Hara is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Hara Masatane, senior retainer of the Takeda clan during the late Sengoku period Hara Nagayori, Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through late Azuchi-Momoyama period Hara Takashi, the 19th Prime Minister of Japan Hara Toratane, Japanese general under Takeda Shingen Otohiko Hara, Japanese businessman Arthur S. Hara, prominent Japanese-Canadian businessman and philanthropist Atsushi Hara, Japanese professional radio-controlled car racer Aya Hara, Japanese voice actress Ayako Hara , Japanese model and beauty pageant winner Burt Hara, the principal clarinetist with the Minnesota Orchestra Chieko Hara, Japanese pianist Chisako Hara, Japanese actress Chūichi Hara, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II Daigo Hara , Japanese freestyle skier Erika Hara , Japanese professional golfer Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress Ernest Hideo Hara (1909–2006), Hawaiian architect of Japanese descent Fumina Hara, Japanese actress and idol George Hara Williams (1894–1945), American farmer activist and politician Hidenori Hara, Japanese manga artist Hideroku Hara, Japanese legal scholar Hiromi Hara, Japanese ex-soccer player and former manager of F.C. Tokyo Hiroshi Hara (disambiguation) Kanesuke Hara, Japanese botanist and mycologist Kazuki Hara, Japanese football player Kazuko Hara, prolific Japanese opera composer Kazuo Hara, Japanese documentary film director Keiichi Hara, Japanese director of animated films Kenya Hara, Japanese graphic designer and curator Kenzaburo Hara (disambiguation) Komako Hara (1910–1968), Japanese actress Martinho Hara, Japanese nobleman of Tenshō embassy who was one of the first official Japanese emissaries to Europe. Masafumi Hara, retired Japanese football player Mikie Hara, Japanese gravure idol and actress Mikiko Hara, Japanese photographer Naohisa Hara, Japanese photographer Nobuki Hara, former Japanese football player Ryuta Hara, retired Japanese football player Sachie Hara, Japanese actress and model Saori Hara, Japanese adult video idol, model and actress Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress Susumu Hara, Japanese wrestler who is better known as Ashura Hara Taira Hara, Japanese manga artist Tameichi Hara, Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War Tamiki Hara, Japanese author and survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima Tatsunori Hara, the current manager for the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball Teruki Hara , Japanese footballer Tetsuo Hara, Japanese manga artist Yasuyoshi Hara, Japanese actor and voice actor Yoshimichi Hara (原 嘉道, 1867–1944, Japanese representative of Emperor Hirohito during World War II Yuko Hara, keyboard player for Southern All Stars Yumi Hara Japanese voice actress Yumiko Hara, Japanese marathon runner Yutaka Hara, Japanese manga artist Yutaro Hara, Japanese football player