Yuichi Takai (?? ??, Takai Yuichi, April 27, 1932 – October 26, 2016) was a Japanese author.Takai won the 1965 Akutagawa Prize for Kita no kawa (Northern Stream), the 1984 Tanizaki Prize for Kono kuni no sora (?????, This Country's Sky), and the 1989 Yomiuri Prize for Yoru no ari (? ? ?).