Hayashi

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"Hayashi" is a transliteration of 林. For other transliterations, see 林.

Hayashi Family Name
Pronunciation	Hayashi
Meaning	woods
Region of origin	Japanese
Related names	Kobayashi
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Hayashi

Hayashi (林, literally "woods"), is a common Japanese surname.

People named Hayashi include:

• Asuca Hayashi (singer)
• Chushiro Hayashi (astrophysicist)
• Hayashi Fubo (author)
• Hayashi Fumiko (author, poet)
• Hayashi Fusao (author)
• Hayashi Hidesada (retainer to Oda clan)
• Ikuo Hayashi, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
• Joe Hayashi (Japanese-American World War II soldier)
• Kaz Hayashi (professional wrestler)
• Masumi Hayashi (murderer)
• Masumi Hayashi (photographer)
• Hayashi Narinaga (samurai general)
• Hayashi Senjuro (former Prime Minister of Japan)
• Shizuya Hayashi (Japanese-American World War II soldier)
• Tadahiko Hayashi (photographer)
• Hayashi Tadasu (diplomat)
• Hayashi Tadataka (1848-1941), daimyo
• Takanobu Hayashi (photographer)
• Teruo Hayashi (martial artist and founder of Hayashi-ha karate)
• Tsuruichi Hayashi (1873–1935), mathematician
• Yasuo Hayashi, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
• Yoshiki Hayashi (musician)

Hayashi is also

• The name of a former samurai clan, the Hayashi clan, several members of which served hereditarily as foreign policy advisors in the Tokugawa shogunate
• The daimyō family of Jōzai han
• The name of one of the four go houses in the Edo period
• A dish consisting of stewed beef and onions in gravy: Hayashi rice
• Hayashi (music), the term for a musical accompanist section, usually consisting primarily of percussion, in traditional Japanese theatre and dance.

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• Japanese name