Inuhiko Yomota (四方田 犬彦, Yomota Inuhiko, born February 20, 1953) is a Japanese author, cultural essayist, translator, film historian, and critic.
Inuhiko Yomota was born on February 20, 1953, in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, but grew up in Tokyo.
He was formerly a professor of film studies and comparative literature at Meiji Gakuin University.
He is married to Chie Tarumi, a scholar of Taiwanese literature during the Japanese occupation.
Inuhiko Yomota has published nearly eighty books since the beginning of his career and has won several literary prizes for his work, including the Kodansha Essay Prize.