Senji Kuroi (1932-) is a novelist from Tokyo. After graduating from the University of Tokyo of Economics, he started writing novels while working for Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. as a "salary-man". He earned attention with Aoi kojo (Blue Factory) in 1958. In 1969, he wrote Jikan (Times), about his friend, who was one of the accused of the bloody 1952 May Day incident, and himself, who chose to work in the big corporation. With this novel he won the Ministry of Education Award for New Artists, and the following year he quit his day job and gave himself over to writing.

1969 Ministry of Education Award for New Artists, for Jikan (Times)

1994 Yomiuri Prize for Literature, for Katen Koru(Curtain Call)

2006 Noma Literary Prize, for Ichinichi Yume no saku (One Day : Bars of Dreams)

2008 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon