# Hashimoto (surname)

Hashimoto (written: 橋本 lit. "base of bridge") is the 27th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 橋下 (lit. "under bridge"). Notable people with the surname include:
* Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛, born 1996), Japanese fashion model and actress
* Chihiro Hashimoto (橋本 千紘, born 1992), Japanese professional wrestler
* Daichi Hashimoto (橋本 大地, born 1992), Japanese professional wrestler
* Daijiro Hashimoto (橋本 大二郎, born 1947), Japanese politician
* Daiki Hashimoto (橋本 大輝, born 2001), Japanese artistic gymnast
* Fumiyuki Hashimoto (橋本 史之, born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler
* Hashimoto Gahō (橋本 雅邦, 1835–1908), Japanese painter
* Hakaru Hashimoto (橋本 策, 1881–1934), Japanese physician who first described Hashimoto's thyroiditis
* Hajime Hashimoto [ja] (橋本 一, born 1968), Japanese filmmaker of Category:Films directed by Hajime Hashimoto
* Hiroshi Hashimoto (fencer) (橋本 寛, born 1964), Japanese fencer
* Hiroshi Hashimoto (water polo) (橋本 博, born 1950), Japanese water polo player
* Honoka Hashimoto (橋本 帆乃香, born 1998), Japanese table tennis player
* Kanna Hashimoto (橋本 環奈, born 1999), Japanese actress, singer and idol
* Kazuhisa Hashimoto (橋本 和久, 1958–2020), Japanese video game developer
* Kazuki Hashimoto (橋本 和樹, born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler
* Kazuo Hashimoto (橋本 和芙, died 1995), Japanese inventor
* Kento Hashimoto (橋本 拳人, born 1993), Japanese footballer
* Kimiko Hashimoto (橋本 きみ子, born 1953), Japanese women's basketball player
* Kingoro Hashimoto (橋本 欣五郎, 1890–1957), Japanese soldier and political activist
* Kunihiko Hashimoto (橋本 國彦, 1904–1949), Japanese classical composer, violinist, conductor and music educator
* Hashimoto Mantaro (橋本 萬太郎, 1932–1987), Japanese Sinologist
* Miyuki Hashimoto (橋本 みゆき, born 1980), Japanese singer
* Mochitsura Hashimoto (橋本 以行, 1909–2000), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
* Morihiro Hashimoto (橋本 守容, 1977–2017), Japanese darts player
* Nanami Hashimoto (橋本 奈々未, born 1993), Japanese model, actress, radio personality and idol
* Hashimoto Natsuko (橋本 夏子, 1856–1873), Japanese concubine
* Reika Hashimoto (橋本 麗香, born 1980), Japanese actress and model
* Richard A. Hashimoto | |1932-2022}}, Colonel, US Air Force, expert in Air Traffic Control; Bronze Star Medal, Legion of Merit.
* Richard Hashimoto ||born unk.}} Producer and Assistant Director, Academy Award nominee.
* Rikuto Hashimoto (橋本 陸斗, born 2005), Japanese footballer of mixed Japanese-Bangladeshi descent
* Ryoma Hashimoto (橋本 竜馬, born 1988), Japanese basketball player
* Ryosuke Hashimoto (橋本 良亮, born 1993), Japanese singer and idol,
* Ryutaro Hashimoto (橋本 龍太郎, 1937–2006), Japanese politician and 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan, leader of the Hashimoto faction
* Sanai Hashimoto (橋本 左内, 1834–1859), Japanese samurai
* Shinkichi Hashimoto (橋本 進吉, 1882–1945), Japanese linguist
* Shinobu Hashimoto (橋本 忍, 1918–2018), Japanese screenwriter, film director, and producer
* Shintarō Hashimoto (橋本 信太郎, 1892–1945), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
* Shinya Hashimoto (橋本 真也, 1965–2005), Japanese professional wrestler
* Shobai Hashimoto (橋本 上倍), a fictional character from Danganronpa Another 2: The Moon of Hope and Sun of Despair
* Hashimoto Shoji (橋本 昌二, 1935–2009), Japanese go player
* Soichi Hashimoto (橋本 壮市, born 1991), Japanese judoka
* Takanori Hashimoto (橋本 崇載, born 1983), Japanese shogi player
* Tōru Hashimoto (橋下 徹, born 1969), Japanese politician and lawyer
* Tsunao Hashimoto (橋本 綱夫, died 2016), Japanese businessman and Chief Scout of the Scout Association of Japan
* Hashimoto Utaro (橋本 宇太郎, 1907–1994), Japanese go player
* Wataru Hashimoto (橋本 和, born 1986), Japanese footballer
* Yasuko Hashimoto (橋本 康子, born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
* Yukari Hashimoto (橋本 由香利, born 1966), Japanese composer and arranger
* Yūki Hashimoto (baseball) (橋本 侑樹, born 1998), Japanese baseball player
* Yuki Hashimoto (footballer) (橋本 裕貴, born 1994), Japanese footballer
* Yuki Hashimoto (judoka) (橋本 優貴, born 1989), Japanese judoka