Furuta (written: 古田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese baseball player and player-manager
*, Japanese football player
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese football player
*, Japanese murder victim
*, Imperial Japanese Navy dive bomber pilot
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese basketball player
*, Japanese social reformer, educator, radio and television personality, and politician
*, Japanese samurai
*, Japanese football player
*, Japanese astronomer
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese hurdler
*, Japanese jurist
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Japanese-language surnames