Okubo

Ōkubo (大久保^?), also Ohkubo, is a Japanese surname and placename. It may refer to:

Places

• Ōkubo, Akita, which merged with Iidagawa to become Shōwa, Akita in 1942
• Okubo Institute of Technology

Train stations

• Ōkubo Station (Akita)
• Ōkubo Station (Hyōgo)
• Ōkubo Station (Kyoto)
• Ōkubo Station (Tokyo)
• Keisei Ōkubo Station, Chiba
• Shin-Ōkubo Station, Tokyo

People

Ōkubo clan during the Sengoku and Edo periods

• Ōkubo Tadayo (1532–1594), Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
• Ōkubo Tadasuke (1537–1613), Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku and Edo periods
• Ōkubo Nagayasu (1545–1613), Japanese samurai of the Edo period
• Ōkubo Tadachika (1553–1628), Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku and Edo periods
• Ōkubo Tadataka (1560–1639), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Edo periods
• Ōkubo Tadazane (1778–1837), Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period
• Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–1878), Japanese samurai and later leader of the Meiji restoration

Contemporary

• Atsushi Ōkubo, Japanese manga author
• Hiroshi Okubo, Japanese video game music composer
• James K. Okubo, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Hideo Ohkubo, Japanese businessman
• Kaoru Okubo, Japanese anime music composer
• Kiyoshi Ōkubo, Japanese serial killer
• Koroku Ōkubo, Japanese photographer
• Miné Okubo, American artist
• Tsutomu Okubo, Japanese politician
• Susumu Ōkubo, who proposed the Gell-Mann–Okubo mass formula
• Yukishige Okubo, Japanese politician
• Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer

Footballers

• Goshi Okubo, Japanese footballer
• Makoto Okubo, Japanese footballer
• Takuo Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
• Tetsuya Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
• Yuki Okubo, Japanese footballer