Kodama (surname)

Kodama (written: 兒玉, 児玉 or 小玉) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arata Kodama (born 1982), Japanese football defender
• Fusako Kodama (born 1945), renowned Japanese photographer
• Kodama Gentarō (1852–1906), Japanese general of the Russo-Japanese War
• Haruka Kodama (born 1996), Japanese idol singer, member of HKT48 and AKB48
• Hideo Kodama (1876–1947), pre-World War II Japanese politician and cabinet minister
• Kazuoki Kodama (born 1965), Japanese Nordic combined skier
• Kenji Kodama (born 1949), Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist best known for directing the anime Case Closed and working with the anime Lupin III
• Kiyoshi Kodama (1934–2011), Japanese actor and TV personality
• Mari Kodama, international pianist born in Osaka, Japan and raised in Paris
• María Kodama (born 1937), personal assistant and later wife of Jorge Luis Borges
• Rieko Kodama (born 1963), video game designer involved with some of Sega's high profile projects
• Yoshio Kodama (1911–1984), prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan
• Yuichi Kodama, Japanese video director