Hirayama Explained

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

• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese painter
• , who discovered the Hirayama families of asteroids
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese politician
• Lalla Hirayama (born 1988), South African television host, actress, dancer and model
• Nathan Hirayama (born 1988), Canadian rugby player
• , Japanese American baseball player
• , first Japanese astronomer to discover an asteroid
• , an international football (soccer) player
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese rock climber

See also

• 1999 Hirayama, an asteroid
• Hirayama (crater), lunar crater
• Hirayama family, a family of asteroids
• Hirayama Station, a train station in Chiba Prefecture
• Hirayama syndrome, a lower motor neuron disease