Obata (written: , , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
, Japanese rower , Japanese-American artist Gyo Obata (1923–2022), American architect , general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II , martial artist, choreographer, actor, and founder of Shinkendo , Japanese karate master , Japanese long-distance runner , retired amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler , Confucian scholar and samurai , Japanese samurai warrior , Japanese mathematician , Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period Reiko Obata, Japanese-American koto performer and composer , Japanese tennis player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese footballer Shuichi Obata Born 1932 Japanese designer
See also Obata, Mie, a former town in Mie Prefecture, Japan