Uehara

Uehara (written: 上原 lit. "upper plain" or 植原 lit. "planted plain") is a Japanese surname. In Okinawan language, it's pronounced as  'Wiibaru. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ayako Uehara (golfer) (上原 彩子), Japanese golfer
 * Ayako Uehara (pianist) (上原 彩子), Japanese classical pianist
 * Azumi Uehara (上原 あずみ), Japanese singer
 * Bin Uehara (上原 敏), Japanese singer and soldier
 * Edwin Uehara (born 1969), Peruvian-Japanese footballer
 * Etsujirō Uehara (植原 悦二郎), politician and cabinet minister
 * Futoshi Uehara (上原 太), Japanese musician
 * Hiromi Uehara (上原 ひろみ), Japanese jazz composer and pianist
 * Ken Uehara (上原 謙), Japanese actor
 * Kimiko Uehara (上原 きみこ), Japanese manga artist
 * Kiyoshi Uehara (植原 清), Japanese fencer
 * Koichi Uehara (born 1947), Japanese golfer
 * Koji Uehara (上原 浩治), Japanese baseball player
 * Makoto Uehara (上原 誠), Japanese kickboxer
 * Mie Uehara (上原 三枝), Japanese speed skater
 * Misa Uehara (actress, born 1937) (上原 美佐), Japanese actress
 * Miyu Uehara (上原 美優), Japanese gravure idol and television personality
 * Miyuki Uehara (上原 美幸), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Rena Uehara (上原 れな), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Ryōji Uehara (上原　良司), Imperial Japanese Army flight captain
 * Shigeru Uehara (上原 繁), Japanese automotive engineer
 * Shinya Uehara (上原 慎也), Japanese footballer
 * Takako Uehara (上原 多香子), Japanese singer and actress
 * Uehara Yūsaku (上原 勇作), Japanese general
 * Yasutsune Uehara (上原 康恒), Japanese boxer

Fictional characters

 * Anko Uehara (上原 杏子), a character from the manga series Great Teacher Onizuka