title: Funakoshi
text: # Funakoshi
  
  Funakoshi (written: 船越, 舩越 or 舟越) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Eiichiro Funakoshi (船越 英一郎, born 1960), Japanese actor and television personality
  * Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, 1923–2007), Japanese actor
  * Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, 1868–1957), Okinawan master of karate
  * Gigō Funakoshi (船越 義豪, 1906–1945), son of Gichin Funakoshi
  * Katsura Funakoshi (舟越 桂, born 1951), Japanese sculptor
  * Rie Funakoshi (舩越 里恵, born 1985), better known as Rie fu, Japanese singer
  * Yasutake Funakoshi (舟越 保武, 1912–2002), Japanese sculptor and painter
  * Yuzo Funakoshi (船越 優蔵, born 1977), Japanese footballer
  