Maeda

Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to:

Real people

Maeda clan

One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history:

• Maeda Toshimasa, daimyo, vassal of Oda Nobuhide
• Maeda Toshiie, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-koku daimyo
• Maeda Toshinaga, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie
• Maeda Toshitsune, brother and heir to Maeda Toshinaga
• Maeda Keiji, nephew of Maeda Toshiie by Toshihisa Maeda
• Marquis Toshinari Maeda, World War II general

Others

• Ai Maeda (voice actress), voice actor
• Ai Maeda (actress), actress
• Aki Maeda, actress and singer
• Akira Maeda, professional wrestler
• Atsuko Maeda, actress and singer
• Gōki Maeda, actor
• John Maeda, graphic designer and computer scientist
• Jun Maeda, writer, lyricist, composer
• Kaoru Maeda, professional wrestler
• Kazuhiro Maeda, long-distance runner
• Kenta Maeda, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball
• Mahiro Maeda, artist, writer and director of anime
• Michiko Maeda, film and television actress
• Mitsuyo Maeda, judoka, fundamental to the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Naoki Maeda, composer
• Nobuteru Maeda, vocalist
• Nobuyo Maeda, geneticist and medical researcher
• Ryoichi Maeda, footballer
• Shinzo Maeda, photographer
• Steven Maeda, television writer
• Tadashi Maeda, admiral
• Tatsuyuki Maeda, video game composer
• Toshio Maeda, a Japanese manga artist
• Yonezo Maeda, politician, cabinet minister
• Yuuka Maeda, member of Jpop group S/mileage.

First name

• Maeda Genzō, early photographer
• Maeda Seison, Nihonga painter

Fictional characters

• Akira Maeda, character in the manga Cromartie High School
• Ema Maeda, from Love Hina
• Hayato Maeda (Chumley Huffington), from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Kunihiko Maeda, from the Parasite Eve video game.
• Kazuya Maeda, from Photo Kano

Companies

• Maeda Corporation, holding company
• Maeda Industries (formerly Maeda Iron Works Company), manufacturers of SunTour bicycle drive-train components

See also

• Japanese name