, also Okubo, Ohkubo and Ookubo, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ōkubo clan The were a ''samurai'' kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo periods.Meyer, Eva-Maria"Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."Universität Tübingen (in German) Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōkubo, as heredita ...

Ōkubo Tadayo was a samurai general in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Azuchi–Momoyama period, subsequently becoming a ''Daimyō'' of Odawara Domain in early Edo period, Japan. Biography Ōkubo Tadayo was the eldest son of Ōkubo Tadakazu, a her ...

(1532–1594), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period **

Ōkubo Tadasuke was a Japanese '' daimyō'' of the Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the head of Numazu Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan located in Suruga Province. It was centered on Numazu Castle in ...

(1537–1613), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and Edo periods **

Ōkubo Nagayasu was a Japanese samurai bureaucrat and ''daimyō'' of the Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging ...

(1545–1613), Japanese samurai of the Edo period ** Ōkubo Tadachika (1553–1628), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and Edo periods **

Ōkubo Tadataka or Ōkubo Hikozaemon (大久保彦左衛門) (1560 – April 2, 1639) was a Japanese warrior in the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the eighth son of Ōkubo Tadakazu, a vassal of the Tokugawa clan. Tadataka wrote the , a work he wrote for his ...

(1560–1639), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Edo periods ** Ōkubo Tadazane (1778–1837), Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period **

Ōkubo Toshimichi was a Japanese statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan. Ōkubo was a ''samurai'' of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the '' Bak ...

(1830–1878), Japanese samurai and later leader of the Meiji restoration ;Contemporary *

Atsushi Ōkubo , is a Japanese manga artist known for his work on the manga series '' Soul Eater'' and ''Fire Force'', both of which have been adapted into anime television series. Ohkubo worked as an assistant under Rando Ayamine, on the manga series ''GetBack ...

, Japanese manga author * Benji Okubo, American artist * Hiroshi Okubo, Japanese video game music composer *

James K. Okubo James K. Okubo (May 30, 1920 – January 29, 1967) was a United States Army soldier.Kakesako, Gregg K"AJA medic’s medal may be upgraded,"''Honolulu Star-Bulletin,'' September 15, 2009; 2012-12-29. He was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Ho ...

, American Medal of Honor recipient *

Ōkubo Haruno Baron was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army. Life and military career Ōkubo was born to a ''samurai'' family; his father was descended from the Ōkubo clan, former ''daimyō'' of Odawara Domain, who served as hereditary Shinto prie ...

, Japanese general * Hideo Ohkubo, Japanese businessman *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese Nordic combined skier * Kayoko Okubo, Japanese comedian *

Kiyoshi Ōkubo was a Japanese serial killer. Between March 31, 1971 and May 10, 1971, he raped and murdered eight women. He used a pen name, Tanigawa Ivan (谷川伊凡). Early life Ōkubo was born in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. He was a quarter Russian. H ...

, Japanese serial killer *

Mariko Okubo is a Japanese model and actress based in Taiwan. Early life Okubo was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on September 7, 1984. Career Okubo debuted as a gravure idol in 2003. She later started a career in acting, moving to Taiwan in 2011. In ...

, Japanese actress *

Miné Okubo Miné Okubo (; June 27, 1912 – February 10, 2001) was an American artist and writer. She is best known for her book ''Citizen 13660'', a collection of 198 drawings and accompanying text chronicling her experiences in Japanese American internment ...

, American artist *

Tsutomu Okubo is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kurume, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyoto University , mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture , est ...

, Japanese politician * Susumu Ōkubo, who proposed the

Gell-Mann–Okubo mass formula In physics, the Gell-Mann–Okubo mass formula provides a sum rule for the masses of hadrons within a specific multiplet, determined by their isospin (''I'') and strangeness (or alternatively, hypercharge) :M = a_0 + a_1 Y + a_2 \left I \left( I ...

*, Japanese sport wrestler *

Yukishige Okubo is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a fmember of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Isahaya, Nagasaki and graduate of Nagasaki University, he had served in the assembly of Nagasaki Pr ...

, Japanese politician *, Japanese snowboarder ;Footballers *

Goshi Okubo is a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the wo ...

, Japanese footballer *

Makoto Okubo is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Playing career Okubo was born in Nagasaki Prefecture on 3 May 1975. After graduating from Fukuoka University, he joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1998. Altho ...

, Japanese footballer *

Takuo Ōkubo is a Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture * ...

, Japanese footballer *

Tetsuya Ōkubo is a Japanese football player. Playing career Known by the nickname 'Jumbo' due to his size he plays primarily as a target man striker, getting the majority of his goals with his head. Popular with fans and teammates during his career due to hi ...

, Japanese footballer *

Yoshito Ōkubo is a Japanese professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Cerezo Osaka. He played for the Japan national team scoring 6 goals in 60 appearances Club career Okubo was born in Kanda, Fukuoka on 9 June 1982. After graduat ...

, Japanese footballer *

Yuki Okubo is a former Japanese football player. Club career Okubo made a total of 150 appearances in the J.League playing for Tokushima Vortis, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kyoto Sanga FC and Tochigi SC. National team career In 2002, Okubo represented the Ja ...

, Japanese footballer

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