Kinoshita

Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Airi Kinoshita (木下あいり; 1998–2005), Japanese murder victim
Akira Kinoshita (木之下晃; 1936–2015), Japanese photographer
Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor
Ayumi Kinoshita (木下あゆ美; born 1982), Japanese actress
Cherry Kinoshita (1923–2008), Japanese American activist
Hiroyuki Kinoshita (木下浩之; born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
Houka Kinoshita (木下ほうか; born 1964), Japanese actor
Iesada Kinoshita (木下家定; 1543–1608), Japanese samurai
Jun'an Kinoshita (木下順庵; 1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher
Junji Kinoshita (木下順二; 1914–2006), Japanese playwright
Keisuke Kinoshita (木下惠介; 1912–1998), Japanese film director
Kōichi Kinoshita (木下浩一; born 1967), Japanese shogi player
Kosuke Kinoshita (木下康介; born 1994), Japanese footballer
Kozue Kinoshita (木下梢; 1912–?), Japanese ice hockey player
Kyosuke Kinoshita (木下恭輔; born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao
Makiko Kinoshita (木下牧子; born 1956), Japanese composer
Masao Kinoshita (木下政雄; 1910–1985), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan
Masao Kinoshita (architect) (1925–2003) was an American landscape architect
Mokutaro Kinoshita (木下杢太郎; 1885–1945), pen-name of a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic
Nahoko Kinoshita (木下菜穂子; born 1980), Japanese actress and voice actress
Naoe Kinoshita (木下尚江; 1869–1937), Japanese Christian socialist activist and author
Naoyuki Kinoshita (木下直之; born 1954), Japanese art historian
Noriaki Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese American football player
Kinoshita Rigen (木下利玄; 1886–1925), pen-name of Japanese author Viscount Kinoshita Toshiharu, noted for his tanka poetry
Robert Kinoshita (1914–2014), American artist, art director and set and production designer
Ryosuke Kinoshita (born 1991), Japanese professional golfer
Sakura Kinoshita (木下さくら), Japanese manga artist
Sayaka Kinoshita (木下紗華; born 1981), Japanese voice actress
Takanori Kinoshita (木下孝則; 1894–1973), Japanese artist
Toichiro Kinoshita (木下東一郎; 1925–2023), Japanese theoretical physicist
Yuka Kinoshita (木下ゆうか; born 1985), Japanese professional eater
Yūji Kinoshita (木下夕爾; 1914–1965), Japanese poet

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