Kihara (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this surname include:
People , Japanese geneticist , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese swimmer and TV actress Minoru Kihara, multiple people , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese engineer , Japanese composer, pianist, music educator , a Japanese pair skater , Japanese politician , Japanese politician Shigeyuki Kihara, Japanese-Samoan artist , Japanese manga artist
Fictional characters Nayuta Kihara, Gensei Kihara, Therestina Kihara Lifeline, Kagun Kihara, Amata Kihara and many others, characters in the light novel series A Certain Magical Index Tsumugu Kihara, one of the main characters of Nagi no Asukara