Ogata

Ogata (written: 尾形, 緒方, 緒形, 小形, 小県 or 尾方) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akinori Ogata (尾形 明紀, born 1973), Japanese stock car racing driver
• Akira Ogata (緒方 章, 1887–1978), Japanese chemist
• Atsunobu Ogata (緒方 厚信, born 1948), Japanese sprint canoeist
• Ogata Gekkō (尾形 月耕, 1859–1920), Japanese painter
• Issey Ogata (イッセー 尾形, born 1952), Japanese actor and comedian
• Ken Ogata (緒形 拳, 1937–2008), Japanese actor
• Kenichi Ogata (shoot boxer) (緒形 健一, born 1975), Japanese kickboxer
• Kenichi Ogata (voice actor) (緒方 賢一, born 1942), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Ogata Kenzan (尾形 乾山, 1663–1743), Japanese potter and painter
• Ogata Kōan (緒方 洪庵, 1810–1863), Japanese physician
• Ogata Kōrin (尾形 光琳, 1658–1716), Japanese painter
• Koichi Ogata (緒方 孝市, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
• Masafumi Ogata (born 1968), Japanese video game composer
• Masaki Ogata (小県 真樹, born 1964), Japanese Go player
• Megumi Ogata (緒方 恵美, born 1965), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Mitsuru Ogata (小形 満, born 1961), Japanese voice actor
• Paul Ogata (born 1968), American comedian
• Ryuichi Ogata (緒方 龍一, born 1985), Japanese vocalist
• Ogata no Saburo Koreyoshi (緒方 惟栄, ca. 1100–1200), Japanese nobleman
• Sadako Ogata (緒方 貞子, born 1927), Japanese diplomat and academic
• Shigeo Ogata (緒方 茂生, born 1968), Japanese freestyle swimmer
• Taketora Ogata (緒方 竹虎, 1888–1956), Japanese newspaper editor and politician
• Tsuyoshi Ogata (尾方 剛, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuka Ogata (緒方 夕佳, born 1975), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

• Chieri Ogata (緒方 智絵里), a character in the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
• Matake Ogata (緒方 真竹), a character in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
• Rin Ogata (尾形 琳), protagonist of the manga series Rideback