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{{transliterationof|Hayashi|林|林}}
{{Family name
| name = Hayashi
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| pronunciation = Hayashi
| meaning = woods
| region = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| origin = Japanese
| related names = [[Kobayashi]]
| footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
}}
'''''Hayashi''''' ([[wikt:林|林]], literally "[[Woodland|woods]]"), is a common [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[surname]].
People named Hayashi include:
*[[Asuca Hayashi]] (singer)
*[[Chushiro Hayashi]] (astrophysicist)
*[[Hayashi Fubo]] (author)
*[[Hayashi Fumiko]] (author, poet)
*[[Hayashi Fusao]] (author)
*[[Hayashi Hidesada]] (retainer to [[Oda clan]])
*[[Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo_subway#Ikuo Hayashi|Ikuo Hayashi]], one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
*[[Joe Hayashi]] (Japanese-American World War II soldier)
*[[Kaz Hayashi]] (professional wrestler)
*[[Masumi Hayashi (poisoner)|Masumi Hayashi]] (murderer)
*[[Masumi Hayashi (photographer)|Masumi Hayashi]] (photographer)
*[[Hayashi Narinaga]] (samurai general)
*[[Hayashi Senjuro]] (former Prime Minister of Japan)
*[[Shizuya Hayashi]] (Japanese-American World War II soldier)
*[[Tadahiko Hayashi]] (photographer)
*[[Hayashi Tadasu]] (diplomat)
*[[Hayashi Tadataka]] (1848-1941), [[daimyo]]
*[[Takanobu Hayashi]] (photographer)
*[[Teruo Hayashi]] (martial artist and founder of Hayashi-ha karate)
*[[Tsuruichi Hayashi]] (1873–1935), [[mathematician]]
*[[Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo_subway#Yasuo Hayashi|Yasuo Hayashi]], one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
*[[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki Hayashi]] (musician)
Hayashi is also
*The name of a former samurai clan, the [[Hayashi clan]], several members of which served hereditarily as foreign policy advisors in the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]
*The daimyō family of [[Jōzai han]]
*The name of one of the [[four go houses]] in the [[Edo period]]
*A dish consisting of stewed beef and onions in gravy: [[Hayashi rice]]
*[[Hayashi (music)]], the term for a musical accompanist section, usually consisting primarily of percussion, in traditional Japanese theatre and dance.
==References==
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==See also==
* [[Japanese name]]
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[[Category:Japanese surnames]]
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[[ja:林]]