Kokubun (written: 国分 or 國分) 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 pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced ...

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kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

used to write this surname may also be read Kokubu. Notable people with the surname Kokubun include: * Russell S. Kokubun (born 1948), American politician * (born 1953), Japanese academic and author * (born 1991), Japanese figure skater * (born 1974), Japanese musician and actor * (born 1983), Japanese voice actress Notable people with the surname Kokubu include: * (born , 1973), Japanese impressionist (''monomane tarento'') * (1553–1615), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through early Edo period * (born 1976), Japanese actress and fashion model * (born 1994), Japanese football player

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