Kusanagi is the Japanese surname.
It is the surname of Akita prefecture, and is especially common in the northern part of the prefecture.
He is said to be a descendant of Emperor Bunmu, and when he played the role of Gosannen War, he was said to have been given the surname “Kusanagi because he guided the way through the grass with a bow.”
> Japanese names in Kanji
It is the surname of Akita prefecture, and is especially common in the northern part of the prefecture.
He is said to be a descendant of Emperor Bunmu, and when he played the role of Gosannen War, he was said to have been given the surname “Kusanagi because he guided the way through the grass with a bow.”
> Japanese names in Kanji
Ranked by surname (family name) in Japan.
Ranking | Surname | approximate number of persons |
---|---|---|
1st | Sato | 1,853,000 |
2nd | Suzuki | 1,786,000 |
3rd | Takahashi | 1,399,000 |
4th | Tanaka | 1,326,000 |
5th | Ito | 1,065,000 |
6th | Watanabe | 1,055,000 |
7th | Yamamoto | 1,041,000 |
8th | Nakamura | 1,037,000 |
9th | Kobayashi | 1,021,000 |
10th | Kato | 882,000 |
11th | Yoshida | 823,000 |
12th | Yamada | 808,000 |
13th | Sasaki | 665,000 |
14th | Yamaguchi | 638,000 |
15th | Matsumoto | 622,000 |
16th | Inoue | 610,000 |
17th | Kimura | 571,000 |
18th | Hayashi | 541,000 |
19th | Saito | 538,000 |
5,838th | Kusanagi | 1,700 |