Aratama is a
Japanese surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...
. People with this surname include:
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese badminton player
See also
*Aratama District, which was merged into
Inasa District, Shizuoka
was a rural district located in western Shizuoka, Japan.
As of the end of 2003 (the last data available before its dissolution), the district had an estimated population of 52,485 and a population density of 227.20 persons per km2. Its total are ...
in 1896
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Aratama Maru
''Aratama Maru'' (Kanji:) was a merchant ship of the Empire of Japan. Launched in 1938, she was pressed into service as a munitions transport in World War II. She was struck by a torpedo fired from on April 8, 1944, while approaching Guam as par ...
'', Japanese merchant ship launched in 1938
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Japanese-language surnames