Subaru (name)

Subaru (written 昴 in kanji, すばる in hiragana, or スバル in katakana) is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster. It is primarily a masculine given name in Japanese. Notable people with the name include:

• Subaru Kimura (木村 昴, born 1990), Japanese voice actor and singer
• Subaru Nishimura (西村 昴, born 2003), Japanese footballer
• Subaru Shibutani (渋谷 すばる, born 1981), the former member of Kanjani∞
• Subaru Takahashi (高橋 昴, 1902–1992), Japanese cross-country skier