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Ogasawara (written: 小笠原) is a Japanese surname. It may also refer to:


Locations

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Ogasawara Islands The Bonin Islands, also known as the , are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan and northwest of Guam. The name "Bonin Islands" comes from the Japanese word ''bunin'' (an archaic readi ...
, also known as the Bonin Islands, an archipelago of over 30 islands about 1000 km south of Tokyo, Japan *
Ogasawara National Park is a national park in the Ogasawara Islands, located approximately one thousand kilometres to the south of Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1972 within the Municipalities of Japan, municipality of Ogasawara, Tokyo, Ogasawara, itself pa ...
, an island national park located on that archipelago *
Ogasawara Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The subprefecture covers the Ogasawara Archipelago and is coterminous with the village of Ogasawara. The prefectural government maintains a main office on Chichijima and a branch office on Hahajim ...
, a subprefecture of Tokyo, Japan *
Ogasawara, Tokyo is a village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, that governs the Bonin Islands, Volcano Islands, and three remote islands ( Nishinoshima, Minamitorishima and Okinotorishima). History In 1940, five municipalities were crea ...
, a village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo, Japan, that governs the Bonin Islands


People with the surname

*, a Japanese voice actress *, a Japanese anime director from Chiba, Japan *, a Japanese Olympic Curler *, a Japanese baseball player *, Japanese speed skater *, a Japanese football (soccer) player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese rower


Fictional

*, a fictional main character in the ''
Maria-sama ga Miteru , often shortened to , is a Japanese light novel series written by with illustrations by Reine Hibiki. Originally written as a short story in 1997, Shueisha published 37 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012. The story f ...
'' media series *, a character from ''
Hibike! Euphonium is a Japanese novel series written by Ayano Takeda. The story is set in Uji, Kyoto and focuses on the Kitauji High School Music Club, whose concert band is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instructi ...
''


Historical

*, a Japanese samurai clan *, a Japanese retainer of the Minamoto clan during the Heian period *, the 6th and final daimyō of Karatsu Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan *, a Japanese samurai and official in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa Shogunate *, an Admiral and naval strategist in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji and Taishō period Japan *, a Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period *, a Japanese daimyo of Shinano Province during the Sengoku Period *, the eldest son of Ogasawara Nagakiyo *, a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period who ruled the Kokura Domain *, Japanese daimyo of the early Edo Period


Other

* 10169 Ogasawara, a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on February 21, 1995 *
Ogasawara High School is a public high school on Chichi-jima in Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan. The school is a part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. The school is the sole public high school in the Ogasawara Islands The Bonin Islands, also kno ...
, a public high school on Chichi-jima in Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan


See also

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Izu–Ogasawara Trench The , also known as Izu–Bonin Trench, is an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean, consisting of the Izu Trench (at the north) and the Bonin Trench (at the south, west of the Ogasawara Plateau). It stretches from Japan to the northernmost ...
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Ogasawara Whale Watching Association The Ogasawara Whale Watching Association is an association that regulates whale watching in the Ogasawara Islands. Since 1989 the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association has been conducting research on and educating people about whales. The Ogasawara ...
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