Mieko Kawakami (?????, Kawakami Mieko, born August 29, 1976) is a Japanese singer, blogger, and writer from Osaka.
Her work has won prestigious Japanese literary awards in several genres, including the 138th Akutagawa Prize for her novella Chichi to ran (???) (Breasts and Eggs), the 2013 Tanizaki Prize for her short story collection Ai no yume to ka (?????) (Dreams of Love, etc.), and the 2008 Nakahara Chuya Prize for Contemporary Poetry for Sentan de, sasuwa sasareruwa soraeewa (??? ??? ????? ?????).