Niwa (surname)

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

Niwa clan, retainer clan of the Oda clan during the Sengoku period of Japan (1603 – 1868) Niwa Nagaaki, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1796 – 1813 Niwa Nagahide, Daimyō of Shirakawa Niwa Nagahiro, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1868 – 1871 Niwa Nagakuni, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1858 – 1868 Niwa Nagashige, Daimyō of Shirakawa, 1628 – 1638 Niwa Nagatomi, Daimyō of Nihonmatsu, 1813 – 1858 , Japanese curler, 1998 Winter Olympics participant Daiki Niwa (footballer), Japanese footballer Hideki Niwa, Japanese politician Koki Niwa, Japanese table tennis player Mikiho Niwa, Japanese actress , Japanese samurai and daimyō Ryuhei Niwa, Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Uichiro Niwa, Japanese diplomat and businessman Yasujiro Niwa, Japanese scientist Yuya Niwa, Japanese politician