Hashimoto (surname)
Hashimoto (written: 橋本 lit. "base of bridge" or 橋下 lit. "under bridge") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ai Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress
- Hashimoto Gahō (1835–1908), Kanō school painter
- Hakaru Hashimoto, the physician who first described Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Kazuo Hashimoto (died 1995), late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and over 1000 patents for the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone
- Kingoro Hashimoto (1890–1957), Japanese soldier and political activist
- Kunihiko Hashimoto (also Qunihico, 1904–1949), Japanese musician
- Mantaro J. Hashimoto (1932–1987), (Sinologist)
- Miyuki Hashimoto, Japanese singer
- Mochitsura Hashimoto (1909–2000), Naval officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- Ryosuke Hashimoto (born 1993), Japanese idol, member of the boyband A.B.C-Z
- Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937–2006), 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan, leader of the Hashimoto faction
- Shintarō Hashimoto (1892–1945), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- Shinya Hashimoto (1965–2005), late Japanese professional wrestler
- Tōru Hashimoto, lawyer, commentator (born 1969), and politician. Mayor of Osaka City and ex-governor of Osaka Prefecture, president of the political party Osaka Restoration Association.
- Yasuko Hashimoto (born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
- Yukari Hashimoto, Japanese composer and arranger
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