Ikeda (surname) explained

Ikeda (written:) is the 26th most common Japanese surname.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese songwriter and singer
• , Japanese voice actress
• Chiyoki Ikeda (1920–1960), American intelligence operative
• , Japanese actor
• , founder of Soka University of America and president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
• Fumiyo Ikeda (born 1962), Japanese dancer, actress and choreographer
• , Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan
• , Aikido shihan
• , film director
• Jon Ikeda (born 1965), American-born automobile designer and executive
• , actor
• , Japanese ambassador and chief of ITER
• , Japanese footballer
• , Tokyo Imperial University professor, discoverer of the umami flavor
• , Japanese racewalker
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese scriptwriter
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese actor, singer, and voice actor
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese aikido teacher
• , Japanese-Turkish mathematician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese female tarento, actress, and former gravure idol
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese sound artist
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese physician, "father" of fiberoptic bronchoscopy
• , Japanese badminton player
• , voice actor
• , Japanese actor and model
• Suzee Ikeda (born 1947), American-born singer and record executive
• , Japanese screenwriter and film director
• , Japanese artist
• , daimyō
• , Japanese film director and screenwriter
• , Japanese engineer and computer scientist
• , daimyō and military commander
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese jazz double-bassist
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese actress
• Yukiko Ikeda (born 1971), Japanese archer
• , Japanese professional golfer

Notes and References

1. 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.