Hayashi (林, literally "woods"), is a common Japanese surname.
Asuca Hayashi, singer
Chushiro Hayashi, astrophysicist
Fubō Hayashi, author
Fumiko Hayashi (author), poet
Fumio Hayashi, economist
Ikuo Hayashi, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
Isao Hayashi, singer
Joe Hayashi, Japanese-American World War II soldier
Katsuhiro Hayashi, video game composer
Kaz Hayashi, professional wrestler
Keizō Hayashi, civil servant and general officer
Kiralee Hayashi, American stunt woman, actress and gymnast
Masumi Hayashi (photographer) (1945–2006), an American photographer and artist
Masumi Hayashi (poisoner)
Patrick Hayashi, the defendant in the property law case Popov v. Hayashi
Senjūrō Hayashi, former Prime Minister of Japan
Shizuya Hayashi, Japanese-American World War II soldier
Tadahiko Hayashi, photographer
Takanobu Hayashi, photographer
Tsuruichi Hayashi (1873–1935), mathematician
Yasuo Hayashi, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
Yasunori Hayashi, Japanese neuroscientist
Yoshihide Hayashi, general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
Yoshiki (musician), Yoshiki Hayashi
The name of a former samurai clan, the Hayashi clan (disambiguation), several members of which served hereditarily as foreign policy advisors in the Tokugawa shogunate
The daimyō family of Jōzai Domain (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) (囃子), the term for a musical accompanist section, usually consisting primarily of percussion, in traditional Japanese theatre and dance.
4771 Hayashi, an asteroid discovered in 1989
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