What are some Japanese last names?

Question

I am writing a story and i want some kind of uncommon japanese last names for the characters,any suggestions would help.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Aikawa  Akiyama   Ayukawa  Ichijo  Izumi  Uehara  Ozawa  Kaktsuki  Kamisaka  Kawabe   Kawase  Kishimoto   Sakaguchi  Shigeta  Shirakawa  Shirasaka  Takagi  Takase  Tani  Tanizawa  Chihara Nakatani  Nogami  Hama  Hamasaki  Hashimoto  Hayakawa  Hayama  Hara  Hirose  Hoshino  Hosokawa  Maki Yoshimura

  

Remembering last names from my elementary school days, I can go on and on....., but you'll get tired of reading.....

Answer 2

Here are some lists of Japanese last names:

http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/Kat...

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw...

Hope that helps! I'm really fond of Tanaka personally.

Answer 3

Nakamura

Tanaka

Sorimachi

Inoue (as Ee No Wu Eh)

Matsushima

Matsumoto

Kimura

Ikeda

Honda

Yamada

Suzuki

Hayashi

Kobayashi

Oguri

Hamasaki

Shimura