Kihara (surname)
# Kihara (surname)

Kihara (written: 木原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this surname include:

## People

* Hitoshi Kihara (木原 均, 1893–1986), Japanese geneticist
* Keisuke Kihara (木原 敬介, born 1939), Japanese politician
* Masakazu Kihara (木原 正和, born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Michiko Kihara (木原 美知子, 1948–2007), Japanese swimmer and TV actress
* Minoru Kihara, multiple people
* Miyuu Kihara (木原 美悠, born 2004), Japanese table tennis player
* Nobutoshi Kihara (木原 信敏, 1926–2011), Japanese engineer
* Ryōko Kihara (樹原 涼子), Japanese composer, pianist, music educator
* Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
* Seiji Kihara (木原 誠二, born 1970), Japanese politician
* Shichirō Kihara (木原 七郎, 1884–1951), Japanese politician
* Shigeyuki Kihara, Japanese-Samoan artist
* Toshie Kihara (木原 敏江, born 1948), Japanese manga artist

## Fictional characters

* Nayuta Kihara, Gensei Kihara, Therestina Kihara Lifeline, Kagun Kihara, Amata Kihara and many others, characters in the light novel series A Certain Magical Index
* Tsumugu Kihara, one of the main characters of Nagi no Asukara
