Manabu Miyazaki

{{Short description|Japanese writer, social critic, and public figure (1945–2022)}}

{{distinguish|text = the Japanese wildlife photographer Manabu Miyazaki (photographer)}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1945|10|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Allied-occupied Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|03|30|1945|10|25|df=y}}

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|known = Glico Morinaga case suspect

|occupation = Writer

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{{nihongo|Manabu Miyazaki|宮崎 学|Miyazaki Manabu|extra=25 October 1945 – 30 March 2022[https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ437314Q43UTIL01J.html 作家の宮崎学さん死去、76歳　「キツネ目の男」と疑われたことも] {{in lang|ja}}}} was a Japanese writer, social critic and public figure. He is the author of several best-selling books in Japan. His autobiography Toppamono sold 600,000 copies and has since been translated into English.

In 1985, Miyazaki was named by the Tokyo police as the prime suspect in the Glico Morinaga case, a 17-month saga of kidnapping and corporate extortion. He was later cleared.{{cite news|title=Weekend Beat: 'Thoroughbred yakuza' survives suspicion, shootout |author=Sayaka Yakushiji |url=http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200510220177.html |newspaper=Asahi Shimbun |date=22 October 2005 |access-date=15 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220021720/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200510220177.html |archive-date=December 20, 2005 }}