List of Japanese writers: N

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

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


 * Nada Inanda (born 1929)
 * Nagai Kafu (December 4, 1879 – April 30, 1959)
 * Nagai Tatsuo (May 20, 1904 – October 12, 1990)
 * Nagai Michiko (born 1921)
 * Nagata Hideo (1885–1949)
 * Nagata Mikihiko (1887–1964)
 * Nagayo Yoshiro (August 6, 1888 – October 29, 1961)
 * Nagatsuka Takashi (April 3, 1879 – February 8, 1915)
 * Naito Torajiro (July 18, 1866 – June 26, 1934)
 * Naka Kansuke (May 22, 1885 – May 3, 1965)
 * Nakagami Kenji (August 2, 1946 – August 12, 1992)
 * Nakahara Chuya (April 29, 1907 – October 22, 1937)
 * Nakajima Atsushi (May 5, 1909 – December 4, 1942)
 * Nakajima Ramo (April 3, 1952 – July 26, 2004)
 * Nakamori Akio (born 1960)
 * Nakamura Shinichiro (March 5, 1918 – December 25, 1997)
 * Nakamura Mitsuo (February 5, 1911 – July 12, 1988)
 * Nakane Chie (born 1926)
 * Nakano Koji (1925–2004)
 * Nakayama Gishu (October 5, 1900 – August 19, 1969)
 * Nakazato Tsuneko (1884–1945)
 * Naito Joso (1662–1704)
 * Naoki Sanjugo (February 12, 1891 – February 24, 1934)
 * Narushima Ryūhoku (1837–1934)
 * Natsume Sōseki (February 9, 1867 – December 9, 1916)
 * Nasu Kinoko (born 1973)
 * Nicol, Clive (born 1940)
 * Niimi Nankichi (July 30, 1913 – March 22, 1943)
 * Niki Etsuko (1928–1986)
 * Nishimura Kyotaro (born 1930)
 * Nishiyama Sōin (1605–1682)
 * Nishio Ishin (born 1981)
 * Nishiwaki Junzaburo (January 20, 1894 – June 5, 1982)
 * Niwa Fumio (November 22, 1904 – April 20, 2005)
 * Nitobe Inazo (September 1, 1862 – October 15, 1933)
 * Nitta Jirō (1912–1980)
 * Nobumoto Keiko (born 1964)
 * Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945)
 * Nobori Shomu (1878–1958)
 * Noda Hideki (playwright) (born 1955)
 * Nogami Yaeko (1885–1985)
 * Noguchi Fujio (1911–1993)
 * Nogushi Yonejiro December 8, 1875 – July 13, 1947)
 * Noma Hiroshi (February 23, 1915 – January 2, 1991)
 * Nomi Masahiko (July 18, 1925 – October 30, 1981)
 * Nomura Kodo (1882–1963)
 * Nosaka Akiyuki (born October 10, 1930)
 * Nukata no Ōkimi (630–690)