How to say "creator" in Japanese

• クリエイターCommon
  nounA loanword covering the general sense of creator: a person who creates, especially in creative fields; it can also mean an inventor. Use it when simply calling someone a creator.
• 作者さくしゃJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe creator of a particular work — its author, writer, or artist. Use it to say who made a specific work, such as a novel, rather than for creators in general.
  その小説しょうせつの作者さくしゃは誰だれでしょうか。↗

  Who is the author of the novel?
• 生みの親うみのおやCommon
  expression, nounA figurative term, literally 'birth parent': the person who brought something into being, viewed as its parent. Used for the founder of an organization or the creator of a product, idea, or character.

Use 「クリエイター」 for a creator as a person, 作者 for the creator of a particular work, and 「生みの親」 figuratively for the person who founded or brought something into being.

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• クリエイターcreator
• 作者さくしゃcreator (of a work)
• 作り手つくりてmaker
• 創作者そうさくしゃcreator
• 創造者そうぞうしゃcreator
• 創造主そうぞうしゅCreator
• 造物主ぞうぶつしゅCreator (of all things)
• 表現者ひょうげんしゃperson who expresses themselves (through speech, art, etc.)
• 制作者せいさくしゃproducer (of film, theatre, TV, etc.)
• 造り主つくりぬしmaker
• 生みの親うみのおやfounder