Obata
Appearance
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 (1885–1975), Japanese-American artist
- Gyo Obata (born 1923), American architect
- Hideyoshi Obata (1890–1944), general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II
- Isao Obata (1904–1976), Japanese karate master
- Jumpei Obata, Japanese football player
- Kayoko Obata (born 1971), Japanese long-distance runner
- Kunihiko Obata (born 1980), retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler
- Obata Kagenori (1572–1663), Confucian scholar and samurai
- Obata Masamori (1534–1582), Japanese samurai warrior
- Obata Toramori (1491–1561), Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period
- Reiko Obata, Japanese-American koto performer and composer
- Saori Obata (born 1978), Japanese tennis player
- Takeshi Obata (born 1969), Japanese manga artist
See also
- Obata, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture, Japan