Shibata (written: lit. "brushwood, ricefield") is the 63rd most common Japanese surname.
Less common variants are and . Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese field hockey player
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese singer
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese comedian
*, Japanese long jumper
*, Japanese singer-songwriter
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Kanjuro Shibata XX
On-yumishi Kanjuro Shibata XX (御弓師 二十代 柴田 勘十郎 ''Shibata Kanjūrō'' born 1921 in Kyoto, Japan, died on 21 October 2013 in Boulder, United States) was twentieth in a line of master bowmakers and a ''kyūdō'' teacher of th ...
(1921–2013), kyudo master and bowmaker
*, Japanese samurai and military commander
*Shibata Katsutoyo (1556–1583), Japanese samurai commander
*, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
*, Japanese actress, singer and model
*, Japanese middle-distance runner
*, Japanese professional boxer
*, Japanese cross-country skier
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese samurai and military commander
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese figure skater
*, Japanese butterfly swimmer
*, Japanese table tennis player
*, Japanese chief executive
*, Japanese fencer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese diplomat
*, Japanese video game music composer and sound director
*, Japanese announcer
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese poet
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese jockey
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese painter and lacquerer
References
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Japanese-language surnames