Emiko Miyashita (Japanese: 宮下惠美子; born September 6, 1954, Fukushima, Japan), haiku poet trained by Akito Arima, she is now a dōjin for the Shin haiku group, secretary of the Association of Haiku Poets, councilor of the Haiku International Association, executive director of the English-Speaking Union of Japan, and director of the JAL Foundation in charge of the World Children’s Haiku Contest. Author of two haiku collections, editor of a major anthology, and cotranslator of collections by Masajo Suzuki, Akito Arima, Yoshiko Yoshino, and Taneda Santōka. Lives in Tokyo.