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7. Yamamoto. This means "one who lives at the foot of the mountains." 8. Nakamura. Means "person from middle village." 9. Kobayashi. Means "small forest."
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [2]
Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,997 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames List of common Japanese surnames
In some names, Japanese characters phonetically "spell" a name and have no intended meaning behind them. Many Japanese personal names use puns. [16] Although usually written in kanji, Japanese names have distinct differences from Chinese names through the selection of characters in a name and the pronunciation of them. A Japanese person can ...
Keiko Ishikawa, a character in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation; Ishikawa (Ghost in the Shell), a character in the Japanese seinen manga Ghost in the Shell; Sensei Sadanobu Ishikawa, a character in the video game Ghost of Tsushima, voiced by and with motion-capture by François Chau
Keiichi Shimizu (志水 桂一), a character in the video game series La Corda d'Oro; Kiyoko Shimizu (清水 潔子), a character in the manga series Haikyū!! Megumi Shimizu (清水 恵), a character in the novel Shiki; Takako Shimizu (清水 多香子), a character in the manga series Chobits
Suzuki (written: 鈴木 lit. "bell wood", "bell tree" or "bud tree") is a Japanese surname.As of 2008, it is the second most common surname in Japan, after Satō, with 1.9 million people registered. [1]