Kuwabara (written: lit. "mulberry field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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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
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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
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Honinbo Shusaku (1829–1862), born as Torajirō Kuwabara, Japanese Go player
*, Japanese water polo player
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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, a character in ''YuYu Hakusho'' media
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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
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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", a Japanese phrase which is said to ward off lightning
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Japanese-language surnames