Shinichiro Kurimoto (栗本 慎一郎, Kurimoto Shin'ichirō, born 1941 in Tokyo) is a Japanese author and former politician.

He is also an economic anthropologist and a philosopher who introduced the ideas of Karl Polanyi and his younger brother Michael Polanyi to Japan.

He was a professor at universities such as Meiji University and Northwestern University.

[1] During the 1980s his works were categorized in Japan as "new academism", which included works by Akira Asada, Kojin Karatani and Shigehiko Hasumi.

[2] He frequently acted as a judge in the television show Iron Chef, appearing as a judge in 109 episodes.