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Kakeromajima (加計呂麻島) is an island in the Amami Archipelago in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. It has a total area of 77.39km² and, as of July 2006, an estimated population of 1,601 people. It is part of the town of Setouchi. It is separated from Amami Ōshima by the Ōshima Strait.

Kakeromajima was the birthplace of novelist Miho Shimao. It is also where she met her husband, novelist Toshio Shimao.

During World War II, Kakeromajima was used as a port by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The island was bombed by the United States Air Force on 1 August 1945.