Surname
Ashihara
Ashihara (芦原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean reed + field, and Wikidata lists 12 notable people with this family name.
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What Ashihara means
芦
reed
原
field, plain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Ashihara describes a place. Its kanji point to a plain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Ashihara
Hideyuki Ashihara 芦原 英幸Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Ashihara kaikan (1944-1995)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.