Yuzo Yamamoto (山本 有三 Yamamoto Yūzō, July 27, 1887 - January 1, 1974) was a Japanese novelist and playwright. His real name was written 山本 勇造 but pronounced the same as his pen-name. He was born to a family of kimono makers in Tochigi-city, Tochigi Prefecture. After graduating Tokyo Imperial University, in 1920 he made his literary debut with the play The Crown of Life (生命の冠, Seimei no kanmuri). Later, with the writers Kikuchi Kan and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke he helped to co-found the Japanese Writer’s Association and openly criticized Japan's wartime military government for its censorship policies.