Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victimAkira Kinoshita (born 1936), Japanese photographerAlicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailorAyumi Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese actressHiroyuki Kinoshita (born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actorIesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samuraiJun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopherJunji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwrightKeisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film directorKyosuke Kinoshita (born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of MasaoMakiko Kinoshita (born 1956), Japanese composerMasaki Kinoshita (born 1989), Japanese footballerMasao Kinoshita (1910 – ?), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in JapanMokutaro Kinoshita (1885–1945), pen-name of a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary criticNaoe Kinoshita (1869–1937), Japanese Christian socialist activist and authorNaoyuki Kinoshita (born 1954), Japanese art historianNoriaki Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese American football playerRobert Kinoshita (1914–2014), American artist, art director and set and production designerSakura Kinoshita, Japanese manga artistSayaka Kinoshita, Japanese voice actressToichiro Kinoshita (born 1925), Japanese theoretical physicistTyler Kinoshita (born 1985), Japanese American retailerYuzuka Kinoshita (木下 柚花), Japanese actress