List of Japanese women writers

A

• Hotaru Akane, blogger, lyricist
• Akiko Akazome, novelist
• Akazome Emon, waka poet
• Risu Akizuki, manga writer
• Akira Amano, manga writer
• Chihiro Amano, screenwriter
• Kozue Amano, manga writer
• Moyoco Anno, manga writer, fashion writer
• Yasuko Aoike, manga writer
• Kotomi Aoki, manga writer
• Ume Aoki, manga writer
• Nanae Aoyama, novelist
• Kiyoko Arai, manga writer
• Motoko Arai, science fiction and fantasy writer
• Hiromu Arakawa, manga writer
• Hiro Arikawa, light novelist
• Sawako Ariyoshi, writer, novelist
• Mariko Asabuki, novelist
• Yū Asagiri, manga writer
• Makate Asai, novelist
• Maki Asakawa, lyricist
• George Asakura, manga writer
• Hinako Ashihara, manga writer
• Izumi Aso, manga writer

  B

• Mariko Bando

  C

• Toriko Chiya, manga writer
• Fukuda Chiyo-ni, poet
• Nanae Chrono, manga writer

  D

• Tamaki Daido, novelist, essayist

  E

• Eiki Eiki, manga writer
• Fumiko Enchi
• Maki Enjōji, manga writer
• Nariko Enomoto, manga writer
• Makiko Esumi, writer, essayist, lyricist

  F

• Mihona Fujii, manga writer
• Kazuko Fujita, manga writer
• Kaori Fujino, novelist
• Cocoa Fujiwara, manga writer
• Hiro Fujiwara, manga writer

  G

• Empress Genmei

  H

• Moto Hagio, manga writer
• Hani Motoko, journalist
• Maha Harada, novelist
• Nanae Haruno manga writer
• Hasegawa Shigure, playwright, editor
• Machiko Hasegawa, manga writer
• Sugako Hashida, scriptwriter
• Isoko Hatano, writer and developmental psychologist
• Bisco Hatori, manga writer
• Miyuki Hatoyama, actor, writer
• Akiko Higashimura, manga writer
• Asa Higuchi, manga writer
• Keiko Higuchi, writer, journalist
• Higuchi Tachibana, manga writer
• Aoi Hiiragi, manga writer
• Kaoruko Himeno, novelist, essayist
• Saeko Himuro, novelist, essayist
• Matsuri Hino manga writer
• Taiko Hirabayashi, writer
• Raichō Hiratsuka, writer, activist, feminist, founder of Bluestocking
• Tatsuko Hoshino, haiku poet
• Chieko Hosokawa, manga writer
• Yumi Hotta, manga writer
• Ichiyo Higuchi, writer

  I

• Yumiko Igarashi
• Koi Ikeno
• Gō Ikeyamada
• Ryo Ikuemi
• Natsuko Imamura, novelist
• Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
• Lady Ise
• Ise no Taifu
• Yuka Ishii, novelist
• Michiko Ishimure
• Noe Itō
• Risa Itō
• Natsumi Itsuki
• Mariko Iwadate
• Kaneyoshi Izumi
• Izumi Shikibu

  K

• Mitsuyo Kakuta
• Yoko Kamio
• Hitomi Kanehara, novelist
• Aya Kanno
• Junko Karube
• Lady Kasa
• Maki Kashimada, novelist
• Kazuyo Katsuma
• Kazune Kawahara
• Yumiko Kawahara
• Hiromi Kawakami
• Kikuko Kawakami
• Mieko Kawakami, novelist, essayist, poet
• Mizuki Kawashita
• Kazumi Kazui
• Yuko Takada Keller
• Toshie Kihara
• Yuki Kiriga
• Kishi Joō
• Rio Kishida
• Yao Kitabatake
• Nobori Kiuchi, novelist
• Miyuki Kobayashi
• Kodai no Kimi
• Yun Kōga
• Marie Kondo
• Fumiyo Kōno
• Natsuki Koyata, novelist
• Natsuko Kuroda, novelist
• Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

  M

• Miyako Maki
• Sanami Matoh
• Nina Matsumoto
• Temari Matsumoto
• Akemi Matsunae
• Akimoto Matsuyo
• Michitsuna no Haha
• Mitsukazu Mihara, manga writer
• Kanan Minami
• Kazuka Minami
• Kazuya Minekura
• Suzue Miuchi
• Shion Miura, novelist, essayist
• Yuriko Miyamoto
• Hideko Mizuno
• Junko Mizuno
• Setona Mizushiro
• Milk Morinaga
• Akiko Morishima
• Tama Morita
• Yoko Moriwaki
• Yukiko Motoya, novelist, playwright
• Kiyoko Murata, novelist
• Sayaka Murata, novelist
• Yuka Murayama
• Mayumi Muroyama

  N

• Ai Nagai, playwright
• Rieko Nakagawa, children's writer, poet
• Aya Nakahara
• Kyoko Nakajima, novelist, essayist
• Hisaya Nakajo
• Hikaru Nakamura
• Yoshiki Nakamura
• Midori Nakano
• Nakatsukasa
• Kei Nakazawa, novelist, essayist, professor
• Kiriko Nananan
• Lady Nijō
• Kanako Nishi, writer, novelist
• Keiko Nishi
• Yoshiko Nishitani
• Princess Nukata

  O

• Anna Ogino
• Mariko Ōhara
• Nanase Ohkawa
• Mari Okada
• Reiko Okano
• Kyoko Okazaki
• Riku Onda, novelist
• Fuyumi Ono
• Hiromu Ono
• Natsume Ono
• Masumi Oshima, novelist
• Yumiko Ōshima
• Yōko Ōta
• Shinobu Ohtaka
• Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume
• Hiroko Oyamada, novelist
• Mari Ozawa

  R

• Marimo Ragawa
• Rieko Saibara
• Rikei

  S

• Megumu Sagisawa
• Fumi Saimon
• Mayu Sakai
• Io Sakisaka
• Momoko Sakura
• Shino Sakuragi, novelist, short story writer
• Kanoko Sakurakoji
• Erica Sakurazawa
• Tomoko Sasaki
• Sei Shōnagon
• Yoshiko Sembon
• Tomoka Shibasaki, novelist
• Yoshiko Shigekane, novelist
• Karuho Shiina
• Michiru Shimada
• Rio Shimamoto, novelist
• Aki Shimazaki
• Reiko Shimizu
• Takako Shimura
• Mayu Shinjo
• Setsuko Shinoda, novelist
• Chie Shinohara
• Kazuko Shiraishi
• Shunzei's Daughter
• Fuyumi Soryo, manga writer
• Keiko Suenobu
• Yuki Suetsugu
• Takasue's Daughter

  T

• Haruko Tachiiri
• Chimako Tada
• Kaoru Tada
• Tadano Makuzu
• Nobuko Takagi
• Rumiko Takahashi
• Takako Takahashi
• Kaoru Takamura, novelist, essayist
• Hinako Takanaga
• Mitsuba Takanashi
• Haneko Takayama, novelist
• Kazumi Takayama, novelist, self-help author
• Keiko Takemiya
• Hiroko Takenishi
• Kei Takeoka, motoring journalist
• Yumi Tamura
• Yellow Tanabe
• Meca Tanaka, manga writer
• Mitsu Tanaka
• Arina Tanemura
• Yoko Tawada, novelist, essayist, poet
• Keiko Tobe
• Yana Toboso
• Hari Tokeino
• Ema Tōyama
• Masami Tsuda
• Mikiyo Tsuda
• Kikuko Tsumura, novelist
• Yūko Tsushima, novelist, essayist

  U

• Miwa Ueda
• Toshiko Ueda
• Kimiko Uehara
• Chica Umino
• Yuki Urushibara

  W

• Natsuto Wada, scriptwriter, columnist
• Chisako Wakatake, novelist
• Masako Watanabe
• Taeko Watanabe
• Yuu Watase
• Risa Wataya, novelist

  Y

• Nanpei Yamada
• Ryoko Yamagishi
• Yūki Yamato, screenwriter
• Yamakawa Kikue
• Mika Yamamoto
• Kazumi Yamashita
• Mari Yamazaki
• Nao-Cola Yamazaki, novelist, essayist
• Rie Yasumi
• Ai Yazawa
• Year 24 Group
• Mari Yonehara
• Akiko Yosano
• Akimi Yoshida
• Tomoko Yoshida
• Nobuko Yoshiya
• Wataru Yoshizumi
• Yuasa Yoshiko
• Kaori Yuki
• Shigeko Yuki
• Sumomo Yumeka
• Asako Yuzuki, novelist