Kawabata (surname) explained

Kawabata (written: 川畑, 川端 or 河端) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese haiku poem
• , Japanese skier
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese softball player
• , Japanese track Olympian
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese drifting driver
• Minoru Kawabata (1911–2001), Japanese artist
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese manga writer
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese figure skater
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese writer