Ueda (上田 or 植田), romanized as Uyeda in an old version of Hepburn romanization, is the 60th most common Japanese surname. 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 Ayase Ueda (上田 綺世; born 1998), Japanese footballer Bin Ueda (上田 敏; 1874–1916), writer and translator Fumito Ueda (上田 文人; born 1970), video game designer , 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 , Japanese table tennis player Kana Ueda (植田 佳奈; born 1980), Japanese singer and voice actress , 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 Kazuo Ueda (上田和夫; born 1942 or 1943), Japanese Yiddishist 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; 1938–2025), 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 , Japanese footballer , 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 , Japanese comedian and television presenter Shizuteru Ueda (上田 閑照; 1926–2019), Japanese philosopher specializing in philosophy of religion Shoji Ueda (cinematographer) (上田正治; 1938–2025), Japanese cinematographer Shōji Ueda (植田 正治; 1913–2000), photographer , Japanese samurai , Japanese writer , 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 Ueta, a Japanese surname written the same way
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