Hayashi (林, literally "woods"), is a common Japanese surname.
Asuca Hayashi, singerChushiro Hayashi, astrophysicistFubō Hayashi, authorFumiko Hayashi (author), poetFumio Hayashi, economistIkuo Hayashi, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subwayIsao Hayashi, singerJoe Hayashi, Japanese-American World War II soldierKatsuhiro Hayashi, video game composerKaz Hayashi, professional wrestlerKeizō Hayashi, civil servant and general officerKiralee Hayashi, American stunt woman, actress and gymnastMasumi Hayashi (photographer) (1945–2006), an American photographer and artistMasumi Hayashi (poisoner)Patrick Hayashi, the defendant in the property law case Popov v. HayashiSenjūrō Hayashi, former Prime Minister of JapanShizuya Hayashi, Japanese-American World War II soldierTadahiko Hayashi, photographerTakanobu Hayashi, photographerTsuruichi Hayashi (1873–1935), mathematicianYasuo Hayashi, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subwayYasunori Hayashi, Japanese neuroscientistYoshihide Hayashi, general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War IIYoshiki (musician), Yoshiki HayashiThe name of a former samurai clan, the Hayashi clan (disambiguation), several members of which served hereditarily as foreign policy advisors in the Tokugawa shogunateThe daimyō family of Jōzai Domain (Jōzai han)The name of one of the four go houses in the Edo periodA dish consisting of stewed beef and onions in gravy: Hayashi riceHayashi (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 1989Hayashi Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA