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
• Daisuke Maeda (前田 大介), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Maeda Genzō, early photographer
• Gōki Maeda, actor
• Hiroshi Maeda, chemist known for EPR effect
• John Maeda, graphic designer and computer scientist
• Jun Maeda, writer, lyricist, composer
• Kaoru Maeda, professional wrestler
• Kazuhiro Maeda, long-distance runner
• Kenjiro Maeda (前田 健滋朗, born 1990), Japanese basketball coach
• 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
• Miyu Maeda (前田 美優, born 1996), Japanese table tennis player
• Miyuki Maeda (前田 美順, born 1985), Japanese badminton player
• Mutsuhiko Maeda (前田 睦彦, born 1947), Japanese speed skater
• Naoki Maeda (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nobuteru Maeda, vocalist
• Nobuyo Maeda, geneticist and medical researcher
• Norio Maeda (前田 憲男, 1934–2018), Japanese jazz composer and pianist
• Ryoichi Maeda, footballer
• Maeda Seison, Nihonga painter
• Shinsaku Maeda (前田 新, born 1952), Japanese golfer
• Shinzo Maeda, photographer
• Steven Maeda, television writer
• Tadashi Maeda (admiral), admiral
• Tatsuyuki Maeda, video game composer
• Terunobu Maeda (前田 晃伸, born 1945), Japanese banker and chief executive
• Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Toshio Maeda, Japanese manga artist
• Yonezō Maeda, politician, cabinet minister
• Yuki Maeda (前田 有紀, born 1979), Japanese enka singer
• Yuuka Maeda, member of Jpop group S/mileage

Fictional characters

• Maeda (Asobi Asobase), a character in the manga series Asobi Asobase
• 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