Shibata (surname)
Shibata is the 63rd most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are and. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- Akane Shibata, Japanese field hockey player
- Aki Shibata, Japanese volleyball player
- Ayumi Shibata, Japanese singer
- Chieno Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- Go Shibata, Japanese film director
- Hidekatsu Shibata, Japanese voice actor
- Hidetsugu Shibata, Japanese comedian
- Hiroyuki Shibata, Japanese long jumper
- Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Kanjuro Shibata XX, kyudo master and bowmaker
- Shibata Katsuie, Japanese samurai and military commander
- Shibata Katsutoyo, Japanese samurai commander
- Katsuyori Shibata, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Kayoko Shibata, Japanese actress, singer and model
- Kiyonari Shibata, Japanese middle-distance runner
- Kuniaki Shibata, Japanese professional boxer
- Kunio Shibata, Japanese cross-country skier
- Masaki Shibata, Japanese handball player
- Shibata Naganori, Japanese samurai and military commander
- Noriyoshi Shibata, Japanese photographer
- Ryo Shibata, Japanese figure skater
- Ryuichi Shibata, Japanese butterfly swimmer
- Saki Shibata, Japanese table tennis player
- Satoru Shibata, Japanese chief executive
- Seiji Shibata, Japanese fencer
- Shingo Shibata, Japanese footballer
- Sosuke Shibata, Japanese footballer
- Shibata Takenaka, Japanese diplomat
- Tetsuya Shibata, Japanese video game music composer and sound director
- Tomoyo Shibata, Japanese announcer
- Toshio Shibata, Japanese photographer
- Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet
- Tsunekichi Shibata, Japanese film director
- Yoshitomi Shibata, Japanese jockey
- Yumiko Shibata, Japanese voice actress
- Shibata Zeshin, Japanese painter and lacquerer
