Hashimoto
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Hashimoto is a Japanese surname and place name.
Places:
- Hashimoto, a place in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Hashimoto, a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
People:
- Hashimoto Gahō (1835-1908), Kanō school painter
- Hakaru Hashimoto, the physician who first described Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
- Kazuo Hashimoto, late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and over 1000 patents for the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone.
- Kunihiko Hashimoto (also Qunihico)
- Mochitsura Hashimoto, Naval officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
- Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937–2006), 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan, leader of the Hashimoto faction
- Shintarō Hashimoto, an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
- Shinya Hashimoto, late Japanese professional wrestler
Other:
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the most common form of thyroiditis
- Hashimoto's encephalopathy, a rare neuroendocrine disorder