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Updated January 3, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘seashore rice paddy’; found in the island of Shikoku and in the Ryūkyū Islands. Several unrelated families bearing this name descend from the Fujiwara, Taira, Kikuchi, Arakida, and other clans.

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