# Obata

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**Obata** (written: , , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Atsushi Obata](/source/Atsushi_Obata) (小畑 篤史, born 1973), Japanese rower
- [Chiura Obata](/source/Chiura_Obata) (小圃 千浦, 1885–1975), Japanese-American artist
- [Gyo Obata](/source/Gyo_Obata) (1923–2022), American architect
- [Hideyoshi Obata](/source/Hideyoshi_Obata) (小畑 英良, 1890–1944), general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II
- [Toshishiro Obata](/source/Toshishiro_Obata) (小幡 利城, born 1948), martial artist, choreographer, actor, and founder of [Shinkendo](/source/Shinkendo)
- [Isao Obata](/source/Isao_Obata) (小畑 功, 1904–1976), Japanese karate master
- [Kayoko Obata](/source/Kayoko_Obata) (小幡 佳代子, born 1971), Japanese long-distance runner
- [Kunihiko Obata](/source/Kunihiko_Obata) (小幡 邦彦, born 1980), retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler
- [Obata Kagenori](/source/Obata_Kagenori) (小幡 景憲, 1572–1663), Confucian scholar and samurai
- [Obata Masamori](/source/Obata_Masamori) (小幡 昌盛, 1534–1582), Japanese samurai warrior
- [Morio Obata](/source/Morio_Obata) (小畠 守生, 1926–2006), Japanese mathematician
- [Obata Toramori](/source/Obata_Toramori) (小畠 虎盛, 1491–1561), Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period
- [Reiko Obata](/source/Reiko_Obata), Japanese-American koto performer and composer
- [Saori Obata](/source/Saori_Obata) (小畑 沙織, born 1978), Japanese tennis player
- [Takeshi Obata](/source/Takeshi_Obata) (小畑 健, born 1969), Japanese manga artist
- [Yuma Obata](/source/Yuma_Obata) (小畑 裕馬, born 2001), Japanese footballer

Shuichi Obata Born 1932 Japanese designer

## See also

- [Obata, Mie](/source/Obata,_Mie), a former town in Mie Prefecture, Japan

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