| Ken'ichi Yamamoto | |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Kyoto |
| Death Place: | Kyoto |
| Occupation: | novelist |
| Education: | M.A. |
| Alma Mater: | Doshisha University, Literature Department |
| Period: | 2002 - 2014 |
| Genre: | historical novels |
| Notableworks: | 『火天の城』 『利休にたずねよ』 |
| Awards: | Naoki Prize（2009） |
was a Japanese writer.
After first being employed by a publisher, Yamamoto, himself, became a full-time writer.
In 2004, he won the Seichō Matsumoto Award for Katen no shiro, and in 2009 the Naoki Prize for Rikyū ni Tazune yo. Both books were made into movies.
Yamamoto died on February 13, 2014, from lung cancer at the age of 57.[1]