What is "sakakibara"

Sakakibara is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• "Sakakibara Seito," alias of the perpetrator of the Kobe child murders
• Yui Sakakibara, Japanese voice actress
• Yoshiko Sakakibara, Japanese voice actress
• Ikue Sakakibara, Japanese singer
• Sakakibara family, Japanese samurai family

Fictional characters:

• Shiho Sakakibara, Oh My Goddess! character
• Kōichi Sakakibara, Another (novel) character