Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victim
Akira Kinoshita (born 1936), Japanese photographer
Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor
Ayumi Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese actress
Hiroyuki Kinoshita (born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor
Iesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samurai
Jun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher
Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwright
Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film director
Kyosuke Kinoshita (born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao
Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956), Japanese composer
Masaki Kinoshita (born 1989), Japanese footballer
Masao Kinoshita (1910 – ?), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan
Mokutaro Kinoshita (1885–1945), pen-name of a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic
Naoe Kinoshita (1869–1937), Japanese Christian socialist activist and author
Naoyuki Kinoshita (born 1954), Japanese art historian
Noriaki Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese American football player
Robert Kinoshita (1914–2014), American artist, art director and set and production designer
Sakura Kinoshita, Japanese manga artist
Sayaka Kinoshita, Japanese voice actress
Toichiro Kinoshita (born 1925), Japanese theoretical physicist
Tyler Kinoshita (born 1985), Japanese American retailer
Yuzuka Kinoshita (木下 柚花), Japanese actress
