Ueda (surname)

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
 * Bin Ueda (上田 敏, 1874–1916), writer and translator
 * Fumito Ueda (上田 文人, born 1970), video game designer
 * Haruka Ueda (上田 春佳), 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
 * Jin Ueda (上田 仁), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kana Ueda (植田 佳奈, born 1980), Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Katsuji Ueda (上田 勝次), 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
 * 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, born 1938), 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
 * Ryoya Ueda (上田 陵弥), Japanese footballer
 * Ryujiro Ueda (植田 龍仁朗), 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
 * Shinya Ueda (上田 晋也), Japanese comedian and television presenter
 * Shizuteru Ueda (上田 閑照, born 1926), Japanese philosopher specializing in philosophy of religion
 * Shōji Ueda (植田 正治, 1913–2000), photographer
 * Sōko Ueda (上田 宗箇), Japanese samurai
 * Takahiro Ueda (上田 岳弘), Japanese writer
 * Takuma Ueda (上田 拓馬), 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