Kubota (surname)

Kubota (written: 久保田) is a Japanese surname. In Japanese, it means sunken rice paddy (窪, kubo, sink + 田, ta, rice paddy), but is usually written phonetically (久, ku, long time + 保, ho/bo, protect + 田, ta, rice paddy). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Kazuteru Kubota, a.k.a. Koriki Chōshū, comedian
 * Kyoko Kubota (久保田 恭子), Japanese gymnast
 * Mantarō Kubota, Japanese author
 * Michio Kubota (久保田 三知男), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Miyu Kubota (久保田 未夢), Japanese voice actress and idol
 * Rena Kubota, Japanese shootboxer
 * Risa Kubota, Japanese voice actress
 * Ryo Kubota (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Shigeko Kubota, visual and performance artist
 * Takayuki Kubota, Japanese martial artist and inventor
 * Toshinobu Kubota, Japanese singer
 * Yoshiyuki Kubota, Japanese shogi player
 * Yuki Kubota (久保田 悠来), Japanese actor and model

Fictional characters

 * Dr. Kubota, the main antagonist in the game Ordyne
 * Shinpei Kubota, a supporting character in the manga series Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy
 * Miko Kubota, one of the two main characters in the animated streaming television series Glitch Techs
 * Boku Kubota, the player character in the video game series Boku no Natsuyasumi