Hara

Hara (written 原 or はら) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hara Masatane (原 昌胤, 1531–1575), senior retainer of the Takeda clan during the late Sengoku period Hara Nagayori (原 長頼, 1544–1600), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through late Azuchi-Momoyama period Hara Takashi (原 敬, 1856–1921), the 19th Prime Minister of Japan Hara Torayoshi (原 虎吉), retainer under the Takeda clan of samurai during the late Sengoku period Hara Toratane (原 虎胤, 1497–1564), Japanese general under Takeda Shingen Otohiko Hara (原 乙彦, 1925–2018), Japanese businessman Arthur S. Hara, prominent Japanese-Canadian businessman and philanthropist Atsushi Hara (原 篤志, born 1979), Japanese professional radio-controlled car racer Aya Hara (原 亜弥), Japanese voice actress , Japanese model and beauty pageant winner Burt Hara, the principal clarinetist with the Minnesota Orchestra Chisako Hara (原 知佐子, 1936–2020), Japanese actress Chūichi Hara (原 忠一, 1889–1964), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II , Japanese freestyle skier Eriko Hara (原 えりこ), Japanese voice actress Fumina Hara (原 史奈, born 1981), Japanese actress and idol George Hara Williams (1894–1945), American farmer activist and politician Hidenori Hara (原 秀則, born 1961), Japanese manga artist Hideroku Hara (原　秀六, born 1956), Japanese legal scholar Hiromi Hara (原 博実, born 1958), Japanese ex-soccer player and former manager of F.C.