Yuichi Takai was born on April 27, 1932, and deid on October 26, 2016.

He was a Japanese author.

He won the 1965 Akutagawa Prize for Kita no kawa (Northern Stream), the 1984 Tanizaki Prize for Kono kuni no sora (この国の空, This Country’s Sky), and the 1989 Yomiuri Prize for Yoru no ari (夜 の 蟻).

Yuichi Takai passed away at 84 years old.