Ogura
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Ogura (Kanji 小倉) is a surname in Japan. The Kanji characters literally mean "small storehouse". Well-known people and places named Ogura include the following:
[edit] People
- Hisayoshi Ogura, a member of Taito Corporation's "house band" Zuntata.
- Kei Ogura (小椋佳), a Japanese singer ,songwriter and composer.
- Masatsune Ogura (小倉 正恆), a Japanese politician and business man.
- Ogura Yonesuke Itoh, a Japanese-American artist.
- Roh Ogura (小倉 朗), a Japanese composer and writer.
- Shōhei Ogura (小椋 祥平), a football player who plays for Mito HollyHock in Japan's professional J. League.
- Yuki Ogura (小倉遊亀), a nihonga painter in Showa period Japan.
- Yuko Ogura (小倉優子), a popular Japanese model and singer.
[edit] Places
- Lake Ogura, a lake located near Kyoto in the Kyoto prefecture.
- Ogura Station, a railway station in Uji, Kyoto, Japan.
[edit] other uses
- Ogura (Kanji, a Red bean paste, which is a sweetened paste made from azuki beans that is often used in foods such as taiyaki or cake.
- Ogura (Katakana: オーグラ), an antagonist in the video game Densetsu no Stafy.

