Kihara (surname)

Kihara (written: 木原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this surname include:

People

• Hitoshi Kihara (木原 均, 1893–1986), Japanese geneticist
• Keisuke Kihara (木原 敬介, born 1939), Japanese politician
• Masakazu Kihara (木原 正和, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Michiko Kihara (木原 美知子, 1948–2007), Japanese swimmer and TV actress
• Minoru Kihara, multiple people
• Miyuu Kihara (木原 美悠, born 2004), Japanese table tennis player
• Nobutoshi Kihara (木原 信敏, 1926–2011), Japanese engineer
• Ryōko Kihara (樹原 涼子), Japanese composer, pianist, music educator
• Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
• Seiji Kihara (木原 誠二, born 1970), Japanese politician
• Shichirō Kihara (木原 七郎, 1884–1951), Japanese politician
• Shigeyuki Kihara, Japanese-Samoan artist
• Toshie Kihara (木原 敏江, born 1948), Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Nayuta Kihara, Gensei Kihara, Therestina Kihara Lifeline, Kagun Kihara, Amata Kihara and many others, characters in the light novel series A Certain Magical Index
• Tsumugu Kihara, one of the main characters of Nagi no Asukara