Kinoshita is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victim Akira Kinoshita, Japanese photographer Alicia Kinoshita, Japanese sailor Ayumi Kinoshita, Japanese actress Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Japanese voice actor and actor Iesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samurai Jun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwright Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film director Kōichi Kinoshita , Japanese shogi player Kosuke Kinoshita, Japanese footballer Kozue Kinoshita , Japanese ice hockey player Kyosuke Kinoshita chairman of Acom, son of Masao Makiko Kinoshita, Japanese composer Manami Kinoshita , Japanese model Masaki Kinoshita, Japanese footballer Masao Kinoshita, founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan Mokutaro Kinoshita (1885–1945), pen-name of a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic Naoe Kinoshita (1869–1937), Japanese Christian socialist activist and author Naoyuki Kinoshita, Japanese art historian Noriaki Kinoshita, Japanese American football player Robert Kinoshita (1914–2014), American artist, art director and set and production designer Sakura Kinoshita, Japanese manga artist Sayaka Kinoshita, Japanese voice actress Toichiro Kinoshita, Japanese theoretical physicist Yuka Kinoshita, a Japanese professional eater
