Riichi Yokomitsu
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- In this Japanese name, the family name is Yokomitsu.
Riichi Yokomitsu (横光 利一 Yokomitsu Ri'ichi?, 17 March 1898 - 30 December 1947) was a Japanese writer.
Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi ("Street") and Tō ("Tower") after entering Waseda University in 1916. In 1923, he published Nichirin ("The Sun"), Hae ("A Fly") and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular. The following year he started the magazine Bungei-Jidai with Yasunari Kawabata and others. Writers on this magazine are known as "shin-kankaku-ha" (a group of new sensation).
