Inahata Teiko (; 8 January 1931 â 27 February 2022) was a Japanese haiku poet, essayist and literary critic.
Born in Yokohama, the granddaughter of poet Kyoshi Takahama and the daughter of poet , Inahata had been composing haiku since she was still a child. She studied at Kobayashi Seishin Women's College.
Inahata published her first collection of haiku in 1976. In 1979 she succeeded her father as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Hototogisu, and was editor of the newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. In 1987 she founded and was the first secretary of the , later serving as its honorary president. She was a Catholic.
Inahata died in Ashiya, Hyà Âgo Prefecture on 27 February 2022, at the age of 91.