List of Japanese authors
- Mabuchi Reiyu (born 1941)
- Machida Oen (born 1928)
- Machino Shuzo (November 18,1943 - 1943)
- Maeda Shozan (November 21,1871 - February 8,1941)
- Maeda Yugure (July 27,1883 - April 20,1951)
- Maki Itsuma (January 17,1900 - June 29,1935)
- Makino Nobuaki (October 22,1861 - January 25,1949)
- Makino Shin'ichi (November 12,1896 - March 24,1936)
- Makino Takashi (May 29,1903 - August 10,1945)
- Makino Terutomo (January 3,1879 - August 29,1941)
- Makino Tsuyoshi (born 1945)
- Masaoka Shiki (September 17,1867 - September 19,1902)
- Mashita Hisen (October 10,1878 - October 25,1912)
- Masuchi Yojiro (January 5,1896 - March 10,1945)
- Masuda Atsuo (April 9,1891 - February 26,1936)
- Masuda Masako (May 6,1880 - September 2,1946)
- Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694): haiku
- Matsubara Nijusankaido (1866 - February 26,1935)
- Matsuda Shiro
- Matsudaira Tadaaki (1946 - 1999)
- Matsui Kanji (May 18,1863 - September 26,1945)
- Matsui Shoo (February 18,1870 - July 14,1933)
- Matsumoto Matataro (September 15,1865 - December 24,1943)
- Matsumoto Tai (February 22,1887 - April 19,1939)
- Matsunaga Enzo (April 26,1895 - November 20,1938)
- Matsunami Akira (1922 - 1949)
- Matsuoka Shizuo (1877 - May 23,1936)
- Matsuse Seisei (April 4,1869 - January 9,1937)
- Matsushita Daizaburo (September 24,1878 - May 2,1935)
- Matsuyama Takeshi (March 29,1898 - February 16,1938)
- Maupassant Guy De (August 5,1850 - July 6,1893)
- Mayama Seika (September 1,1878 - March 25,1948)
- Mendel Gregor Johann (July 22,1822 - January 6,1884)
- Mikami Otokichi (February 4,1891 - February 7,1944)
- Mikami Sanji (September 10,1865 - June 7,1939)
- Mikami Yoshio (February 16,1875 - December 31,1950)
- Mikashima Yoshiko (August 7,1886 - March 26,1927)
- Miki Kiyoshi (January 5,1897 - September 26,1945)
- Miki Takeji (September 5,1867 - January 10,1908)
- Minakami Takitaro (December 6,1887 - March 23,1940)
- Minakata Kumagusu (April 15,1867 - December 29,1941)
- Misawa Katsue (January 25,1885 - August 18,1937)
- Mishima Chushu (December 9,1830 - May 12,1919)
- Mishima Sosen (July 30,1876 - March 7,1934)
- Mishima Yukio (1925 - 1970)
- Misumi Suzuko (1872 - 1921)
- Mitomi Kuchiha (August 14,1889 - August 2,1917)
- Mitsukuri Genpachi (May 29,1862 - August 9,1919)
- Mitsuya Shigematsu (November 29,1871 - July 17,1937)
- Miura Hiroyuki (June 4,1871 - September 6,1931)
- Miura Hisashi
- Miura Kichibe (February 18,1877 - December 21,1939)
- Miura Shinshichi (June 12,1877 - August 14,1946)
- Miura Tamaki (February 22,1884 - May 26,1946)
- Miyahara Koichiro (September 2,1882 - June 10,1945)
- Miyajima Shinzaburo (January 18,1892 - February 27,1934)
- Miyajima Sukeo (August 1,1886 - February 19,1951)
- Miyajima Yoshitoshi (1888 - May 9,1946)
- Miyake Ikusaburo (October 15,1897 - May 1,1941)
- Miyake Kaho (December 23,1868 - July 18,1943)
- Miyake Setsurei (May 19,1860 - November 26,1945)
- Miyake Yasuko (March 15,1890 - January 18,1932)
- Miyamoto Yuriko (February 13,1899 - January 21,1951)
- Miyatake Gaikotsu (January 18,1867 - July 28,1955)
- Miyazaki Koshoshi (September 20,1864 - August 9,1922)
- Miyazaki Sanmai (August 1,1859 - March 22,1919)
- Miyazawa Kenji (August 27,1896 - September 21,1933)
- Mizuno Senko (December 3,1888 - May 31,1919)
- Mizuno Yoshu (April 9,1883 - February 2,1947)
- Mizutani Chikushi (October 8,1882 - September 14,1935)
- Mogi Kuranosuke (January 3,1880 - February 22,1945)
- Mononobe Nagaho (June 19,1888 - September 9,1940)
- Mori Kainan (November 16,1863 - March 7,1911)
- Mori Ogai (February 17,1862 - July 9,1922)
- Mori Rintaro (February 17,1862 - July 9,1922)
- Mori Shunto (April 2,1819 - November 21,1889)
- Morimoto Kaoru (June 4,1912 - October 6,1946)
- Morino Mitsuru
- Morita Shiken (July 21,1861 - November 14,1897)
- Morita Sohei (March 19,1881 - December 14,1949)
- Moriyama Teisen (September 30,1880 - September 17,1946)
- Motoori Nagayo (April 4,1885 - October 14,1945)
- Motoori Toyokai (April 27,1838 - February 15,1913)
- Murai Gensai (December 18,1863 - July 30,1927)
- Murai Masayoshi (born 1937)
- Murakami Haruki (born 1949)
- Murakami Kagaku (July 3,1888 - November 11,1939)
- Murakami Kijo (May 17,1865 - September 17,1938)
- Murakami Namiroku (November 1,1865 - December 1,1944)
- Murakami Ryu (February 19,1952 - )
- Murakawa Kengo (January 28,1875 - January 21,1946)
- Muraoka Hiroshi (February 3,1895 - April 19,1946)
- Muraoka Tsunetsugu (September 18,1884 - April 13,1946)
- Murasaki Shikibu (c.973 to c.1025): The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
- Murayama Kaita (September 15,1896 - February 20,1919)