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{{wiktionary|坂本}}
{{About|the surname|the Japanese village|Sakamoto, Kumamoto|a part of a Japanese city|Ōtsu, Shiga}}
'''Sakamoto''' (written: {{Nihongo2|坂本}}) is the 40th most common Japanese surname.<ref>{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']|publisher=[[Meiji Yasuda Life|Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company]]|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-09-30}}</ref> A less common variant is {{Nihongo2|坂元}}.

Notable people with the surname include:

*[[Chika Sakamoto]] (born 1959), voice actor and singer
*[[Fuyumi Sakamoto]] (born 1967), [[enka]] singer
*{{Nihongo|[[Hayato Sakamoto]]|坂本 勇人||born 1988}}, Japanese professional baseball player
*[[Hideki Sakamoto]] (born 1972), video game composer
*{{Nihongo|[[Hiroshi Sakamoto]]|坂本 弘||born 1960}}, Japanese swimmer
*[[Kaori Sakamoto]] (born 2000), Japanese figure skater
*[[Kazma Sakamoto]] (born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[[Kazuko Sakamoto]]|坂本 和子||born 1935}}, Japanese swimmer
*[[Kerri Sakamoto]] (born 1960), Canadian novelist
*{{Nihongo|[[Kodai Sakamoto]]|坂本 広大||born 1995}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[[Koki Sakamoto]]|坂本 功貴||born 1986}}, gymnast
*[[Kyu Sakamoto]] (1941–1985), pop singer well known for his song "[[Sukiyaki (song)|Sukiyaki]]" in the 1960s
*[[Maaya Sakamoto]] (born 1967), voice actor and singer
*[[Miu Sakamoto]] (born 1980), pop singer, daughter of Ryuichi Sakamoto
*{{nihongo|[[Sakamoto Ryōma]]|坂本 龍馬|4=1836–1867}}, military leader prior to the Meiji Restoration
*[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] (1952–2023), musician and composer, as well as an actor
*{{Nihongo|[[Seishirō Sakamoto]]|坂本 誠志郎||born 1993}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[[Seiya Sakamoto]]|坂本 征也||born 1944}}, Japanese water polo player
*[[Shōgo Sakamoto]] (born 1993), actor and singer
*[[Soichi Sakamoto]] (1921–2012), American swimming coach
*{{Nihongo|[[Takao Sakamoto]]|阪本 孝男||born 1958}}, Japanese high jumper
*{{Nihongo|[[Takehiro Sakamoto]]|坂本 豪大||born 1976}}, Japanese freestyle skier
*{{Nihongo|[[Tatsuhiro Sakamoto]]|坂元 達裕||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[[Toshisuke Sakamoto]]|坂本 利介||born 1965}}, Japanese sprint canoeist
*[[Yoshio Sakamoto]] (born 1959), game designer for Nintendo
*The victims of the [[Sakamoto family murder]] perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult

==Fictional characters==
*[[Sakamoto (Maison Ikkoku)]], from ''Maison Ikkoku''
*Sakamoto-san, a talking cat from ''[[Nichijou]]''
*Sakamoto from ''[[Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto]]''
*[[Akira Sakamoto]], and [[Harumi Sakamoto (Princess Princess)|Harumi Sakamoto]] from ''[[Princess Princess (manga)|Princess Princess]]''
*Chiyo Sakamoto from ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]''
*Julietta Sakamoto from ''[[Air Master]]''
* Ryōta Sakamoto (坂本 竜太), the main character in the manga series ''[[Btooom!]]'' (ブトゥーム!) 
*Sue, her brother Kazuma, and their mother Momorin Sakamoto from ''[[Cave Story]]''
*[[Mio Sakamoto]], from ''Strike Witches''
*{{interlanguage link|Masayuki Sakamoto|id}}, the main character in the 2002 South Korean science fiction film ''[[2009: Lost Memories]]''
*[[List_of_Persona_5_characters#Ryuji_Sakamoto|Ryuji Sakamoto]], from ''[[Persona 5]]''
*[[Taro Sakamoto]], from ''[[Sakamoto Days]]''
*Tatsuma Sakamoto, from ''[[Gintama]]''

==References==
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