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