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

<div style="text-align: center;">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</div>

  • Nada Inanda (1929–2013)
  • Nagai Kafu (December 4, 1879 – April 30, 1959)
  • Nagai Tatsuo (May 20, 1904 – October 12, 1990)
  • Nagai Michiko (1925–2023)
  • Nagata Hideo (1885–1949)
  • Nagata Mikihiko (1887–1964)
  • Nagayo Yoshiro (August 6, 1888 – October 29, 1961)
  • Nagatsuka Takashi (April 3, 1879 – February 8, 1915)
  • Naito Torajiro (July 18, 1866 – June 26, 1934)
  • Naka Kansuke (May 22, 1885 – May 3, 1965)
  • Nakagami Kenji (August 2, 1946 – August 12, 1992)
  • Nakahara Chuya (April 29, 1907 – October 22, 1937)
  • Nakajima Atsushi (May 5, 1909 – December 4, 1942)
  • Nakajima Ramo (April 3, 1952 – July 26, 2004)
  • Nakamori Akio (born 1960)
  • Nakamura Shinichiro (March 5, 1918 – December 25, 1997)
  • Nakamura Mitsuo (February 5, 1911 – July 12, 1988)
  • Nakane Chie (1926–2021)
  • Nakano Koji (1925–2004)
  • Nakayama Gishu (October 5, 1900 – August 19, 1969)
  • Nakazato Tsuneko (1884–1945)
  • Naito Joso (1662–1704)
  • Naoki Sanjugo (February 12, 1891 – February 24, 1934)
  • Narushima Ryūhoku (1837–1934)
  • Natsume Sōseki (February 9, 1867 – December 9, 1916)
  • Nasu Kinoko (born 1973)
  • Nicol, Clive (1940–2020)
  • Niimi Nankichi (July 30, 1913 – March 22, 1943)
  • Niki Etsuko (1928–1986)
  • Nishimura Kyotaro (1930–2022)
  • Nishiyama Sōin (1605–1682)
  • Nishio Ishin (born 1981)
  • Nishiwaki Junzaburo (January 20, 1894 – June 5, 1982)
  • Niwa Fumio (November 22, 1904 – April 20, 2005)
  • Nitobe Inazo (September 1, 1862 – October 15, 1933)
  • Nitta Jirō (1912–1980)
  • Nobumoto Keiko (born 1964)
  • Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945)
  • Nobori Shomu (1878–1958)
  • Noda Hideki (playwright) (born 1955)
  • Nogami Yaeko (1885–1985)
  • Noguchi Fujio (1911–1993)
  • Nogushi Yonejiro December 8, 1875 – July 13, 1947)
  • Noma Hiroshi (February 23, 1915 – January 2, 1991)
  • Nomi Masahiko (July 18, 1925 – October 30, 1981)
  • Nomura Kodo (1882–1963)
  • Nosaka Akiyuki (October 10, 1930 — December 9, 2015)
  • Nukata no Ōkimi (630–690)