What is "hashimoto"

is a Japanese name meaning "base of bridge", from meaning "bridge" and meaning "base". It may refer to:

• Hashimoto, a place in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
• Hashimoto, a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
• Hashimoto (surname)

Hashimoto (written: 橋本 lit. "base of bridge" or 橋下　lit. "under bridge") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ai Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress
• Hashimoto Gahō (1835–1908), Kanō school painter
• Hakaru Hashimoto, the physician who first described Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Kazuo Hashimoto (died 1995), late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and over 1000 patents for the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone
• Kingoro Hashimoto (1890–1957), Japanese soldier and political activist
• Kunihiko Hashimoto (also Qunihico, 1904–1949), Japanese musician
• Mantaro J. Hashimoto (1932–1987), (Sinologist)
• Miyuki Hashimoto, Japanese singer
• Mochitsura Hashimoto (1909–2000), Naval officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
• Ryosuke Hashimoto (born 1993), Japanese idol, member of the boyband A.B.C-Z
• Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937–2006), 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan, leader of the Hashimoto faction
• Shintarō Hashimoto (1892–1945), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
• Shinya Hashimoto (1965–2005), late Japanese professional wrestler
• Tōru Hashimoto, lawyer, commentator (born 1969), and politician. Mayor of Osaka City and ex-governor of Osaka Prefecture, president of the political party Osaka Restoration Association.
• Yasuko Hashimoto (born 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yukari Hashimoto, Japanese composer and arranger