Fujiwara Explained
Fujiwara (pronounced as /ja/, written: 藤原 lit. "Wisteria field"[1]) is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include:
- Families
- Art and entertainment
- Fujiwara (owarai), Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Toshifumi Fujimoto (藤本 敏史) and Takayuki Haranishi (原西 孝幸)
- , Japanese photographer
- Harry Fujiwara (Mr. Fuji) (1934 - 2016), Japanese-American wrestler
- , Japanese musician, trendsetter, producer, and designer
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese actress and film director
- , Japanese voice actor
- , lead singer and composer for the Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken
- , Japanese beauty queen, model and actress
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese video game designer
- , Japanese actor and professional wrestler
- , Japanese tenor singer
- Science
- , Japanese mathematician and essayist
- , Japanese mathematician and historian of mathematics
- , Japanese meteorologist
- Politicians
- , Japanese nurse and politician
- René Fujiwara (born 1984), Mexican politician
- Sports
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese tennis player
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese kickboxer
Fictional characters
- Fujiwara, character of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Chika Fujiwara, character of
- 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
- 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
Notes and References
- Yiengpruksawan . Mimi Hall . 1994 . What's in a Name? Fujiwara Fixation in Japanese Cultural History . Monumenta Nipponica . 49 . 4 . 424 from 423–453 . 10.2307/2385257 . 0027-0741.
