Mikihiko Renjō (連城 三紀彦, Renjō Mikihiko, real name: Jingo Katō; January 11, 1948 – October 19, 2013) was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize.
He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.
He was born in Nagoya, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of Waseda University.
[1] He studied writing screenplays in Paris, France, and made his debut in 1978 with Henchō nininbaori.
[2] He died, after the cancer also spread to the liver, on October 19, 2013.