Surname
Kuribayashi
Kuribayashi (栗林) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean chestnut + grove, and Wikidata lists 20 notable people with this family name.
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What Kuribayashi means
栗
chestnut
林
grove
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Kuribayashi describes a place. Its kanji point to a grove, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Kuribayashi
Tadamichi Kuribayashi 栗林 忠道Japanese general (1891-1945)
Minami Kuribayashi 栗林 みな実Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.