Kuribayashi

Kuribayashi (written: 栗林, lit. "chestnut-forest") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ema Kuribayashi (born 1983), cricketer
• Kiue Kuribayashi (栗林 喜右衛, born 1934), Japanese racewalker
• Minami Kuribayashi (born 1976), singer-songwriter
• Miwa Kuribayashi (栗林 未和, born 1998), Japanese women's basketball player
• Satoshi Kuribayashi (栗林 慧 born 1939), photographer
• Tadamichi Kuribayashi (栗林 忠道, 1891–1945), general in the Imperial Japanese Army