Inoue Explained
For other uses see Inoue (disambiguation).
Inoue |
Meaning: | On the well |
Region: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
Inoue (kanji: Japanese: 井上, historical kana orthography: Japanese: ゐのうへ Winouhe) is the 16th most common Japanese surname.[1] Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye, and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is .
Notable people with the surname
- , Japanese lyricist
- , Japanese film director
- , Japanese keyboardist, composer and producer
- Alice Inoue (born 1964), American astrologer and writer
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese announcer
- , Japanese writer and translator
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese businessman and inventor
- , Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist
- , Japanese rugby union player
- Daniel Inouye (1924–2012), United States Senator for Hawaii and Medal of Honor recipient
- Egan Inoue (born 1965), American jiu-jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and racquetball player
- Enson Inoue (born 1967), American mixed martial artist
- , Japanese founder of Toyo University, educator and philosopher
- , Japanese tennis player
- , Shinsengumi
- , Japanese tennis player
- , Japanese actress and model
- , Japanese film director
- , Japanese educator and first female president of Japan Women's University
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese general
- Hiromitsu Inoue (born 1974), Japanese entomologist
- , Japanese and subject of the standard botanical author abbreviation "Inoue"
- , Japanese entomologist
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- , Japanese writer and playwright
- , Japanese historian
- , Japanese voice actress and singer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , American musician
- , Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian
- , Japanese speed skater
- , Japanese businessman and banker
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese diplomat
- , Japanese voice actor and singer
- Kazuhiro Inoue (born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- , Japanese journalist and writer
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese singer and voice actress
- , better known as Inoran, Japanese musician
- , Japanese academic, historian and writer
- , Japanese sprint canoeist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese boxer
- , Japanese judoka
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese golfer
- , Japanese statesman
- , Japanese journalist
- , Japanese aikidoka
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- Lorraine Inouye (born 1940), American politician serving in the Hawaii State Senate
- Lurdes Inoue, Brazilian statistician
- , Japanese tennis player
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese golfer
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese voice actress and singer
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese actor and martial artist
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese general
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mao
- , Japanese hurdler and bobsledder
- , Japanese actor and film director
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese government official
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese daimyō
- , Japanese sport shooter
- , Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese writer
- , Japanese tennis player
- Miyako Inoue (anthropologist) (born 1962), American anthropologist
- , Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Motokatsu Inoue (1918–1993), Japanese martial artist
- , Japanese idol singer Nogizaka46 member
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese painter
- , Japanese mixed martial artist
- , Japanese boxer
- , Japanese Buddhist preacher and far-right activist
- , Japanese video game developer
- , Japanese aikidoka
- , Japanese actor and voice actor
- , Japanese long-distance runner
- , Japanese-born American figure skater
- , Japanese footballer
- Ryoki Inoue (born 1946), Brazilian writer
- , Japanese footballer
- , better known as Kazunoko, Japanese fighting games player
- , Japanese general
- , Japanese cyclist
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese pianist
- , Japanese sprinter
- , Japanese jazz guitarist
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese photographer
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- , Japanese marathon runner
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese-born American biophysicist and cell biologist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- , Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mighty Inoue
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese mixed martial artist
- Taki Inoue (born 1963), Japanese racing driver
- , Japanese boxer
- , Japanese badminton player
- Tetsu Inoue, American music producer
- , Japanese table tennis player
- , Japanese philosopher
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- , Japanese triple jumper
- , Japanese screenwriter
- , Japanese film director and screenwriter
- , Japanese idol, television personality and actress
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese footballer
- Wayne Inouye (born 1953), American businessman
- , Japanese poet and writer
- , Japanese voice actress
- , a high-ranking member of Aum Shinrikyo executed for the Tokyo subway attack
- , Japanese politician
- , Imperial Japanese Navy officer
- , Japanese sport wrestler
- , Japanese singer-songwriter
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese classical violinist
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese curler
Fictional characters
- , a character in the anime series Vampire Princess Miyu
- , a character in the anime series Lycoris Recoil
- , a character in the film Azumi
- , a character in the manga series Ushio and Tora
- and, characters in the manga series Bleach
- , an anthropomorphized cat created by Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Yolei Inoue or, a character in the anime series Digimon Adventure 02
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.