Iki Hakatoko
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- Died: Late Asuka Period?
- Titles: Muraji
- Japanese: 伊吉連博徳 (Iki no Muraji Hakatoko)
A Japanese diplomat. He wrote a successful appeal to the Tang Emperor after a Korean delegation had made false statements against the Japanese mission in 659. In consequence, the mission's punishment was remitted.
References
- Wang, Zhenping. Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period, Association for Asian Studies and University of Hawai'i Press, HI, 2005.