Sugawara (written: 菅原 lit. "sedge field"), also read as Sugahara, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Sugawara no Kiyotomo
, also read as Kiyokimi, was a Japanese court noble, poet, and politician of the early Heian period. He served as Vice Minister of Ceremonial Affairs, Mayor of the Left Capital District, and Vice Governor of Harima Province (824-825), and held ...
(770–842), Japanese courtier and bureaucrat of the early Heian period
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Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), Japanese scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period
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Sugawara no Koreyoshi
was a Japanese aristocrat, poet and politician of the early Heian period. He was the fourth son of Sugawara no Kiyotomo. He reached the court rank of and the position of '' sangi''.
Life
Koreyoshi was said to be intelligent and wise from a ...
(812–880), Japanese noble and scholar of the early Heian period
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Bunta Sugawara (1933–2014), Japanese actor
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Chieko Sugawara
Chieko Sugawara ( ja, 菅原 千恵子; born 15 August 1976) is a Japanese fencer. She represented Japan and competed in the women's individual foil events at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially ...
(born 1976), Japanese fencer
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Hiroshi Sugawara (born 1955), Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter
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Hirotaka Sugawara (born 1938), Japanese physicist
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Isshu Sugawara
is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Career
Sugawara is a native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Waseda University. After an uns ...
(born 1962), Japanese politician
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Julia Sugawara (born 1982), Canadian rugby union player
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Kazuhiko Sugawara
was a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo ...
(born 1927), Japanese former speed skater
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Kota Sugawara
is a Japanese football player who played for Kochi United SC of the Shikoku Soccer League
is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers the four prefectures that comprises the Shikoku ...
(born 1985), Japanese football player
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Sadatoshi Sugawara
is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, J ...
(born 1939), Japanese former volleyball player
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Shinobu Sugawara (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
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Sayuri Sugawara (born 1990), Japanese singer
*, Japanese hammer thrower
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Taro Sugahara
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Sugahara was born in Otsu on June 14, 1981. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he moved to Brazil and joined Mirassol in 2000. In 2001, he returned to Japan and joined J1 Leag ...
(born 1981), Japanese footballer
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Takuya Sugawara (born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
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Tomo Sugawara
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Sugawara was born in Muroran on June 3, 1976. He joined Verdy Kawasaki (later ''Tokyo Verdy'') from youth team in 1995. On July 19, he debuted and scored goal against Urawa Reds. From 1996, he ...
(born 1976), Japanese football player
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Tomoko Sugawara
Tomoko Sugawara is a harpist from Tokyo, Japan who grew up playing classical and Irish harp before learning to play the kugo or angular harp. With Swedish professor Bo Lawergren, whom she met at a kugo museum exhibit in Nara, Japan she enginee ...
, Japanese harpist
*, Japanese social activist and actor
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Yasaburo Sugawara
is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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(born 1952), Japanese former wrestler
*, Japanese rally driver
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Japanese-language surnames