Obata Explained

Obata (written:,, or) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese-American artist
• Gyo Obata (1923–2022), American architect
• , general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II
• , martial artist, choreographer, actor, and founder of Shinkendo
• , Japanese karate master
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler
• , Confucian scholar and samurai
• , Japanese samurai warrior
• , Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period
• Reiko Obata, Japanese-American koto performer and composer
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese footballer

Shuichi Obata Born 1932 Japanese designer

See also

• Obata, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture, Japan