WNaoyuki Uchida , who writes under his pen name Yukito Ayatsuji , is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror. He is one of the founders of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing. His wife is Fuyumi Ono, a Japanese fantasy and horror writer who is known for her fantasy series The Twelve Kingdoms.
WTarō Hirai , better known by the pen name Edogawa Ranpo was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thriller fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club" .
WKaitarō Hasegawa was a Japanese novelist and translator during the early Shōwa period. Hasegawa wrote works in various genress under numerous pen names, each with a unique personality, and caused a sensation with the sheer brilliance of his fiction, non-fiction and translations.
WIra Ishida is a Japanese novelist and TV commentator.
WToshiyuki Kajiyama was a Japanese novelist, essayist and jornalist active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was known for his popular novels, which included mystery, historical and erotic novels.
WSeichō Matsumoto was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan.
WHiroko Minagawa is a Korean-born Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.
WFuminori Nakamura is the pseudonym of a Japanese author. Nakamura came to international attention when he won the 2010 Kenzaburō Ōe Prize for his novel, The Thief. The English translation of the novel was well received.
WKatsuhiko Takahashi is a Japanese writer of mystery, horror, science fiction and historical fiction. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
WMasako Togawa was a Japanese Chanson singer/songwriter, actress, feminist, novelist, LGBTQQIAP community icon, former night club owner, metropolitan city planning panelist, music educator, born in Tokyo, 1933.