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• Nada Inanda (born 1929)
• Nagai Kafu (December 4, 1879 – April 30, 1959)
• Nagai Tatsuo (May 20, 1904 – October 12, 1990)
• Nagai Michiko (born 1921)
• 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 (born 1926)
• 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 (born 1940)
• Niimi Nankichi (July 30, 1913 – March 22, 1943)
• Nishimura Kyotaro (born 1930)
• 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 Jiro (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 (born October 10, 1930)
• Nukata no Ōkimi (630–690)