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In the world, Kinoshita (キノシタ , Kinoshita , 直之 ) is a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female given name. The first name Kinoshita is habitual in Algeria, where it is a very rare female name, Japan, where it is a very rare boy's name, and China, where it is a very rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly female name. Much less frequently, Kinoshita is the last name as well as the forename.
Kinoshita is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .