Abe (surname)

Abe (, - written: 阿部) is the 25th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 安倍, 安部 and 阿倍. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Akie Abe (安倍 昭恵), Japanese socialite, radio personality and wife of Shinzō Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan
 * Akiko Abe (阿部 哲子), Japanese announcer and actress
 * Abe Akira (阿部 昭), Japanese writer
 * Asami Abe (安倍 麻美), Japanese singer and actress
 * Atsushi Abe (阿部 敦), Japanese voice actor
 * Atsushi Abe (synchronized swimmer) (安部 篤史), Japanese synchronized swimmer
 * Bunichiro Abe (阿部 文一朗), Japanese footballer
 * Daichi Abe (阿部 大治), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Fuminori Abe (阿部史典), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Fumio Abe (阿部 文男), Japanese politician
 * Fuyumi Abe (阿部 芙蓉美), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Genki Abe (安倍 源基), Japanese lawyer, police bureaucrat and politician
 * George Abe (安部 譲二), pen name of Naoya Abe, Japanese manga writer
 * Haruka Abe (安部 春香), Japanese-English actress
 * Heisuke Abe (阿部 平輔), Japanese general
 * Hifumi Abe (阿部 一二三), Japanese judoka
 * Abe no Hirafu (阿倍 比羅夫), 7th-century Japanese general
 * Hiroaki Abe (阿部 弘毅), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Hiroki Abe (安部 裕葵), Japanese footballer
 * Abe no Hironiwa (安倍 広庭), Japanese poet
 * Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Hiroyuki Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Hisashi Abe (阿部 永), Japanese zoologist
 * Ichiro Abe (安部 一郎), Japanese judoka
 * Abe no Iratsume (阿倍 女郎), Japanese poet
 * Isao Abe (阿部 功), Japanese hammer thrower
 * Abe Isoo (安部 磯雄), Japanese Christian socialist and politician
 * Jun Abe (阿部 淳), Japanese photographer
 * Kaito Abe (阿部 海大), Japanese footballer
 * Kamehiko Abe (阿部 亀彦), Japanese politician
 * Kan Abe (安倍 寛), Japanese politician, father of Shintaro Abe
 * Kana Abe (阿部 香菜), Japanese judoka
 * Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫), Japanese jazz saxophonist
 * Katsuyuki Abe (阿部 勝幸), Japanese table tennis player
 * Katsuo Abe, Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral
 * Kazuhisa Abe (1914-1996), American senator and judge in Hawaii
 * Kazumi Abe (阿部 一視), Japanese bobsledder
 * Kazunari Abe (阿部 和成), Japanese baseball player
 * Kazuo Abe (阿部 一男), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kazushige Abe (阿部 和重), Japanese writer
 * Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Keigo Abe (阿部 圭吾), Japanese karateka
 * Keiko Abe (安倍 圭子), Japanese classical composer and marimba player
 * Kenichi Abe (阿部 健市), Japanese World War II flying ace
 * Kenjirō Abe (阿部 健治郎), Japanese shogi player
 * Kensaku Abe (阿部 謙作), Japanese footballer
 * Kenshiro Abbe (阿部 謙四郎), Japanese martial artist in the United Kingdom
 * Kenta Abe (阿部 健太), Japanese baseball player
 * Kinya Abe (安部 欣哉), Japanese fencer
 * Kōbō Abe (安部 公房), pen name of Kimifusa Abe, Japanese writer
 * Kohki Abe (阿部 浩己), Japanese human rights activist
 * Koji Abe (あべ こうじ), Japanese comedian
 * Kōmei Abe (安部 幸明), Japanese classical composer
 * Abe no Kooji (安倍 子祖父), Japanese poet
 * Kōru Abe (阿部 光瑠), Japanese shogi player
 * Kōsō Abe (阿部 孝壮), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Kunihiro Abe (阿部 邦博), Japanese animator
 * Mao Abe (阿部 真央), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Masahiro Abe (阿部 真宏), Japanese baseball player
 * Abe Masahiro (阿部 正弘), Japanese Rōjū and daimyō
 * Abe Masakatsu (阿部 正勝), Japanese samurai
 * Abe Masakoto (阿部 正功), Japanese daimyō
 * Abe Masakiyo (Shirakawa) (阿部 正静), Japanese daimyō
 * Abe Masanori (阿部 正権), Japanese daimyō
 * Masanori Abe (阿部 正紀), Japanese footballer
 * Masao Abe (阿部 正雄), Japanese academic in Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion
 * Masashi Abe (阿部 雅司), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Abe Masatō (阿部 正外), Japanese daimyō
 * Masatoshi Abe (阿部 正俊), Japanese politician
 * Abe Masatsugu (阿部 正次), Japanese daimyō
 * Abe Masayoshi (阿部 正由), Japanese daimyō
 * Mikishi Abe (阿部 美樹志), Japanese architect and civil engineer
 * Momoko Abe (阿部 桃子), Japanese model
 * Abe Motozane (安倍 元真), Japanese samurai
 * Abe no Munetō (安倍 宗任), Japanese samurai
 * Nagisa Abe (あべ なぎさ), Japanese singer and actress
 * Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍 仲麻呂), Japanese scholar, administrator, and waka poet
 * Nanami Abe (阿部 奈々美), Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
 * Naoki Abe (阿部 直紀), Japanese long jumper
 * Natsumi Abe (安倍 なつみ), Japanese singer and actress
 * Nicole Abe (安部 ニコル), Japanese fashion model
 * Nikken Abe (阿部 日顕), Japanese Buddhist monk
 * Nobuyuki Abe (阿部 信行), Japanese general, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Nobuyuki Abe (footballer) (阿部 伸行), Japanese footballer
 * Norifumi Abe (阿部 典史), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Norihide Abe (阿部 規秀), Imperial Japanese Army officer
 * Noriyuki Abe (阿部 記之), Japanese anime director
 * Osamu Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ryouhei Abe (阿部 亮平), Japanese actor
 * Ryuichi Abe (阿部 龍一), Japanese academic
 * Sada Abe (阿部 定), Japanese convicted murderer, prostitute and actress
 * Sadao Abe (阿部 サダヲ), Japanese actor
 * Abe no Sadato (安倍 貞任), Japanese samurai
 * Sanji Abe (阿部 三次), American politician
 * Sanshiro Abe (阿部 三子郎), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Satoru Abe (born 1926), American sculptor
 * Abe no Seimei (安倍 晴明), Japanese onmyōji
 * Seiseki Abe (阿部 醒石), Japanese calligrapher and aikidoka
 * Shigeaki Abe (阿部 成章), Japanese basketball player
 * Shigeki Abe (阿部 茂樹), Japanese baseball player
 * Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 慎之助), Japanese baseball player
 * Shintaro Abe (安倍 晋太郎), Japanese politician, father of Shinzo
 * Shinya Abe (阿部 晋也), Japanese curler and curling coach
 * Shinzō Abe (安倍 晋三), Japanese politician and longest-serving postwar Prime Minister of Japan
 * Shizue Abe (あべ 静江), Japanese idol, actress and singer
 * Shohei Abe (阿部 翔平), Japanese footballer
 * Shu Abe (阿部 嵩), Japanese footballer
 * Shuichi Abe (阿部 守一), Japanese politician
 * Shuto Abe (安部 柊斗), Japanese footballer
 * Abe Tadaaki (阿部 忠秋), Japanese daimyō
 * Tadashi Abe (阿部 正), Japanese aikidoka
 * Tadashi Abe (rower) (阿部 肇), Japanese rower
 * Tadatoshi Abe (安倍 忠俊), Japanese field hockey player
 * Takao Abe (阿部 孝夫), Japanese politician
 * Takashi Abe (阿部 隆), Japanese shogi player
 * Takatoshi Abe (安部 孝駿), Japanese hurdler
 * Takuma Abe (阿部 拓馬), Japanese footballer
 * Takumi Abe (阿部 巧), Japanese footballer
 * Tazuko Abe (阿部 多津子), Japanese table tennis player
 * Teruo Abe (安部 輝雄), Japanese footballer
 * Tetsuya Abe (阿部 哲也), Japanese footballer
 * Tokiharu Abe (阿部 宗明), Japanese ichthyologist
 * Tomoe Abe (安部 友恵), Japanese ultramarathon runner
 * Tomohiro Abe (安部 友裕), Japanese baseball player
 * Tomoji Abe (阿部 知二), Japanese writer, social critic, humanist and translator
 * Tomoko Abe (阿部 知子), Japanese politician
 * Toru Abe (安部 徹), Japanese actor
 * Toshihito Abe (阿部 俊人), Japanese baseball player
 * Toshiki Abe (阿部 寿樹), Japanese baseball player
 * Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子), Japanese politician
 * Toshiyuki Abe (阿部 敏之), Japanese footballer
 * Tsuyoshi Abe (阿部 力), Japanese actor
 * Uta Abe (阿部 詩), Japanese judoka
 * Wakako Abe (阿部 和香子), Japanese cyclist
 * Wataru Abe (阿部 渉), Japanese announcer, television personality, and news anchor
 * Yasuhiro Abe (安部 恭弘), Japanese musician
 * Abe no Yasuna, a disciple of Kamo no Yasunori and father of Abe no Seimei
 * Yasurō Abe (阿部 泰郎), Japanese academic
 * Abe no Yoritoki (安倍 頼時), Japanese samurai
 * Yoshiharu Abe (阿部 義晴), Japanese musician and record producer
 * Yoshimitsu Abe (阿部 芳光), Japanese general
 * Yoshinori Abe (阿部 良則), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshio Abe (阿部 余四男), Japanese zoologist
 * Yoshiro Abe (阿部 吉朗), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshishige Abe (安倍 能成), Japanese philosopher, educator and politician
 * Yoshitoshi Abe (安倍 吉俊), Japanese graphic artist
 * Yoshiyuki Abe (阿部 良之), Japanese cyclist
 * Yuji Abe (阿部 祐二), Japanese television journalist and actor
 * Yuki Abe (阿部 勇樹), Japanese footballer
 * Yuki Abe (footballer, born 1989) (阿部 優), Japanese footballer
 * Yukie Abe (阿部ゆきえ), born 1974) better known as Sachie Abe, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Yumiko Abe (阿部 由美子), better known as Yumi Ohka, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Abe Yumeri (阿部夢梨), Japanese actress and former singer
 * Yurika Abe (阿部 友里香), Japanese Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
 * Yuta Abe (安部 雄大), Japanese footballer
 * Yutaka Abe (阿部 豊), Japanese film director
 * Yutaro Abe (阿部 祐大朗), Japanese footballer

Other people

 * Magnus Ngei Abe (born 1965), Nigerian politician
 * David Abe, American electrical engineer