Ōshima (surname)

Ōshima, Oshima, Ooshima or Ohshima (written: 大島, 大嶋 lit. "big island") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Hiromi Oshima, model and playmate
• Hiroshi Ōshima, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II
• Joun Ōshima, noted Japanese sculptor in the Meiji/Taisho era
• Mai Oshima, AKB48
• Masamitsu Ōshima (1884–1965), Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist
• Michiru Oshima, Japanese composer
• Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
• Naoto Ohshima, original character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Robotnik
• Takatō Ōshima, made the first blast furnace and western-style cannons in Japan
• Towa Oshima, manga artist
• Tsutomu Ohshima, martial artist, head of Shotokan Karate of America.
• Yuko Oshima, AKB48