Obata
Obata is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Atsushi Obata, Japanese rower
- Chiura Obata, Japanese-American artist
- Gyo Obata, American architect
- Hideyoshi Obata, general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II
- Isao Obata, Japanese karate master
- Jumpei Obata, Japanese football player
- Kayoko Obata, Japanese long-distance runner
- Kunihiko Obata, retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler
- Obata Kagenori, Confucian scholar and samurai
- Obata Masamori, Japanese samurai warrior
- Obata Toramori, Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period
- Reiko Obata, Japanese-American koto performer and composer
- Saori Obata, Japanese tennis player
- Takeshi Obata, Japanese manga artist
