Sugawara

Sugawara (written: 菅原 lit. "sedge field"), also read as Sugahara, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Sugawara no Kiyotomo (770–842), Japanese courtier and bureaucrat of the early Heian period
 * Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), Japanese scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period
 * Sugawara no Koreyoshi (812–880), Japanese noble and scholar of the early Heian period
 * Bunta Sugawara (1933–2014), Japanese actor
 * Chieko Sugawara (born 1976), Japanese fencer
 * Hiroshi Sugawara (born 1955), Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter
 * Hirotaka Sugawara (born 1938), Japanese physicist
 * Isshu Sugawara (born 1962), Japanese politician
 * Julia Sugawara (born 1982), Canadian rugby union player
 * Kazuhiko Sugawara (born 1927), Japanese former speed skater
 * Koichi Sugawara (菅原 貢一), Japanese bobsledder
 * Kota Sugawara (born 1985), Japanese football player
 * Ryunosuke Sugawara (菅原 龍之助), Japanese footballer
 * Sadatoshi Sugawara (born 1939), Japanese former volleyball player
 * Shinobu Sugawara (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Sayuri Sugawara (born 1990), Japanese singer
 * Takeo Sugawara (菅原 武男), Japanese hammer thrower
 * Taro Sugahara (born 1981), Japanese footballer
 * Takuya Sugawara (born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Tomo Sugawara (born 1976), Japanese football player
 * Tomoko Sugawara, Japanese harpist
 * Tsûsai Sugawara (菅原通済 or 菅原通濟, also Tsusai Sugawara), Japanese social activist and actor
 * Yasaburo Sugawara (born 1952), Japanese former wrestler
 * Yoshimasa Sugawara (菅原 義正), Japanese rally driver
 * Yukinari Sugawara (born 2000), Japanese footballer