Kinoshita

Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Airi Kinoshita (木下 あいり, 1998–2005), Japanese murder victim
• Akira Kinoshita (木之下 晃, 1936–2015), Japanese photographer
• Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor
• Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, born 1982), Japanese actress
• Cherry Kinoshita (1923–2008), Japanese American activist
• Hiroyuki Kinoshita (木下 浩之, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
• Houka Kinoshita (木下 ほうか, born 1964), Japanese actor
• Iesada Kinoshita (木下 家定, 1543–1608), Japanese samurai
• Jun'an Kinoshita (木下 順庵, 1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher
• Junji Kinoshita (木下 順二, 1914–2006), Japanese playwright
• Keisuke Kinoshita (木下 惠介, 1912–1998), Japanese film director
• Kōichi Kinoshita (木下 浩一, born 1967), Japanese shogi player
• Kosuke Kinoshita (木下 康介, born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Kozue Kinoshita (木下 梢, 1912–?), Japanese ice hockey player
• Kyosuke Kinoshita (木下 恭輔, born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao
• Makiko Kinoshita (木下 牧子, born 1956), Japanese composer
• Masaki Kinoshita (木下 正貴, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Masao Kinoshita (木下 政雄, 1910–1985), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan
• Masao Kinoshita (architect) (1925–2003) was an American landscape architect
• Mokutaro Kinoshita (木下 杢太郎, 1885–1945), pen-name of a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic
• Nahoko Kinoshita (木下 菜穂子, born 1980), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Naoe Kinoshita (木下 尚江, 1869–1937), Japanese Christian socialist activist and author
• Naoyuki Kinoshita (木下 直之, born 1954), Japanese art historian
• Noriaki Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese American football player
• Kinoshita Rigen (木下 利玄, 1886–1925), pen-name of Japanese author Viscount Kinoshita Toshiharu, noted for his tanka poetry
• Robert Kinoshita (1914–2014), American artist, art director and set and production designer
• Sakura Kinoshita (木下 さくら), Japanese manga artist
• Sayaka Kinoshita (木下 紗華, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
• Takanori Kinoshita (木下 孝則, 1894–1973), Japanese artist
• Toichiro Kinoshita (木下 東一郎, 1925–2023), Japanese theoretical physicist
• Yuka Kinoshita (木下 ゆうか, born 1985), Japanese professional eater
• Yūji Kinoshita (木下 夕爾, 1914–1965), Japanese poet

See also[edit]

• 7250 Kinoshita, asteroid
• Kinoshita Station

Surname list

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