List of Rinzai Buddhists

Founder
 * Linji Yixuan

A

 * Ankokuji Ekei
 * Sōgen Asahina
 * Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

B

 * Bassui Tokushō
 * George Bowman

C

 * Sherry Chayat
 * Chō Tsuratatsu
 * Chūgan Engetsu
 * Leonard Cohen

D

 * Watazumi Doso
 * Ji Gong
 * Ogino Dokuon
 * Doshin Hannya Michael Nelson

E

 * Kanzan Egen
 * Eisai
 * Hakuin Ekaku
 * Enni Ben’en

F

 * Mary Farkas
 * Keido Fukushima

G

 * Jakushitsu Genko

H

 * Hōjō Tokimune
 * Shodo Harada
 * Hakuin Ekaku
 * Thich Nhat Hanh
 * Hsing Yun
 * Hsin Pei
 * Hsin Ping
 * Hsin Ting

I

 * Issan Ichinei
 * Ikkyu
 * Imagawa Yoshimoto
 * Imakita Kosen
 * Kazuo Inamori
 * Ingen Ryūki
 * Ishin Sūden
 * Itō Jakuchū

J

 * Ito Jakuchu
 * Jakushitsu Genkō
 * Kaisen Joki
 * Josetsu
 * Jun Po Denis Kelly

K

 * Imakita Kosen
 * Kurt Kankan Spellmeyer
 * Keian Genju
 * Kūshu Enshin

L

 * John Daido Loori

M

 * Genjo Marinello
 * Soko Morinaga
 * Myokyo-ni
 * Taizan Maezumi
 * Mujū
 * Musō Soseki
 * Meido Moore

N

 * Kyudo Nakagawa
 * Soen Nakagawa
 * Walter Nowick
 * Eshin Nishimura

O

 * Ogino Dokuon
 * Omori Sogen
 * Enkyo Pat O'Hara

P

 * Puhua
 * L.Rōen Prowe

S

 * Kyozan Joshu Sasaki
 * Sengai
 * Nyogen Senzaki
 * Oda Sesso
 * Soyen Shaku
 * Eido Tai Shimano
 * Denko Sommer
 * Kokan Shiren
 * Mugaku Sogen
 * Sokei-an
 * Muso Soseki
 * Ishin Suden
 * Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
 * Sakugen Shūryō
 * Sasaki Gensō
 * Sessai Choro
 * Sesshū Tōyō
 * Sesson Yūbai
 * Sheng-yen
 * Zenkei Shibayama
 * Sōiku Shigematsu
 * Kokan Shiren
 * Shōtetsu
 * Shunoku Sōen
 * Gidō Shūshin
 * Harada Daiun Sogaku
 * Kobori Nanrei Sohaku
 * Kurt Kankan Spellmeyer
 * Maurine Stuart
 * D. T. Suzuki

T

 * Takuan Sōhō
 * Genki Takabayashi
 * Bassui Tokushō
 * Sesshu Toyo
 * Fumio Toyoda
 * Shinkichi Takahashi
 * Tesshin Hozan

W

 * Watazumi Doso

Y

 * Sobin Yamada
 * Gempo Yamamoto
 * Bankei Yōtaku
 * Sesson Yubai
 * Mumon Yamada
 * William Nyogen Yeo
 * Yishan Yining

Z

 * Dahui Zonggao
 * Gotō Zuigan