Umehara () is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Daigo Umehara (born 1981), Japanese arcade fighting video game player Katsuhiko Umehara (born 1954), mayor of Sendai , the Japanese name of South Korean president Choi Kyu-hah (1919–2006) , Japanese freestyle skier Ryūzaburō Umehara (1888–1986), Japanese painter Takeshi Umehara (born 1925), Japanese philosopher and writer Yūichirō Umehara (born 1991), Japanese voice actor