Inoue

Inoue

LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	On the well
Region of origin	Japan

Inoue (kanji: , historical kana orthography: Winouhe) is the 16th most common Japanese surname. Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye, and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is .

Notable people with the surname

• Akari Inoue
  • Akari Inoue (born 1988), Japanese competitor on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
  • Akari Inoue (born 1996), Japense bronze medallist at the 2019 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships
• , Japanese lyricist
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese keyboardist, composer and producer
• Alice Inoue (born 1964), American astrologer and writer
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese announcer
• , Japanese writer and translator
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese businessman and inventor
• , Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist
• , Japanese rugby union player
• Daniel Inouye (1924–2012), United States Senator for Hawaii and Medal of Honor recipient
• Egan Inoue (born 1965), American jiu-jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and racquetball player
• Enson Inoue (born 1967), American mixed martial artist
• , Japanese founder of Toyo University, educator and philosopher
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Shinsengumi
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese actress and model
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese educator and first female president of Japan Women's University
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese general
• Hina Inoue (born 2003), American tennis player
• Hiromitsu Inoue (born 1974), Japanese entomologist
• , Japanese bryologist and subject of the standard botanical author abbreviation "Inoue"
• , Japanese entomologist
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese writer and playwright
• , Japanese historian
• , Japanese voice actress and singer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , American musician
• , Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese businessman and banker
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese diplomat
• , Japanese voice actor and singer
• Kazuhiro Inoue (born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese journalist and writer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese singer and voice actress
• , better known as Inoran, Japanese musician
• , Japanese academic, historian and writer
• , Japanese sprint canoeist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese statesman
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• Lorraine Inouye (born 1940), American politician serving in the Hawaii State Senate
• Lurdes Inoue, Brazilian statistician
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese voice actress and singer
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese actor and martial artist
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mao
• , Japanese hurdler and bobsledder
• , Japanese actor and film director
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese government official
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese tennis player
• Miyako Inoue (anthropologist) (born 1962), American anthropologist
• , Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Motokatsu Inoue (1918–1993), Japanese martial artist
• , Japanese idol singer Nogizaka46 member
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese Buddhist preacher and far-right activist
• , Japanese video game developer
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese-born American figure skater
• , Japanese footballer
• Ryoki Inoue (born 1946), Brazilian writer
• , Japanese footballer
• , better known as Kazunoko, Japanese fighting games player
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese pianist
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese jazz guitarist
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , Japanese marathon runner
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese-born American biophysicist and cell biologist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• , Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mighty Inoue
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• Taki Inoue (born 1963), Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese composer
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese badminton player
• Tetsu Inoue, American music producer
• , Japanese table tennis player
• , Japanese philosopher
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese triple jumper
• , Japanese screenwriter
• , Japanese film director and screenwriter
• , Japanese idol, television personality and actress
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• Wayne Inouye (born 1953), American businessman
• , Japanese poet and writer
• , Japanese voice actress
• , a high-ranking member of Aum Shinrikyo executed for the Tokyo subway attack
• , Japanese politician
• , Imperial Japanese Navy officer
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese singer-songwriter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese classical violinist
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese curler

Fictional characters

• , a character in the anime series Vampire Princess Miyu
• , a character in the anime series Lycoris Recoil
• , a character in the film Azumi
• , a character in the manga series Ushio and Tora
• and , characters in the manga series Bleach
• , an anthropomorphized cat created by Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Yolei Inoue or , a character in the anime series Digimon Adventure 02