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'''Fujiwara''' ({{IPA|ja|ɸɯʑiwaɾa}}, written: 藤原 lit. "''[[Wisteria]]'' field"<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yiengpruksawan |first=Mimi Hall |date=1994 |title=What's in a Name? Fujiwara Fixation in Japanese Cultural History |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2385257 |journal=Monumenta Nipponica |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=424 from 423–453 |doi=10.2307/2385257 |issn=0027-0741|url-access=subscription }}</ref>) is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as {{IPAc-en|f|uː|dʒ|iː|ˈ|w|ɑr|ə}}.) Notable people with the surname include:

; Families
* The [[Fujiwara clan]] and its members
** [[Fujiwara no Kamatari]]
** [[Fujiwara no Fuhito]]
** [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]]
* [[Northern Fujiwara]] clan
** [[Fujiwara no Kiyohira]]

; Art and entertainment
* [[Fujiwara (owarai)]], Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Toshifumi Fujimoto (藤本 敏史) and Takayuki Haranishi (原西 孝幸)
*{{Nihongo|[[Atsushi Fujiwara]]|藤原 敦||born 1963}}, Japanese photographer
* [[Mr. Fuji|Harry Fujiwara (Mr. Fuji)]] (1934 - 2016), Japanese-American wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[[Hiroshi Fujiwara]]|藤原 ヒロシ||born 1964}}, Japanese musician, trendsetter, producer, and designer
*{{Nihongo|[[Kamatari Fujiwara]]|藤原 釜足||1905–1985}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Kei Fujiwara]]|不二稿 京||born 1957}}, Japanese actress and film director
*{{Nihongo|[[Keiji Fujiwara]]|藤原 啓治||1964–2020}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Motoo Fujiwara]]|藤原 基央||born 1979}}, lead singer and composer for the Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken
*{{Nihongo|[[Norika Fujiwara]]|藤原 紀香||born 1971}}, Japanese beauty queen, model and actress
*{{Nihongo|[[Tatsuya Fujiwara]]|藤原 竜也||born 1982}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Tokuro Fujiwara]]|藤原 得郎||born 1961}}, Japanese video game designer
*{{Nihongo|[[Yoshiaki Fujiwara]]|藤原 喜明||born 1949}}, Japanese actor and professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[[Yoshie Fujiwara]]|藤原 義江||1898–1976}}, Japanese tenor singer

; Science
*{{Nihongo|[[Masahiko Fujiwara]]|藤原 正彦||born 1943}}, Japanese mathematician and essayist
*{{Nihongo|[[Matsusaburo Fujiwara]]|藤原 松三郎||1881–1946}}, Japanese mathematician and historian of mathematics
*{{Nihongo|[[Sakuhei Fujiwhara]]|藤原 咲平||1884–1950}}, Japanese meteorologist
*{{Nihongo|[[Toshi Fujiwara]]|藤原利隆（とし)||1939–2016}}, Japanese scientist in the field of combustion and detonation

; Politicians
*{{Nihongo|[[Michiko Fujiwara]]|藤原 道子||1900–1983}}, Japanese nurse and politician
* [[René Fujiwara]] (born 1984), Mexican politician

; Sports
*{{Nihongo|[[Naoya Fujiwara]]|藤原 直哉||born 1965}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[[Rika Fujiwara]]|藤原 里華||born 1981}}, Japanese tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[[Shiho Fujiwara]]|藤原 志保||born 1971}}, Japanese ice hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[[Sotaro Fujiwara]]|藤原 崇太郎||born 1998}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[[Toshio Fujiwara]]|藤原 敏男||born 1948}}, Japanese kickboxer
*{{Nihongo|[[Yuta Fujiwara]]|藤原 優汰||born 2006}}, Japanese racing driver

==Fictional characters==
* Fujiwara, character of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
* [[Chika Fujiwara]], character of ''[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War]]''
** Daichi Fujiwara, her father
* Chiyoko Fujiwara, main character of ''[[Millennium Actress]]''
* [[List of Ojamajo Doremi characters#Hazuki Fujiwara|Hazuki Fujiwara]], a.k.a. Reanne Griffith, character in ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' (''Magical DoReMi'')
** Akira Fujiwara, a.k.a. George Griffith, her father
** Reiko Fujiwara, her mother
* [[Fujiwara no Mokou]], a character of ''[[Touhou Project]]''
* [[Fujiwara-no-Sai]], character of ''[[Hikaru no Go]]''
* Fujiwara no Takamichi, character of ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka de]]''
* Takumi Fujiwara, character of ''[[Initial D]]''
* Toki Fujiwara, a character of ''[[Code: Breaker]]''
* Fujiwara no Yukitaka, character of ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2]]''
* [[Zakuro Fujiwara]], a.k.a. Renee Roberts, character of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' (''Mew Mew Power'')

==See also==
* [[Fujiwara, Mie]], a former town in Mie Prefecture
* [[Fujiwara-kyō]], an ancient Imperial capital of Japan, corresponding to modern-day Kashihara, Nara
* The [[Fujiwhara effect]] (in weather)

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