Ayako Sono

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Ayako Sono
Ayako Sono in 1956
Born	Chizuko Machida (1931-09-17)September 17, 1931 Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Died	February 28, 2025(2025-02-28) (aged 93) Tokyo, Japan
Education	University of the Sacred Heart
Years active	1951 – 2022
Notable works	Tamayura (たまゆら) Enrai no kyaku tachi (遠来の客たち)
Spouse	Shumon Miura ​ ​ (m. 1953; died 2017)​

Ayako Sono (曽野 綾子, Sono Ayako, September 17, 1931 – February 28, 2025) was a Japanese writer.

Sono was considered to be a conservative and was also considered to be an advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who had had drawn controversy for advocating for a system similar to South Africa's apartheid for Japan's immigrants.^[1][2][3] She had also advocated for women to quit their jobs after becoming pregnant.^[4]