Obata

Obata (written: 小畑, 小幡, 小畠 or 小圃) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Atsushi Obata (小畑 篤史, born 1973), Japanese rower
• Chiura Obata (小圃 千浦, 1885–1975), Japanese-American artist
• Gyo Obata (1923–2022), American architect
• Hideyoshi Obata (小畑 英良, 1890–1944), general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II
• Toshishiro Obata (小幡 利城, born 1948), martial artist, choreographer, actor, and founder of Shinkendo
• Isao Obata (小畑 功, 1904–1976), Japanese karate master
• Jumpei Obata (小幡 純平, born 1988), Japanese football player
• Kayoko Obata (小幡 佳代子, born 1971), Japanese long-distance runner
• Kunihiko Obata (小幡 邦彦, born 1980), retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler
• Obata Kagenori (小幡 景憲, 1572–1663), Confucian scholar and samurai
• Obata Masamori (小幡 昌盛, 1534–1582), Japanese samurai warrior
• Obata Toramori (小畠 虎盛, 1491–1561), Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period
• Reiko Obata, Japanese-American koto performer and composer
• Saori Obata (小畑 沙織, born 1978), Japanese tennis player
• Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, born 1969), Japanese manga artist
• Yuma Obata (小畑 裕馬, born 2001), Japanese footballer

See also

• Obata, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture, Japan