Hayashi

{{otheruses}} {{Infobox surname | name = Hayashi | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = {{IPA|ja|ha̠ja̠ɕi|}} | meaning = woods | region = Japan | origin = Japanese | variant = Kobayashi <br> Lin <br> Im | footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html |title=1990 Census Name Files |access-date=2017-12-09 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101007112151/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html |archive-date=2010-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} '''Hayashi''' (林, literally "woods"), is the 19th most common Japanese surname.<ref>{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-09-27}}</ref> It shares the same character as the Chinese surname Lin and the Korean surname Im.

== Notable people with the surname == *{{Nihongo|Aiko Hayashi|林愛子||born 1993}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer *{{Nihongo|Akihiro Hayashi|林彰洋||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Akira|林韑||1800–1859}}, Japanese scholar and diplomat *{{Nihongo|Akira Hayashi (swimmer)|林享||born 1974}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Asuca Hayashi|林明日香||born 1989}}, Japanese singer *Cheryl Hayashi, American biologist *{{Nihongo|Chiaki Hayashi|林千晶}}, Japanese businesswoman *{{Nihongo|Chujiro Hayashi|林忠次郎||1880–1940}}, Japanese naval surgeon and Reiki practitioner *{{Nihongo|Chushiro Hayashi|林忠四郎||1920–2010}}, Japanese astrophysicist *{{Nihongo|Coco Hayashi|林鼓子||born 2002}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Daichi Hayashi|林大地||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Eigen Hayashi|林英源||born 1949}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Eitetsu Hayashi|林英哲||born 1952}}, Japanese musician *{{Nihongo|Erina Hayashi|林恵里奈||born 1994}}, Japanese tennis player *{{Nihongo|Fubō Hayashi|林不忘}}, pen name of Kaitarō Hasegawa (1900–1935), Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Fumiko Hayashi (author)|林芙美子||1903 or 1904 – 1951}}, Japanese writer and poet *{{Nihongo|Fumiko Hayashi (politician)|林文子||born 1946}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Fumino Hayashi|林ふみの}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Fumio Hayashi|林文夫||born 1952}}, Japanese economist *{{Nihongo|Fumio Hayashi (doctor)|林文雄||1900–1947}}, Japanese physician *{{Nihongo|Fusao Hayashi|林房雄||1903–1975}}, pen name of Toshio Gotō, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Gahō|林鵞峰||1618–1688}}, Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and writer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Gakusai|林学斎||1833–1906}}, Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Gonsuke (diplomat)|林権助||1860–1939}}, Japanese diplomat *{{Nihongo|Harvey Saburo Hayashi|林三郎||1867–1943}}, Japanese physician *{{Nihongo|Hidekazu Hayashi|林秀一||born 1965}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Hidesada|林秀貞||died 1580}}, Japanese samurai *{{Nihongo|Hikaru Hayashi|林光||1931–2012}}, Japanese classical composer, pianist and conductor *{{Nihongo|Hirofumi Hayashi|林博史||born 1955}}, Japanese historian *{{Nihongo|Hiroki Hayashi|林宏樹}}, Japanese animator *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Hayashi|林寛子||1933–2023}}, better known as Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician *{{Nihongo|Hiroko Hayashi (singer)|林寛子||born 1959}}, Japanese singer, actress and television personality *{{Nihongo|Hiromori Hayashi|林廣守||1831–1896}}, Japanese composer *{{Nihongo|Hiroyuki Hayashi (athlete)|林弘幸||born 1973}}, Japanese sprinter *{{Nihongo|Hiroyuki Hayashi (footballer)|林祐征||born 1983}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Hiroyuki Hayashi (musician)|ハヤシヒロユキ||born 1978}}, Japanese musician *{{Nihongo|Hisao Hayashi|林寿夫||1881–1963}}, Japanese government official *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Hōkō|林鳳岡||1644–1732}}, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher and administrator *{{Nihongo|Honoka Hayashi|林穂之香||born 1998}}, Japanese women's footballer *{{Nihongo|Ikuo Hayashi|林郁夫||born 1947}}, member of Aum Shinrikyo *{{Nihongo|Isao Hayashi|林伊佐緒||1912–1995}}, Japanese singer and composer *{{Nihongo|Izuo Hayashi|林厳雄||1922–2005}}, Japanese physicist *Joe Hayashi (1920–1945), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *{{Nihongo|Jun Hayashi|林潤||born 1972}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Jussai|林述斎||1768–1841}}, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar *{{Nihongo|Kaizo Hayashi|林海象||born 1957}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter *Kanna Hayashi, American academic *{{Nihongo|Kazuaki Hayashi|林一章||born 1976}}, Japanese footballer and manager *{{Nihongo|Kazuhiro Hayashi|林和広||born 1973}}, better known as Kaz Hayashi, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Kazuo Hayashi|林一夫||born 1945}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Keiichi Hayashi|林景一||born 1951}}, Japanese diplomat *{{Nihongo|Keisuke Hayashi|林佳祐||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Keizō Hayashi|林敬三||1907–1991}}, Japanese civil servant and general officer *{{Nihongo|Kenta Hayashi|林健太||born 1994}}, Japanese kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Kentaro Hayashi|林健太郎||born 1972}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Kento Hayashi|林遣都||born 1990}}, Japanese actor *Kim Hayashi (born 1986), American cyclist *Kiralee Hayashi, American stunt woman, actress and gymnast *{{Nihongo|Kohei Hayashi|林晃平||born 1978}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Kotona Hayashi|林琴奈||born 1999}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Kumiko Hayashi|林久美子||born 1972}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Hayashi|林京子||1930–2017}}, Japanese writer *Marc Hayashi (born 1957), American actor *{{Nihongo|Marika Hayashi|林真里花||born 1975}}, Japanese actress and voice actress *{{nihongo|Mariko Hayashi|林真理子||born 1954}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Masako Hayashi|林雅子||1928–2001}}, Japanese architect *Mary Hayashi, American politician *{{Nihongo|Masamichi Hayashi|林誠道||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Masanori Hayashi|林昌範||born 1983}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Masumi Hayashi (murderer)|林眞須美||born 1961}}, Japanese murderer *Masumi Hayashi (photographer) (1945–2006), American photographer and artist *{{Nihongo|Mizuki Hayashi|林瑞輝||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer *Moritaka Hayashi, Japanese lawyer *{{Nihongo|Motoo Hayashi|林幹雄||born 1947}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Nagisa Hayashi|林なぎさ||born 1986}}, Japanese field hockey player *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Narinaga|林就長||1517–1605}}, Japanese samurai *{{Nihongo|Nobu Hayashi|林伸樹||born 1978}}, Japanese karateka and kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Ōen|林桜園||1797–1870}}, Japanese physician, military strategist, scholar, Shinto priest, diviner, and nationalist *Okagi Hayashi (林おかぎ, 1909–2025), Japanese supercentenarian *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hayashi|林修||born 1965}}, Japanese television personality *Patrick Hayashi, the defendant in the property law case ''Popov v. Hayashi'' *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Razan|林羅山||1583–1657}}, Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and writer *Ryan Hayashi (born 1973), Canadian magician *{{Nihongo|Ryohei Hayashi|林陵平||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Ryūkō|林榴岡||1681–1758}}, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher and administrator *{{Nihongo|Ryuta Hayashi|林隆太||born 1990}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Saki Hayashi|林咲希||born 1995}}, Japanese women's basketball player *{{Nihongo|Satoru Hayashi|林慧||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer *Saya Hayashi ( 林沙耶, born 1999), Japanese actress, singer, model, and radio personality known professionally as Rikka Ihara (伊原六花) *Scott B. Hayashi (born 1953), American Episcopal bishop *{{Nihongo|Senjūrō Hayashi|林銑十郎||1876–1943}}, Japanese general, politician and Prime Minister of Japan *{{Nihongo|Shigeo Hayashi|林重男||1918–2002}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Shihei|林子平||1738-1793}}, Japanese military scholar *Hayashi Shiryu, Japanese swordsman *Shizuya Hayashi, Japanese-American World War II soldier *{{Nihongo|Shōji Hayashi|林昌二||1928–2011}}, Japanese architect *{{Nihongo|Shūji Hayashi|林修司||born 1979}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Tadaaki Hayashi|林忠明}}, Japanese table tennis player *{{Nihongo|Tadahiko Hayashi|林忠彦||1918–1990}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Tadamasa Hayashi|林忠正||1853–1906}}, Japanese art dealer *{{Nihongo|Tadashi Hayashi|林正||born 1962}}, Japanese basketball coach *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Tadasu|林董||1850–1913}}, Japanese diplomat *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Tadataka|林忠崇||1848–1941}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Tadayoshi Hayashi|林忠義||born 1968}}, Japanese equestrian *{{Nihongo|Takanobu Hayashi|林隆喜||born 1946}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Takehiro Hayashi|林威宏||born 1976}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takenori Hayashi|林丈統||born 1980}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takuto Hayashi|林卓人||born 1982}}, Japanese footballer *Teru Hayashi (1914–2003), Japanese-American biologist *{{Nihongo|Tetsuji Hayashi|林哲司|born 1949}}, Japanese composer *{{Nihongo|Tomomi Hayashi|林知充||born 1971}}, Japanese-Estonian architect *{{Nihongo|Tomoya Hayashi|林友哉||born 1999}}, Japanese footballer *Toshiko Hayashi (1940–2022), Japanese communist politician *{{Nihongo|Toshiyuki Hayashi|林敏之||born 1960}}, Japanese rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Tsuruichi Hayashi|林鶴一||1873–1935}}, Japanese mathematician *{{Nihongo|Tsuyoshi Hayashi|林剛史||born 1982}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Utako|林歌子||1865–1946}}, Japanese educator and social worker *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Hayashi|林泰男||1957–2018}}, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway *{{Nihongo|Yasunori Hayashi|林康紀||born 1965}}, Japanese neuroscientist *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Yasusada|林権助||1806–1868}}, Japanese samurai *{{Nihongo|Yohei Hayashi|林容平||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Yoichi Hayashi|林与一||born 1942}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Yoko Hayashi|林陽子||born 1956}}, Japanese lawyer *{{Nihongo|Yoshihide Hayashi|林義秀||1891–1978}}, Japanese general *{{Nihongo|Yoshiki Hayashi|林佳樹||born 1965}}, better known as Yoshiki, Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer *{{Nihongo|Yoshimasa Hayashi|林芳正||born 1961}}, Japanese politician *Yoshimi Hayashi (1923–2006), American lawyer *{{Nihongo|Yoshiro Hayashi (golfer)|林由郎||1922–2012}}, Japanese golfer *{{Nihongo|Yoshiro Hayashi (politician)|林義郎||1927–2017}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Yū Hayashi|林勇||born 1983}}, Japanese voice actor and singer *{{Nihongo|Yuichiro Hayashi|林祐一郎||}}, Japanese director *{{Nihongo|Yuki Hayashi (archer)|林勇気||born 1984}}, Japanese archer *{{Nihongo|Yuki Hayashi (composer)|林ゆうき||born 1980}}, Japanese composer and arranger *{{Nihongo|Yukina Hayashi|林有紀奈||born 1996}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Yumika Hayashi|林由美香||1970–2005}}, Japanese AV idol and actress *{{Nihongo|Yusuke Hayashi|林勇介||born 1990}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Hayashi Yūzō|林有造||1842–1921}}, Japanese politician

==See also== *林 (disambiguation)

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Japanese-language surnames