Y

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

• Yagi Jukichi (February 9, 1898 – October 26, 1927)
• Yamabe no Akahito (700–730)
• Yamada Bimyo (July 8, 1868 – October 24, 1910)
• Yamada Amy (born 1959)
• Yamada Futaro (January 4, 1922 – July 28, 2001)
• Yamagata Hiroo (born 1964)
• Yamaguchi Hitomi (November 3, 1923 – August 30, 1995)
• Yamamoto Shugoro (June 22, 1903 – February 14, 1967)
• Yamamura Bocho (1884–1924)
• Yamanoue no Okura (660–733)
• Yamazaki Hodai (1914 - August 19, 1985)
• Yamazaki Nao-Cola (September 15, 1978)
• Yamazaki Sokan (1465–1553)
• Yamasaki Toyoko (November 3, 1924 – September 29, 2013)
• Yano Tetsu (December 10, 1923 – October 13, 2004)
• Yokomitsu Riichi (March 17, 1898 – December 30, 1947)
• Yokomizo Seishi (May 24, 1902 – December 28, 1981)
• Yokota Jun'ya (November 11, 1945 - January 4, 2019)
• Yosa Buson (1716–1783)
• Yosano Akiko (December 7, 1878 – May 29, 1942)
• Yosano Tekkan (February 26, 1873 – March 26, 1935)
• Yoshida Kenko (1283 – c. 1350)
• Yoshida Ken'ichi (1912–1977)
• Yoshida Hidekazu (1913–2012)
• Yoshida Sunao (1969 – July 15, 2004)
• Yoshida Takuro (born 1946)
• Yoshikawa Eiji (August 11, 1892 – September 7, 1962)
• Yoshii Isamu (October 8, 1886 – November 9, 1960)
• Yoshimoto Banana (born 1964)
• Yoshimoto Takaaki (1924–2016)
• Yoshino Hideo(July 3, 1902 – July 13, 1967)
• Yoshiya Nobuko January 12, 1896 – July 11, 1973
• Yoshiyuki Junnosuke (April 1, 1923 – July 26, 1994)
• Yoshiyuki Tomino (born 1941)
• Yuasa Yoshiko (1896–1990)
• Yujiro (born 1974)
• Yumeno Kyusaku (January 4, 1889 – March 11, 1936)
• Yumemakura Baku (born 1951)
• Yumiko Kurahashi (October 10, 1935 – June 10, 2005)
• Yu Miri (born June 22, 1968)
• Yusuke Kishi (born 1959)