Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "Wisteria field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include:

Families

  • The Fujiwara clan and its members
  • Fujiwara no Kamatari
  • Fujiwara no Fuhito
  • Fujiwara no Michinaga
  • Northern Fujiwara clan
  • Fujiwara no Kiyohira

Arts and entertainment

  • , 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
  • , Japanese scientist in the field of combustion and detonation

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
  • , Japanese racing driver

Fictional characters

  • Fujiwara, character of Haruhi Suzumiya
  • Chika Fujiwara, character of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
  • 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 Code: Breaker
  • 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

  • Fujiwara, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture
  • Fujiwara-kyō, an ancient Imperial capital of Japan, corresponding to modern-day Kashihara, Nara
  • The Fujiwhara effect (in weather)
  • Fujiwara (comedy duo), Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Toshifumi Fujimoto (藤本 敏史) and Takayuki Haranishi (原西 孝幸)

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