Surname

Kishimoto

Kishimoto (岸本) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shore + origin, and Wikidata lists 87 notable people with this family name.

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Written岸本きしもとshore + origin

What Kishimoto means

岸
shore
本
origin, base

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Kishimoto describes a place. Its kanji point to the base or foot of something, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Kishimoto

Masashi Kishimoto 岸本 斉史Japanese manga artist (born 1974)
Seishi Kishimoto 岸本 聖史Japanese mangaka

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji