Naoe

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 Naoe clan, 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
 * 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 2024 video game Assassin's Creed Shadows alongside Yasuke

Places

 * Naoe Station, a train station