Among writers, Yasutaka TSUTSUI has been well known as an enthusiast of Kihachi since his youth, and dedicated an homage to the director in his first full-length novel "Umanokubi Fuunroku" (Adventurous chronicle of 'Horse Neck'), etc.
作家では筒井康隆が青年時代からの熱心な喜八ファンとして有名であり、初期長編『馬の首風雲録』などでオマージュを捧げている。