Inoue

Inoue (kanji: 井上, historical kana orthography: ゐのうへ Winouhe) is the 16th most common Japanese surname. Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye, and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is 井之上.

Notable people with the surname

 * Akio Inoue (井上 秋緒), Japanese lyricist
 * Akira Inoue (film director) (井上 昭), Japanese film director
 * Akira Inoue (musician) (井上 鑑), Japanese keyboardist, composer and producer
 * Alice Inoue (born 1964), American astrologer and writer
 * Arisa Inoue (井上 愛里沙), Japanese volleyball player
 * Asahi Inoue (井上 あさひ), Japanese announcer
 * Atsuo Inoue (井上 篤夫), Japanese writer and translator
 * Atsushi Inoue (井上 敦史), Japanese footballer
 * Azumi Inoue (井上 あずみ), Japanese singer
 * Daisuke Inoue (井上 大佑), Japanese businessman and inventor
 * Daisuke Inoue (井上大輔), Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist
 * Daisuke Inoue (rugby union) (井上 大介), 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
 * Inoue Enryō (井上 円了), Japanese founder of Toyo University, educator and philosopher
 * Etsuko Inoue (井上 悦子), Japanese tennis player
 * Inoue Genzaburō (井上 源三郎), Shinsengumi
 * Haruka Inoue (井上 青香), Japanese tennis player
 * Harumi Inoue (井上 晴美), Japanese actress and model
 * Haruo Inoue (井上 春生), Japanese film director
 * Hideko Inouye (井上 秀子), Japanese educator and first female president of Japan Women's University
 * Hideto Inoue (井上 秀人), Japanese footballer
 * Inoue Hikaru (井上 光), Japanese general
 * Hiromitsu Inoue (born 1974), Japanese entomologist
 * Hiroshi Inoue (bryologist) (井上 浩), Japanese bryologist and subject of the standard botanical author abbreviation "Inoue"
 * Hiroshi Inoue (entomologist) (井上 寬), Japanese entomologist
 * Hiroto Inoue (井上 大仁), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Hisashi Inoue (井上 ひさし), Japanese writer and playwright
 * Hisashi Inoue (historian) (井上 久士), Japanese historian
 * Honoka Inoue (井上 ほの花), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Ibuki Inoue (井上 歩紀), Japanese footballer
 * Jo Inoue (井上 丈), Japanese footballer
 * Joe Inoue (井上 ジョー), American musician
 * Jun Inoue (井上 順), Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian
 * Junichi Inoue (井上 純一), Japanese speed skater
 * Junnosuke Inoue (井上 準之助), Japanese businessman and banker
 * Junya Inoue (井上 淳哉), Japanese manga artist
 * Kaori Inoue (井上 香織), Japanese volleyball player
 * Inoue Kaoru (井上 馨), Japanese politician
 * Katsunosuke Inoue (井上 勝之助), Japanese diplomat
 * Kazuhiko Inoue (井上 和彦), Japanese voice actor and singer
 * Kazuhiro Inoue (born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Kazuki Inoue (井上 一樹), Japanese baseball player
 * Kazuma Inoue (井上 和馬), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuo Inoue (井上 和郎), Japanese cyclist
 * Kazurou Inoue (井上 和郎), Japanese manga artist
 * Keita Inoue (井上 慶太), Japanese shogi player
 * Kenji Inoue (井上 謙二), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Inoue Kenkabō (井上 剣花坊), Japanese journalist and writer
 * Kiichi Inoue (井上 喜一), Japanese politician
 * Kikuko Inoue (井上 喜久子), Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Kiyonobu Inoue (井上 清信), better known as Inoran, Japanese musician
 * Kiyoshi Inoue (井上 清), Japanese academic, historian and writer
 * Kiyoto Inoue (井上 清登), Japanese sprint canoeist
 * Kohei Inoue (井上 公平), Japanese footballer
 * Koki Inoue (井上浩樹), Japanese boxer
 * Kōsei Inoue (井上 康生), Japanese judoka
 * Kotoe Inoue (井上 琴絵), Japanese volleyball player
 * Kouichi Inoue (井上 幸一), Japanese golfer
 * Inoue Kowashi (井上 毅), Japanese statesman
 * Kozo Inoue (井上 公造), Japanese journalist
 * Kyoichi Inoue (井上 強一), Japanese aikidoka
 * Kyoko Inoue (井上 京子), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Lorraine Inouye (born 1940), American politician serving in the Hawaii State Senate
 * Lurdes Inoue, Brazilian statistician
 * Maiko Inoue (井上 摩衣子), Japanese tennis player
 * Makio Inoue (井上 真樹夫), Japanese voice actor
 * Makoto Inoue (井上 信), Japanese golfer
 * Mao Inoue (井上 真央), Japanese actress
 * Marina Inoue (井上 麻里奈), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Inoue Masaharu (井上 正春), Japanese daimyō
 * Masahiro Inoue (井上 正大), Japanese actor and martial artist
 * Masaki Inoue (井上 昌己), Japanese cyclist
 * Masakichi Inoue (井上 政吉), Japanese general
 * Inoue Masamoto (井上 正甫), Japanese daimyō
 * Inoue Masanao (井上 正直), Japanese daimyō
 * Mao Inoue (井上 麻生), Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mao
 * Masanori Inoue (井上 将憲), Japanese hurdler and bobsledder
 * Masao Inoue (actor) (井上 正夫), Japanese actor and film director
 * Masao Inoue (wrestler) (井上 雅央), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Inoue Masaoto (井上 正巳), Japanese daimyō
 * Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat) (井上 勝), Japanese government official
 * Inoue Masasada (井上 正定), Japanese daimyō
 * Inoue Masashige (井上 政重), Japanese daimyō
 * Inoue Masatsune (井上 正経), Japanese daimyō
 * Megumi Inoue (井上 恵), Japanese sport shooter
 * Miki Inoue (井上 美紀), Japanese voice actress
 * Minako Inoue (井上 美奈子), Japanese singer
 * Mitsuharu Inoue (井上光晴), Japanese writer
 * Miyabi Inoue (井上 雅), Japanese tennis player
 * Miyako Inoue (anthropologist) (born 1962), American anthropologist
 * Mizuki Inoue (井上 瑞樹), Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
 * Motokatsu Inoue (1918–1993), Japanese martial artist
 * Nagi Inoue (井上和), Japanese idol singer Nogizaka46 member
 * Nanami Inoue (井上 奈々朱), Japanese volleyball player
 * Naohisa Inoue (井上 直久), Japanese painter
 * Naoki Inoue (井上 直樹), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥), Japanese boxer
 * Nisshō Inoue (井上 日召), Japanese Buddhist preacher and far-right activist
 * Nobuyuki Inoue (井上 信行), Japanese video game developer
 * Noriaki Inoue (井上 鑑昭), Japanese aikidoka
 * Norihiro Inoue (井上 倫宏), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Osamu Inoue (井上 治), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Rena Inoue (井上 怜奈), Japanese-born American figure skater
 * Rikito Inoue (井上 黎生人), Japanese footballer
 * Ryoki Inoue (born 1946), Brazilian writer
 * Ryota Inoue (井上 亮太), Japanese footballer
 * Ryota Inoue (井上 涼太), better known as Kazunoko, Japanese fighting games player
 * Sadae Inoue (井上 貞衛), Japanese general
 * Sanji Inoue (井上 三次), Japanese cyclist
 * Santa Inoue (井上 三太), Japanese manga artist
 * Satoko Inoue (井上 郷子), Japanese pianist
 * Satoru Inoue (井上 悟), Japanese sprinter
 * Satoshi Inoue (musician) (井上 智), Japanese jazz guitarist
 * Satoshi Inoue (politician) (井上 哲士), Japanese politician
 * Seiryū Inoue (井上 青龍), Japanese photographer
 * Seiya Inoue (井上 晴哉), Japanese baseball player
 * Setsuko Inoue (井上 節子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Shigeyoshi Inoue (井上 成美), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Shingo Inoue (井上 真悟), Japanese marathon runner
 * Shinji Inoue (井上 信治), Japanese politician
 * Shinya Inoué (井上 信也), Japanese-born American biophysicist and cell biologist
 * Shion Inoue (井上 潮音), Japanese footballer
 * Shoko Inoue (井上 昌己), Japanese singer
 * Shota Inoue (井上 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shumpei Inoue (井上 俊平), Japanese footballer
 * Shunsuke Inoue (井上 俊輔), Japanese volleyball player
 * Sonoko Inoue (井上 苑子), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
 * Sueo Inoue (井上 末雄), Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mighty Inoue
 * Tadayuki Inoue (井上 忠行), Japanese baseball player
 * Taira Inoue (井上 平), Japanese footballer
 * Takako Inoue (井上 貴子), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takashi Inoue (井之上 隆志), Japanese actor
 * Takashi Inoue (author) (井之上 喬), Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
 * Takehiko Inoue (井上 雄彦), Japanese manga artist
 * Takeshi Inoue (footballer) (井上 健), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist) (井上 武), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Taki Inoue (born 1963), Japanese racing driver
 * Takuma Inoue (井上 拓真), Japanese boxer
 * Takuto Inoue (井上 拓斗), Japanese badminton player
 * Tetsu Inoue, American music producer
 * Tetsuo Inoue (井上 哲夫), Japanese table tennis player
 * Inoue Tetsujirō (井上 哲次郎), Japanese philosopher
 * Tomohiro Inoue (井上 智裕), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Toshiaki Inoue (井上 敏明), Japanese triple jumper
 * Toshiki Inoue (井上 敏樹), Japanese screenwriter
 * Umetsugu Inoue (井上 梅次), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Waka Inoue (井上 和香), Japanese idol, television personality and actress
 * Wataru Inoue (井上 亘), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Wataru Inoue (footballer) (井上 渉), Japanese footballer
 * Wayne Inouye (born 1953), American businessman
 * Yasushi Inoue (井上 靖), Japanese poet and writer
 * Yō Inoue (井上 瑤), Japanese voice actress
 * Yoshihiro Inoue (井上 嘉浩), a high-ranking member of Aum Shinrikyo executed for the Tokyo subway attack
 * Yoshihisa Inoue (井上 義久), Japanese politician
 * Inoue Yoshika (井上 良馨), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
 * Yoshiko Inoue (井上 佳子), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Yōsui Inoue (井上 陽水), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Yudai Inoue (井上 裕大), Japanese footballer
 * Yuki Inoue (footballer) (井上 雄幾), Japanese footballer
 * Yuko Inoue (井上 祐子), Japanese classical violinist
 * Yuzuru Inoue (井上 謙), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yuki Inoue (curler) (井上 祐樹), Japanese curler

Fictional characters

 * Chisato Inoue (井上 千里), a character in the anime series Vampire Princess Miyu
 * Takina Inoue (井ノ上 たきな), a character in the anime series Lycoris Recoil
 * Kanbei Inoue (井上 勘兵衛), a character in the film Azumi
 * Mayuko Inoue (井上 真由子), a character in the manga series Ushio and Tora
 * Orihime (井上 織姫) and Sora Inoue (井上 昊), characters in the manga series Bleach
 * Toro Inoue (井上 トロ), an anthropomorphized cat created by Sony Interactive Entertainment
 * Yolei Inoue or Miyako Inoue (井ノ上 京), a character in the anime series Digimon Adventure 02