Niwa is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Niwa clan, retainer clan of the Oda clan during the Sengoku period of Japan (1603 – 1868)
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Niwa Nagaaki, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1796 – 1813
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Niwa Nagahide, Daimyō of Shirakawa
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Niwa Nagahiro, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1868 – 1871
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Niwa Nagakuni
Viscount was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 10th '' daimyō'' of Nihonmatsu Domain in the Tōhoku region of Japan. He was the 11th hereditary chieftain of the Niwa clan. His courtesy title was ''Saikyō-no-daifu'', and his Cour ...
, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1858 – 1868
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Niwa Nagashige, Daimyō of Shirakawa, 1628 – 1638
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Niwa Nagatomi, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1813 – 1858
*, Japanese curler, 1998 Winter Olympics participant
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Daiki Niwa (footballer), Japanese footballer
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Hideki Niwa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kasugai, Aichi and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected for the first time i ...
, Japanese politician
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Koki Niwa
is a Japanese male table tennis player. He is the gold medalist at the 2010 Youth Olympics and he won the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 (doubles) and 2011 (singles).
On 21 April 2012, he defeated Ma Long of China, World Ran ...
, Japanese table tennis player
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Mikiho Niwa, Japanese actress
*, Japanese samurai and ''daimyō''
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Ryuhei Niwa
is a Japanese football player who plays for SC Sagamihara
is a Japanese association football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. They currently play in the third tier of Japanese football J3 League.
History
In 2011 they joined Div ...
, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
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Uichiro Niwa, Japanese diplomat and businessman
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Yasujiro Niwa
was a Japanese electrical scientist from Matsusaka, Mie. In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio, a precursor to mechanical television. He later became the Director of the ...
, Japanese scientist
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Yuya Niwa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Niihari District, Ibaraki and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the ...
, Japanese politician
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Japanese-language surnames