Matsubara (family name)
Matsubara is a Japanese family name .
Origin and meaning
The name in Japanese script 松原 is made up of 松 matsu (" pine ") and 原 hara ("field, meadow, plain, wilderness"), which means something like "plane of the pines" or "pine wilderness".
Name bearer
- Arisa Matsubara (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Hiroki Matsubara (* 1973), Japanese football player
- Hisako Matsubara (* 1935), Japanese writer
- Jin Matsubara (* 1956), Japanese politician
- Ken Matsubara (* 1993), Japanese football player
- Matsubara Kiyomatsu (1907–1968), Japanese zoologist and marine biologist
- Kō Matsubara (* 1996), Japanese football player
- Naoko Matsubara (* 1937), Japanese-Canadian graphic artist
- Shūhei Matsubara (* 1992), Japanese football player
- Sumire Matsubara (* 1990), Japanese film actress, singer and model
- Tadaaki Matsubara (* 1977), Japanese football player
- Takehisa Matsubara (* 1937), Japanese politician, 1997–2009 mayor of Nagoya
- Takeo Matsubara , Japanese theoretical physicist and university professor
- Yoshika Matsubara (* 1974), Japanese football player
- Yūki Matsubara (* 1988), Japanese football player