Hara (surname)

Hara (written 原 or はら) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Hara Masatane (原 昌胤, 1531–1575), senior retainer of the Takeda clan during the late Sengoku period
 * Hara Nagayori (原 長頼, 1544–1600), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through late Azuchi-Momoyama period
 * Hara Takashi (原 敬, 1856–1921), the 19th Prime Minister of Japan
 * Hara Torayoshi (原 虎吉), retainer under the Takeda clan of samurai during the late Sengoku period
 * Hara Toratane (原 虎胤, 1497–1564), Japanese general under Takeda Shingen
 * Otohiko Hara (原 乙彦, 1925–2018), Japanese businessman
 * Arthur S. Hara, prominent Japanese-Canadian businessman and philanthropist
 * Atsushi Hara (原 篤志, born 1979), Japanese professional radio-controlled car racer
 * Aya Hara (原 亜弥), Japanese voice actress
 * Ayako Hara (原 綾子), Japanese model and beauty pageant winner
 * Burt Hara, the principal clarinetist with the Minnesota Orchestra
 * Chisako Hara (原 知佐子, 1936–2020), Japanese actress
 * Chūichi Hara (原 忠一, 1889–1964), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
 * Daigo Hara (原 大虎), Japanese freestyle skier
 * Eriko Hara (原 えりこ), Japanese voice actress
 * Ernest Hideo Hara (1909–2006), Hawaiian architect of Japanese descent
 * Fumina Hara (原 史奈, born 1981), Japanese actress and idol
 * George Hara Williams (1894–1945), American farmer activist and politician
 * Hidenori Hara (原 秀則, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
 * Hideroku Hara (原　秀六, born 1956), Japanese legal scholar
 * Hiromi Hara (原 博実, born 1958), Japanese ex-soccer player and former manager of F.C. Tokyo
 * Hiroshi Hara (disambiguation)
 * Kanesuke Hara (原 摂祐, botany abbreviation Hara, 1885–1962), Japanese botanist and mycologist
 * Kazuki Hara (原 一樹, born 1985), Japanese football player
 * Kazuko Hara (原 嘉壽子, born 1935), prolific Japanese opera composer
 * Kazuo Hara (原 一男), Japanese documentary film director
 * Keiichi Hara (原 恵一, born 1959), Japanese director of animated films
 * Kenya Hara (born 1958), Japanese graphic designer and curator
 * Kenzaburo Hara (disambiguation)
 * Komako Hara (1910–1968), Japanese actress
 * Martinho Hara (マルティノ　原, 1569-1629), Japanese nobleman of Tenshō embassy who was one of the first official Japanese emissaries to Europe.
 * Masafumi Hara (born 1943), retired Japanese football player
 * Mikie Hara (原 幹恵, born 1987), Japanese gravure idol and actress
 * Mikiko Hara (原 美樹子, born 1967), Japanese photographer
 * Naohisa Hara (原 直久, born 1946), Japanese photographer
 * Nobuki Hara (born 1979), former Japanese football player
 * Ryuta Hara (原 竜太, born 1981), retired Japanese football player
 * Sachie Hara (原 沙知絵, born 1978), Japanese actress and model
 * Saori Hara (原 紗央莉, born 1988), Japanese adult video idol, model and actress
 * Setsuko Hara (原 節子, 1920-2015), Japanese actress
 * Susumu Hara (原 進, 1947-2015), Japanese wrestler who is better known as Ashura Hara
 * Taira Hara (はら たいら, 1943–2006), Japanese manga artist
 * Tameichi Hara (原 為一, 1900–1980), Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War
 * Tamiki Hara (原 民喜, 1905–1951), Japanese author and survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima
 * Tatsunori Hara (原 辰徳, born 1958), the current manager for the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball
 * Teruki Hara (原 輝綺), Japanese footballer
 * Tetsuo Hara (原 哲夫, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
 * Yasuyoshi Hara (原 康義, born 1952), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Yoshimichi Hara (原 嘉道, 1867–1944, Japanese representative of Emperor Hirohito during World War II
 * Yuko Hara (原 由子) (born 1956), keyboard player for Southern All Stars
 * Yumi Hara (born 1985) Japanese voice actress
 * Yumiko Hara (原 裕美子, born 1982), Japanese marathon runner
 * Yutaka Hara (原 ゆたか), Japanese manga artist
 * Yutaro Hara (原 裕太郎, born 1990), Japanese football player

Fictional characters

 * Sumire Hara (原 寿美鈴), a character in the Assassination Classroom anime and manga
 * Masako Hara (原 真砂子), a character from anime and manga Ghost Hunt

Finnish surname

 * Marika Hara, Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor and world champion

Indian surname
Hara is a jatt surname in northwestern India. It is found among Sikh Jats.. They are mainly land and farm owners and belong to Nandpur. Some people believe that this was a surname given to a prince himself after he left his kingdom to marry someone. He needed a new surname to remain hidden from the king.

Others

 * Marika Hara, Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor and world champion