Alexander O. Smith (born February 8, 1973) is a professional English/Japanese translator and author. While his output covers many areas such as adaptation of Japanese novels, manga, song lyrics, anime scripts and various academic works, he is best known for his software localizations of Japanese video games. Smith is multilingual, with fluency in English and Japanese, basic knowledge of Cantonese Chinese, Korean, Dutch and French, and reading knowledge of Anglo Saxon, Old Norse, Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese. He currently resides in Mitaka, Tokyo, where he operates his own contract localization business, Kajiya Productions.