Fujiwara

Fujiwara (Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯʑiwaɾa], written: 藤原 lit. "Wisteria field"^[1]) is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as /fuːdʒiːˈwɑːrə/.) Notable people with the surname include:

Families

• The Fujiwara clan and its members
  • Fujiwara no Kamatari
  • Fujiwara no Fuhito
  • Fujiwara no Michinaga
• Northern Fujiwara clan
  • Fujiwara no Kiyohira

Art and entertainment

• Fujiwara (owarai), Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Toshifumi Fujimoto (藤本 敏史) and Takayuki Haranishi (原西 孝幸)
• Atsushi Fujiwara (藤原 敦, born 1963), Japanese photographer
• Harry Fujiwara (Mr. Fuji) (1934 - 2016), Japanese-American wrestler
• Hiroshi Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロシ, born 1964), Japanese musician, trendsetter, producer, and designer
• Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原 釜足, 1905–1985), Japanese actor
• Kei Fujiwara (不二稿 京, born 1957), Japanese actress and film director
• Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治, 1964–2020), Japanese voice actor
• Motoo Fujiwara (藤原 基央, born 1979), lead singer and composer for the Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken
• Norika Fujiwara (藤原 紀香, born 1971), Japanese beauty queen, model and actress
• Tatsuya Fujiwara (藤原 竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor
• Tokuro Fujiwara (藤原 得郎, born 1961), Japanese video game designer
• Yoshiaki Fujiwara (藤原 喜明, born 1949), Japanese actor and professional wrestler
• Yoshie Fujiwara (藤原 義江, 1898–1976), Japanese tenor singer

Science

• Masahiko Fujiwara (藤原 正彦, born 1943), Japanese mathematician and essayist
• Matsusaburo Fujiwara (藤原 松三郎, 1881–1946), Japanese mathematician and historian of mathematics
• Sakuhei Fujiwhara (藤原 咲平, 1884–1950), Japanese meteorologist

Politicians

• Michiko Fujiwara (藤原 道子, 1900–1983), Japanese nurse and politician
• René Fujiwara (born 1984), Mexican politician

Sports

• Naoya Fujiwara (藤原 直哉, born 1965), Japanese shogi player
• Rika Fujiwara (藤原 里華, born 1981), Japanese tennis player
• Shiho Fujiwara (藤原 志保, born 1971), Japanese ice hockey player
• Sotaro Fujiwara (藤原 崇太郎, born 1998), Japanese judoka
• Toshio Fujiwara (藤原 敏男, born 1948), Japanese kickboxer

Fictional characters

• Fujiwara, character of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Chika Fujiwara, character of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
  • Daichi Fujiwara, her father
• Chiyoko Fujiwara, main character of Millennium Actress
• Hazuki Fujiwara, a.k.a. Reanne Griffith, character in Ojamajo Doremi (Magical DoReMi)
  • Akira Fujiwara, a.k.a. George Griffith, her father
  • Reiko Fujiwara, her mother
• Fujiwara no Mokou, a character of Touhou Project
• Fujiwara-no-Sai, character of Hikaru no Go
• Fujiwara no Takamichi, character of Harukanaru Toki no Naka de
• Takumi Fujiwara, character of Initial D
• Toki Fujiwara, a character of Code: Breaker
• Fujiwara no Yukitaka, character of Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2
• Zakuro Fujiwara, a.k.a. Renee Roberts, character of Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power)

See also

• Fujiwara, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture
• Fujiwara-kyō, an ancient Imperial capital of Japan, corresponding to modern-day Kashihara, Nara
• The Fujiwhara effect (in weather)

References

1. Yiengpruksawan, Mimi Hall (1994). "What's in a Name? Fujiwara Fixation in Japanese Cultural History". Monumenta Nipponica. 49 (4): 424 from 423–453. doi:10.2307/2385257. ISSN 0027-0741.