Ōtarō Maijō(舞城王太郎Maijō Ōtarō, born 1973) is a Japanese novelist from Fukui Prefecture. Winner of the 19th Mephisto Award for Smoke, Soil, and Sacrifices, and the 16th Yukio Mishima award for Ashura Girl. His short story, Drill Hole in the Brain was translated into English as part of Del Rey's Faust anthology, and described by the Anime News Network as the "crowning glory" of the anthology.