Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto
Native name
吉本 ばなな
BornMahoko Yoshimoto
(1964-07-24) July 24, 1964
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationNovelist
NationalityJapanese
Period1987–present
GenreFiction
Website
Official website

Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana; born 24 July 1964) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko). From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).