Miyamoto

For the crater on Mars, see Miyamoto (crater).

Miyamoto (宮本 "base of the shrine") is a common Japanese surname, but can also be a Japanese given name.

People

Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboist
Karin Miyamoto, idol singer (Juice=Juice)
Kazushi Miyamoto, professional wrestler
Kenji Miyamoto, figure skater
Kenji Miyamoto, politician
Masafumi Miyamoto, founder of video game company Square (now Square Enix)
Masao Miyamoto, psychiatrist, former Japanese civil servant, critic of the Japanese bureaucratic system
Miyamoto Musashi, historical swordsman and Rōnin
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda video game series
Shunichi Miyamoto, musician and voice actor
Nobuko Miyamoto, actress
Teru Miyamoto, author, recipient of the Akutagawa Prize
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, soccer player, FC Red Bull Salzburg & Japan
Yuriko Miyamoto, author

Fictional characters

Miyamoto Usagi, from the comic "Usagi Yojimbo"
Carlos Miyamoto, a playable character in Final Fight 2
Masashi Miyamoto, a character in the 2012 Anime "BTOOOM!"

Locations

Miyamoto is also the name of a 16th-century village (in present-day Mimasaka, Okayama) considered the birthplace of Miyamoto Musashi

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