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Kuwabara (written: lit. "mulberry field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *
Bruce Kuwabara Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, (O.C., B.Arch, OAA, FRAIC, RAIC, AIA, RIBA) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of the firm KPMB Architects (formed in 1987). He is an invested Officer of the Order of Canada and recipient of the RAIC Gold Medal. ...
(born 1949), Canadian architect *
Kineo Kuwabara was a Japanese editor and photographer, known for photographing Tokyo for over half a century. Kuwabara was born in Tokyo in 1913. He started taking photographs around 1931 with a Vest Pocket Kodak, but his interest increased as a result of an i ...
(1913–2007), Japanese photographer and editor *, Japanese ice hockey player *
Honinbo Shusaku In the history of Go in Japan, the four Go houses were four major schools of Go instituted, supported, and controlled by the state, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate. (There were also many minor houses.) At roughly the same time shogi w ...
(1829–1862), born as Torajirō Kuwabara, Japanese Go player *, Japanese water polo player *
Shisei Kuwabara is a photojournalist best known for his depiction of the effects of mercury poisoning on people in and near Minamata over a period of some forty years. Kuwabara was born — as Fumiaki Kuwabara (, ''Kuwabara Fumiaki'') — in the villa ...
(born 1936), Japanese photojournalist


Fictional characters

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Kazuma Kuwabara The ''YuYu Hakusho'' manga series features a diverse cast of fictional characters created by Yoshihiro Togashi. It follows fourteen-year-old junior high school delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who dies and is resurrected in order to become the Underw ...
, a character in ''YuYu Hakusho'' media *
Shizuru Kuwabara The ''YuYu Hakusho'' manga series features a diverse cast of Character (arts), fictional characters created by Yoshihiro Togashi. It follows fourteen-year-old junior high school delinquent #Yusuke Urameshi, Yusuke Urameshi, who dies and is resur ...
, a character in ''YuYu Hakusho'' media *
Kuwabara Hon'inbo The plot of ''Hikaru no Go'' revolves around the Japanese Go world. Several of the manga's prominent characters hold Go titles. The title holder is then called by a combination of their name and the title they hold. In the case of a multiple tit ...
, a character in ''Hikaru no Go'' media


See also

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Kuwabara kuwabara is a phrase used in the Japanese language to ward off lightning. It is analogous to the English phrase " knock on wood" to prevent bad luck or "rain rain go away". The word ''kuwabara'' literally means "mulberry field". According to one explanati ...
", a Japanese phrase which is said to ward off lightning {{surname Japanese-language surnames