Furuichi

Furuichi (written: 古市) is a Japanese surname and place name. Furuichi can be translated as "old town" or "old market". It may refer to:

People

• Furuichi clan (古市氏), a Japanese clan
• Furuichi Chōin (古市澄胤; 1452–1508), minor Japanese lord and tea ceremony aficionado
• Furuichi Ryōwa (古市了和; died 1657), Japanese tea master
• Furuichi Taneshige (古市胤重; 1624–1958), Samurai of the Kaga Domain
• Furuichi Kanemoto (古市務本; 1642–1677), Samurai of the Kaga Domain and Confucian scholar
• Furuichi Kōi (古市公威; 1854–1934), Japanese civil engineer
• Furuichi Risaburō (古市利三郎; 1866–1944), Japanese educator
• Furuichi Masakazu (古市昌一; born 1958), Japanese computer scientist
• Kotaro Furuichi (古市コータロー; born c. 1964), guitarist for the Japanese rock band The Collectors
• Furuichi Sachiko (古市幸子; born 1973), former announcer for Nippon Television
• Furuichi Sadahide (古市貞秀; born 1976), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Noritoshi Furuichi (古市憲寿; born 1985), Japanese sociologist and author
• Masako Furuichi (古市雅子; born 1996), Japanese freestyle wrestler

Places

• Furuichi Castle (古市城), a medieval Japanese castle in Nara Prefecture which was built by the Furuichi Clan prior to 1444 and destroyed in 1543
• Furuichi Kofun Cluster (古市古墳群)), a group of one hundred and twenty-three kofun (tombs) in Fujiidera and Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Furuichi Station (disambiguation) (古市駅), several train stations
• Furuichi Town (Maebashi) (古市町 (前橋市)), a town in Maebashi city, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
• Furuichi Town (Hiroshima) (古市町 (広島県)), a former town in Asa District, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. By 1973 it had been merged with Hiroshima City
• Furuichi Town (Osaka) (古市町 (大阪府)), a former town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan in present-day Habikino. Furuichi Town was abolished in 1956.
• Furuichi (古市 (広島市)), a place in Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima City, Japan

See also

• Old Town (disambiguation)