List of Japanese writers: I

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

• Ibuse Masuji (February 15, 1898 – July 10, 1993)
• Ido Reizan (1859–1935)
• Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693)
• Iida Dakotsu (April 26, 1885 – October 3, 1962)
• Ikenami Shotaro (January 25, 1923 – May 3, 1990)
• Ikezawa Natsuki (born 1945)
• Ikkyu (1394–1481)
• Inaba Minoru
• Inagaki Manjirō (September 26, 1861 – November 25, 1908)
• Inagaki Taruho (December 26, 1900 – October 25, 1977)
• Inoue Hisashi (born 1934)
• Inoue Kenkabō (1870–1934)
• Inoue Yasushi (May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991)
• Inui Kurumi (born 1963)
• Irokawa Takehiro (1929–1989)
• Isaka Kōtarō (born 25 May, 1971)
• Lady Ise (c. 875 – c. 938)
• Ishibashi Ningetsu (September 1, 1865 – February 1, 1926)
• Ishida Ira (born March 8, 1960)
• Ishigaki Rin (February 21, 1920 – December 26, 2004)
• Ishiguro Kazuo (born November 8, 1954)
• Ishihara Fujio (born 1933)
• Ishihara Shintaro (born 1932)
• Ishikawa Jun (March 7, 1899 – December 29, 1987)
• Ishikawa Takuboku (February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912)
• Ishikawa Tatsuzo (July 2, 1905 – January 31, 1985)
• Ishizuka Tomoji (September 20, 1906 – February 8, 1986)
• Itō Hiromi (born September 13, 1955)
• Ito Junji (born 1963)
• Itō Keikaku (Project Itoh) (October 14, 1974 – March 20, 2009)
• Ito Noe (January 21, 1895 – September 16, 1923)
• Ito Noriko (born 1974)
• Ito Sachio (August 18, 1864 – July 30, 1913)
• Ito Takami (born 1961)
• Itoyama Akiko (born 1966)
• Izawa Motohiko (born February 1, 1954)
• Izumi Kyōka (November 4, 1873 – September 7, 1939)
• Izumi Shikibu (c. 978 – c. 1034)
• Izumo no Okuni (c. 1572 – 1613)