Surname

Shinohara

Shinohara (篠原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo grass + field, and Wikidata lists 148 notable people with this family name.

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Written篠原しのはらbamboo grass + field

What Shinohara means

篠
bamboo grass
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Shinohara 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 Shinohara

Kojiro Shinohara 篠原 弘次郎Japanese association football player
Emi Shinohara 篠原 恵美Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)
Shinichi Shinohara 篠原 信一Japanese judoka

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji