Hashimoto (surname)

Hashimoto (written: 橋本 literally "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
• Chihiro Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler
• Hashimoto Gahō (1835–1908), Kanō school painter
• Hakaru Hashimoto, the physician who first described Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Hiroshi Hashimoto (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kanna Hashimoto (born 1999), Japanese idol
• Kazuo Hashimoto (died 1995), Japanese inventor of Caller ID and over 1000 patents for the telephone answering machine
• 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
• Ryoma Hashimoto (born 1988), Japanese basketball player
• 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
• Sanai Hashimoto (橋本 左内, 1834–1859), Japanese samurai
• Shintarō Hashimoto (1892–1945), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
• Shinya Hashimoto (1965–2005), Japanese professional wrestler
• Soichi Hashimoto, Japanese judoka
• Takanori Hashimoto (橋本 崇載, born 1983), Japanese shogi player
• Tōru Hashimoto, lawyer, commentator (born 1969), and politician, Mayor of Osaka City and ex-governor of Osaka Prefecture
• Tsunao Hashimoto
• Yasuko Hashimoto (born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yukari Hashimoto, Japanese composer and arranger