Kurihara (surname)

Kurihara (written: 栗原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akihiro Kurihara (born 1985), Japanese football player
 * Ayane Kurihara (born 1989), Japanese badminton player
 * Ayumi Kurihara (born 1984), joshi puroresu wrestler.
 * Harumi Kurihara (born 1947), Japanese celebrity homemaker and television personality
 * Hiroko Kurihara, American designer and activist
 * Hitomi Kurihara (born 1981), Japanese actress
 * Joseph Kurihara (1895–1965), Japanese American internee who renounced U.S. citizenship under the Renunciation Act of 1944 in protest of the internment
 * Katsushi Kurihara (born 1977), Japanese football player
 * Kazuaki Kurihara (born 1979), Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate
 * Keisuke Kurihara (born 1973), Japanese football player and manager
 * Keisuke Kurihara (motorcyclist) (born 1997), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Kenneth K. Kurihara, Japanese-American professor of economic theory
 * Kenta Kurihara (born 1982), Japanese batting coach
 * Koji Kurihara (born 1964), Japanese sprinter
 * Komaki Kurihara (born 1945), Japanese stage and film actress
 * Louis Kurihara (born 1994), Japanese fashion model, TV personality and actor
 * Megumi Kurihara (born 1984), Japanese volleyball player
 * Michio Kurihara (born 1961), Japanese guitarist
 * Mika Kurihara (born 1989), Japanese basketball player
 * Ryoya Kurihara (born 1996), Japanese baseball player
 * Sadako Kurihara (1913–2005), Japanese poet
 * Shigeru Kurihara (born 1970), Japanese gymnast
 * Takashi Kurihara (born 1947) Japanese golfer
 * Thomas Kurihara (1885–1926), Japanese actor and film director
 * Toru Kurihara (born 1978), Japanese rugby union player
 * Yasuhide Kurihara (1908–1936), Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936
 * Yuzo Kurihara (born 1983), Japanese football player