Naoe is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Naoe can be written using different kanji characters 直江, 直枝 or 尚江. It may refer to:
People The , a Japanese clan that claims descent from Fujiwara no Maro and the Kyōke branch of the Fujiwara clan. Naoe Kanetsugu, a Japanese samurai of the 16th-17th centuries Naoe Kagetsuna, an officer under the Uesugi clan Naoe Fushimi, Japanese actress Kay Naoe, one of the two founding members of Oceanlane Kita Naoe, mangaka from Osaka Naoe Kinoshita, a Japanese Christian socialist Daisuke Naoe, a Japanese baseball player
Fictional characters
Naoe Bungo, a character in the Japanese film G.I. Samurai Naoe Kanno, a character from the anime/manga Strike Witches based on the Japanese WW2 ace Naoshi Kanno Nobutsuna Naoe, a character from the anime/ova/light novel series Mirage of Blaze Riki Naoe, the main protagonist from Little Busters! and Kud Wafter Shigen Naoe, a character from the video game The Last Blade Fujibayashi Naoe, a protagonist of the 2025 video game Assassin's Creed Shadows alongside Yasuke
Places Naoe Station, a train station