List of Japanese writers: S

• Saegusa Kazuko (1929–2003)
• Saigyō (1118–1190)
• Saijō Yaso (1892–1970)
• Saitō Mokichi (1882–1953)
• Saitō Ryokuu (1868–1904)
• Saitō Sakae (born 1933)
• Sakaguchi Ango (1906–1955)
• Saotome Mitsugu (born 1926)
• Sasaki Fusa
• Sasaki Mitsuzō (1896–1934)
• Sasaki Mosaku
• Sasaki Nobutsuna
• Sasaki Naojirō (1901–1943)
• Sata Ineko (1904–1998)
• Satō Haruo (1892–1964)
• Satō Koroku (1874–1949)
• Satō Masaaki
• Satomura Joha (1525–1602)
• Sei Shōnagon
• Seii James Allen Kōichi Moriwaki
• Senge Motomaro (1888–1948)
• Seto Uchi Jakuchō (born 1922)
• Shiba Gorō (1860–1945)
• Shiba Ryōtarō (born 1923)
• Shibusawa Tatsuhiko (1928–1987)
• Shiga Mitsuko (1885–1956)
• Shiga Naoya (1883–1971)
• Shiina Makoto (born 1944)
• Shiina Rinzō (1911–1973)
• Shimada Masahiko (born 1961)
• Shimaki Kensaku (1903–1945)
• Shimamura Hōgetsu (January 10, 1871 – November 5, 1918)
• Shimao Toshio (1917–1986)
• Shimazaki Tōson (1872–1943)
• Shimizu Motoyoshi (born 1918)
• Shimizu Rinzō (born 1950)
• Shimizu Satomu (see Yamamoto Shūgorō)
• Shimizu Shikin (1868–1933)
• Shimizu Yoshinori (born 1947)
• Shiono Nanami (born 1937)
• Shiraiwa Gen (born 1983)
• Shiraki Shizu (1895–1918)
• Shōno Junzō (born 1921)
• Siratori Kenji (born 1975)
• Soniku Hejhogu (born 1964)
• Sōma Kokō (1876–1955)
• Suematsu Kenchō (1855–1920)
• Suga Tadao
• Susukida Kyūkin (May 19, 1877 – October 9, 1945)
• Suzuki Kōji (born 1957)
• Suzuki Miekichi (1882–1936)
• Suzuki Shiroyasu (born 1935)