title: Kihara (surname)
text: # Kihara (surname)
  
  Kihara (written: 木原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this surname include:
  
  ## People
  
  * Hitoshi Kihara (木原 均, 1893–1986), Japanese geneticist
  * Keisuke Kihara (木原 敬介, born 1939), Japanese politician
  * Masakazu Kihara (木原 正和, born 1987), Japanese footballer
  * Michiko Kihara (木原 美知子, 1948–2007), Japanese swimmer and TV actress
  * Minoru Kihara, multiple people
  * Miyuu Kihara (木原 美悠, born 2004), Japanese table tennis player
  * Nobutoshi Kihara (木原 信敏, 1926–2011), Japanese engineer
  * Ryōko Kihara (樹原 涼子), Japanese composer, pianist, music educator
  * Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
  * Seiji Kihara (木原 誠二, born 1970), Japanese politician
  * Shichirō Kihara (木原 七郎, 1884–1951), Japanese politician
  * Shigeyuki Kihara, Japanese-Samoan artist
  * Toshie Kihara (木原 敏江, born 1948), Japanese manga artist
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Nayuta Kihara, Gensei Kihara, Therestina Kihara Lifeline, Kagun Kihara, Amata Kihara and many others, characters in the light novel series A Certain Magical Index
  * Tsumugu Kihara, one of the main characters of Nagi no Asukara
  