Okabe (surname)

Okabe (written: 岡部) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Jiro Okabe (岡部 次郎; 1864–1925), Japanese politician
  • Keiichi Okabe (岡部 啓一; born 1969), Japanese music composer
  • Kenji Okabe (岡部 健二; 1915–?), Japanese World War II flying ace
  • Kinjiro Okabe (岡部 金治郎; 1896–1984), Japanese electrical engineer and scientist
  • Kiyoko Okabe (岡部 喜代子; born 1949), Japanese judge
  • Leandro Okabe (born 1985), Japanese-Brazilian model
  • Okabe Motonobu (岡部 元信; died 1581), Japanese samurai
  • Naozaburo Okabe (岡部 直三郎; 1887–1946), Japanese general
  • Noriaki Okabe (岡部 憲明; born 1947), Japanese architect
  • Rin Okabe (岡部麟; born 1996), Japanese singer
  • Toru Okabe (岡部 通; 1889–1961), Japanese general
  • Yoshiro Okabe (岡部 芳郎; 1884–1945), Japanese engineer and assistant of Thomas Edison
  • Yukiaki Okabe (岡部 幸明; born 1941), Japanese swimmer

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