, 1905 – January 31, 1985)
Ishizuka Tomoji (September 20, 1906 – February 8, 1986)
Einosuke Itō (November 21, 1903 – July 26, 1959)
Itō Hiromi (born September 13, 1955)
Ito Junji (born 1963)
Itō Keikaku (Project Itoh) (October 14, 1974 – March 20, 2009)
Ito Noe (January 21, 1895 – September 16, 1923)
Ito Sachio (August 18, 1864 – July 30, 1913)
Ito Takami (born 1961)
Itoyama Akiko (born 1966)
Izawa Motohiko (born February 1, 1954)
Izumi Kyōka (November 4, 1873 – September 7, 1939)
Izumi Shikibu (c. 978 – c. 1034)
Izumo no Okuni (c. 1572 – 1613)