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, daimyō, vassal of Oda Nobuhide
- Maeda Toshiie, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-koku daimyō
- 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
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