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Sakuhei Fujiwhara (藤原咲平, Fujihara Sakuhei, October 29, 1884 – September 22, 1950) was a Japanese meteorologist who became the namesake for the Fujiwhara effect, an important interaction when forecasting cyclone tracks, particularly tropical cyclones. Novelist Jiro Nitta is his nephew and mathematician Masahiko Fujiwara is his grandnephew. He preferred to spell his surname as Fujiwhara, which is unusual by modern standards: Hepburn romanization (Fujihara or Fujiwara) is more common after World War II. Japanese texts give the furigana for his name as either Fujihara, Fujiwara or both.

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