Minako Oba

 was a Japanese author and social critic.
She was awarded the 1968 Akutagawa Prize for "Sanbiki no kani" (Three Crabs), and the 1982 Tanizaki Prize for "Katachi mo naku" (寂兮寥兮).
Ōba suffered a stroke in 1996 and died on May 24, 2007.