Shibata (surname)

Shibata (written: 柴田 lit. "brushwood, ricefield") is the 63rd most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 芝田 and 新発田. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ai Shibata (柴田 亜衣), Japanese swimmer
 * Akane Shibata (柴田 あかね), Japanese field hockey player
 * Aki Shibata (芝田 安希), Japanese volleyball player
 * Ayumi Shibata (柴田 あゆみ), Japanese singer
 * Chieno Shibata (柴田 智恵野), Japanese swimmer
 * Go Shibata (柴田 剛), Japanese film director
 * Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝), Japanese voice actor
 * Hidetsugu Shibata (柴田 英嗣), Japanese comedian
 * Hiroyuki Shibata (柴田 博之), Japanese long jumper
 * Jun Shibata (柴田 淳), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Kanjuro Shibata XX (1921–2013), kyudo master and bowmaker
 * Shibata Katsuie (柴田 勝家), Japanese samurai and military commander
 * Shibata Katsutoyo (1556–1583), Japanese samurai commander
 * Katsuyori Shibata (柴田 勝頼), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * Kayoko Shibata (柴田 かよこ), Japanese actress, singer and model
 * Kiyonari Shibata (柴田 清成), Japanese middle-distance runner
 * Kuniaki Shibata (柴田 国明), Japanese professional boxer
 * Kunio Shibata (柴田 国男), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Masaki Shibata (柴田 正章), Japanese handball player
 * Shibata Naganori (新発田 長敦), Japanese samurai and military commander
 * Noriyoshi Shibata (柴田 のりよし), Japanese photographer
 * Ryo Shibata (柴田 嶺), Japanese figure skater
 * Ryuichi Shibata (柴田 隆一), Japanese butterfly swimmer
 * Saki Shibata (芝田 沙季), Japanese table tennis player
 * Satoru Shibata (柴田 聡), Japanese chief executive
 * Seiji Shibata (柴田 征二), Japanese fencer
 * Shingo Shibata (柴田 慎吾), Japanese footballer
 * Sosuke Shibata (柴田 壮介), Japanese footballer
 * Shibata Takenaka (柴田 剛中), Japanese diplomat
 * Shibata Takumi (Diet member) (柴田巧), member of the House of Councilors
 * Shibata Takumi (fund manager), Japanese fund manager
 * Tetsuya Shibata (柴田 徹也), Japanese video game music composer and sound director
 * Tomoyo Shibata (柴田 倫世), Japanese announcer
 * Toshio Shibata (柴田 敏雄), Japanese photographer
 * Toyo Shibata (柴田 トヨ), Japanese poet
 * Tsunekichi Shibata (柴田 常吉), Japanese film director
 * Yoshitomi Shibata (柴田 善臣), Japanese jockey
 * Yumiko Shibata (柴田 由美子), Japanese voice actress
 * Shibata Zeshin (柴田 是真), Japanese painter and lacquerer