Abe (surname) explained
Abe (pronounced as /ja/ - written:) is the 25th most common Japanese surname.[1] Less common variants are, and . Notable people with the surname include:
- , Japanese socialite, radio personality and wife of Shinzō Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan
- , Japanese announcer and actress
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese singer and actress
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese synchronized swimmer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese mixed martial artist
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese singer-songwriter
- , Japanese lawyer, police bureaucrat and politician
- , pen name of Naoya Abe, Japanese manga writer
- , Japanese-English actress
- , Japanese general
- , Japanese judoka
- , 7th-century Japanese general
- , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese poet
- Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroyuki Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- , Japanese zoologist
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese poet
- , Japanese hammer thrower
- , Japanese Christian socialist and politician
- , Japanese photographer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese politician, father of Shintaro Abe
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese jazz saxophonist
- , Japanese table tennis player
- Katsuo Abe, Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral
- Kazuhisa Abe (1914-1996), American senator and judge in Hawaii
- , Japanese bobsledder
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- , Japanese writer
- Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
- , Japanese karateka
- , Japanese classical composer and marimba player
- , Japanese World War II flying ace
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese martial artist in the United Kingdom
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese fencer
- , pen name of Kimifusa Abe, Japanese writer
- , Japanese human rights activist
- , Japanese comedian
- , Japanese classical composer
- , Japanese poet
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- , Japanese animator
- , Japanese singer-songwriter
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese Rōjū and daimyō
- , Japanese samurai
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese academic in Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion
- , Japanese Nordic combined skier
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese architect and civil engineer
- , Japanese model
- , Japanese samurai
- , Japanese samurai
- , Japanese singer and actress
- , Japanese scholar, administrator, and waka poet
- , Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
- , Japanese long jumper
- , Japanese singer and actress
- , Japanese fashion model
- , Japanese Buddhist monk
- , Japanese general, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese motorcycle racer
- , Imperial Japanese Army officer
- , Japanese anime director
- Osamu Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese academic
- , Japanese convicted murderer, prostitute and actress
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese samurai
- , American politician
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- Satoru Abe (born 1926), American sculptor
- , Japanese onmyōji
- , Japanese calligrapher and aikidoka
- , Japanese basketball player
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese politician, father of Shinzo
- , Japanese curler and curling coach
- , Japanese politician and longest-serving postwar Prime Minister of Japan
- , Japanese idol, actress and singer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese aikidoka
- , Japanese rower
- , Japanese field hockey player
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese hurdler
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese table tennis player
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese ichthyologist
- , Japanese ultramarathon runner
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese writer, social critic, humanist and translator
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese announcer, television personality, and news anchor
- , Japanese musician
- Abe no Yasuna, a disciple of Kamo no Yasunori and father of Abe no Seimei
- , Japanese academic
- , Japanese samurai
- , Japanese musician and record producer
- , Japanese general
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese zoologist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese philosopher, educator and politician
- , Japanese graphic artist
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese television journalist and actor
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , born 1974) better known as Sachie Abe, Japanese professional wrestler
- , better known as Yumi Ohka, Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese actress and former singer
- , Japanese Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese film director
- , Japanese footballer
Other people
See also
Notes and References
- 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-09-27.