Ueda (surname)
Ueda (上田 or 植田), romanized as Uyeda[1] in an old version of Hepburn romanization, is the 60th most common Japanese surname.[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Ai Ueda (上田藍, born 1983), professional triathlete
- Akinari Ueda (1734–1809), Japanese author, scholar and waka poet
- Akira Ueda (上田 晃, born 1970), video game designer
- Arisawa Ueda (上田有沢, 1850-1921), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- Bin Ueda (上田 敏, 1874–1916), writer and translator
- Fumito Ueda (上田 文人, born 1970), video game designer
- Haruka Ueda (上田 春佳, born 1988), Japanese swimmer
- Hatsumi Ueda, (上田 初美, born 1988) Japanese shogi player
- Herbert T. Ueda, American ice drilling engineer
- Hiroki Ueda, (上田 泰己, born 1975) Japanese biologist
- Hiroshi Ueda (上田 裕司, 1940-2011), Japanese professional wrestler
- Jin Ueda (上田 仁, born 1991), Japanese table tennis player
- Kana Ueda (植田 佳奈, born 1980), Japanese singer and voice actress
- Katsuji Ueda (上田 勝次, 1945–2017), Japanese kickboxer, martial artist and professional wrestler
- Kazuo Ueda (植田 和男, born 1951), Japanese economist and 32nd governor of the Bank of Japan
- Keisuke Ueda (植田 圭輔, born 1989), Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
- Ken-ichi Ueda (植田 憲一), Japanese laser scientist
- Kenkichi Ueda (植田謙吉, 1875–1962), general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Makiko Ueda (上田 真基子, born 1959), Japanese professional wrestler
- Makoto Ueda (architecture critic) (植田実, born 1935), editor and architecture critic
- Makoto Ueda (poetry critic) (上田真, 1931–2020), professor, author of numerous books about Japanese poetry
- Masaharu Ueda (上田正治, born 1938), Japanese cinematographer
- Miyuki Ueda (上田みゆき, 1944), Japanese actress and voice actress
- Reina Ueda (上田 麗奈, born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Rinko Ueda, (上田 倫子, born 1970) Japanese manga artist
- Ryoya Ueda (上田 陵弥, born 1989), Japanese footballer
- Ryujiro Ueda (植田 龍仁朗, born 1988), Japanese footballer
- Seiji Ueda (上田清二, born 1952), astronomer, asteroid hunter
- Shinji Ueda (植田信治, 1928-2001), newspaper editor and professional wrestling on-screen character
- Shinya Ueda (上田 晋也, born 1970), Japanese comedian and television presenter
- Shizuteru Ueda (上田 閑照, born 1926), Japanese philosopher specializing in philosophy of religion
- Shōji Ueda (植田 正治, 1913–2000), photographer
- Sōko Ueda (上田 宗箇, 1563-1650), Japanese samurai
- Takahiro Ueda (上田 岳弘), Japanese writer
- Takuma Ueda (上田 拓馬, born 1989), Japanese badminton player
- Tatsuya Ueda (上田 竜也, born 1983), member of Japanese boy band Kat-tun
- Toshiko Ueda (上田 トシコ, 1917–2008), manga artist
- Toyozo Ueda (上田 豊三, born 1937), Japanese Supreme Court justice
- Yōji Ueda (上田 燿司, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
- Yūji Ueda (上田 祐司, born 1967), Japanese voice actor
See also[edit]
- Ueta, a Japanese surname written the same way
References[edit]
- ^ The Annual Statistician and Economist. L.P. McCarty. 1889.
- ^ "Japan's top 100 most common family names". The Japan Times Online. 2009-10-11. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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