Hirata (surname)

Hirata (written: 平田 lit. "peaceful rice paddy") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akihiko Hirata (平田 昭彦), Japanese actor
 * Akihisa Hirata (平田 明久), Japanese rower
 * Hirata Atsutane (平田 篤胤), Japanese scholar
 * Hirata Hide (平田 ヒデ), Japanese politician
 * Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明), Japanese voice actor
 * Hiromi Hirata (平田 宏美), Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Hiroshi Hirata (平田 弘史), Japanese manga artist
 * Itsuki Hirata (平田 樹,), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Junji Hirata (平田 淳嗣), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Kazuki Hirata (平田 一喜), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Kenji Hirata (平田 健二), Japanese politician
 * Koichi Hirata (平田 耕一), Japanese politician
 * Mana Hirata (平田 真菜), Japanese voice actress
 * Mitsuru Hirata (平田 満), Japanese actor
 * Momoko Hirata (平田 桃子), Japanese ballerina
 * Noritoshi Hirata (平田 倫敏), Japanese gymnast
 * Noriyasu Hirata (平田 典靖), Japanese badminton player
 * Ryosuke Hirata (平田 良介), Japanese baseball player
 * Takeo Hirata (平田 竹男), Japanese academic
 * Hirata Tosuke (平田 東助), Japanese politician
 * Yoshimasa Hirata (平田 義正), Japanese chemist
 * Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香), Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol

Other people

 * Andrea Hirata, Indonesian writer
 * Bruno Hirata (born 1988), Brazilian baseball player
 * Gilberto Hirata (born 1953), Mexican politician