Obata
Obata means:
- a city in Gunma Prefecture: Obata (Gunma) (today: Kanra (Gunma) )
- a fiefdom with seat in this: Obata (Han)
- a city in the prefecture of Mie: Obata (Mie) (today: Ise (Mie) )
Obata is a family name for the following people:
- Chiura Obata (1885–1975), Japanese painter
- Gyo Obata (* 1923), American architect
- Hideyoshi Obata (1890–1944), Japanese lieutenant general , 1944 commander of the 31st Army, defended Guam
- Jumpei Obata (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Obata Kagenori , also Obata Dōgyū, Confucian scholar
- Kayoko Obata (* 1971), Japanese marathon runner
- Obata Masamori , Japanese general
- Saori Obata (* 1978), Japanese tennis player
- Takeshi Obata (* 1969), Japanese mangaka
- Obata Tokujirō (1842–1905), Japanese scholar, educator, reformer
- Obata Toramori , Japanese samurai
- Obata Toshirō , Japanese politician
- Toshishiro Obata (* 1948), Japanese sword artist, one of the founders of the Shinkendō
- Yūki Obata , Japanese mangaka
