Ohara (surname)

This article is about the Japanese surname. For the Irish surname, see O'Hara.

Ohara is the Romanized Japanese form of two Japanese surnames, Ohara (小原 or 尾原) and Ōhara (大原, also Oohara). Notable people with either surname include:

• Chiaki Ohara, pianist
• Joji Ohara, cinematographer
• Ken Ohara, photographer
• Koson Ohara, painter and printmaker
• Kōyū Ohara, film director
• Michiyoshi Ohara, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Misuzu Ohara, the real name of singer songwriter Amii Ozaki
• Naoshi Ohara (小原 直, 1877–1967), Japanese politician
• Noriko Ohara (1935–2024), voice actress
• Hajime Ōhara, professional wrestler
• Hiroo Ōhara, former Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
• Magosaburō Ōhara, businessman and philanthropist
• Mariko Ōhara, science fiction writer
• Noriko Ōhara (born 1943), ballet dancer
• Reiko Ōhara, actress
• Sakurako Ōhara (born 1996), actress and singer
• Sayaka Ōhara, voice actress
• Shōki Ōhara (大原 彰輝, born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Takashi Ōhara, voice actor
• Yuiko Ōhara (大原 ゆい子, born 1992), Japanese singer

Fictional characters

• Lt. Ohara, detective played by Pat Morita in the American television program Ohara (TV series)
• Mari Ohara, fictional character from the media-mix project Love Live! Sunshine!!
• Shota Ohara (大原翔太), a main character from Little Ghost Q-Taro
• Shinichi Ohara, a main character's older brother from Little Ghost Q-Taro