Inoue

{{otheruses}} {{Infobox surname | name = Inoue | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = On the well | region = Japan | language = Japanese | variant = | search = | prefix = | footnotes = }} '''Inoue''' (kanji: {{lang|ja|井上}}, historical kana orthography: {{lang|ja|ゐのうへ}} ''Winouhe'') is the 16th most common Japanese surname.<ref>{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-09-27}}</ref> Historically, it was also romanized as '''Inouye''', and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is {{Nihongo2|井之上}}.

== Notable people with the surname == *Akari Inoue ** Akari Inoue (born 1988), Japanese competitor on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour<ref>https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312509/name#rankingshistory</ref> ** Akari Inoue (born 1996), Japense bronze medallist at the 2019 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships *{{Nihongo|Akio Inoue|井上秋緒}}, Japanese lyricist *{{Nihongo|Akira Inoue (film director)|井上昭||1928-2022}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Akira Inoue (musician)|井上鑑||born 1953}}, Japanese keyboardist, composer and producer *Alice Inoue (born 1964), American astrologer and writer *{{Nihongo|Arisa Inoue|井上愛里沙||born 1995}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Asahi Inoue|井上あさひ||born 1981}}, Japanese announcer *{{Nihongo|Atsuo Inoue|井上篤夫||born 1947}}, Japanese writer and translator *{{Nihongo|Atsushi Inoue|井上敦史||born 1977}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Azumi Inoue|井上あずみ||born 1965}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Daisuke Inoue|井上大佑||born 1940}}, Japanese businessman and inventor *{{Nihongo|Daisuke Inoue|井上大輔||(1941–2000)}}, Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist *{{Nihongo|Daisuke Inoue (rugby union)|井上大介||born 1989}}, 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 *{{Nihongo|Inoue Enryō|井上円了||1858–1919}}, Japanese founder of Toyo University, educator and philosopher *{{Nihongo|Etsuko Inoue|井上悦子||born 1964}}, Japanese tennis player *{{Nihongo|Inoue Genzaburō|井上源三郎||1829–1868}}, Shinsengumi *{{Nihongo|Haruka Inoue|井上青香||born 1977}}, Japanese tennis player *{{Nihongo|Harumi Inoue|井上晴美||born 1974}}, Japanese actress and model *{{Nihongo|Haruo Inoue|井上春��||born 1963}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Hideko Inouye|井上秀子||1875–1963}}, Japanese educator and first female president of Japan Women's University *{{Nihongo|Hideto Inoue|井上秀人||born 1982}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Inoue Hikaru|井上光||1851–1908}}, Japanese general *Hina Inoue (born 2003), American tennis player *Hiromitsu Inoue (born 1974), Japanese entomologist *{{Nihongo|Hiroshi Inoue (bryologist)|井上浩||1932–1989}}, Japanese {{not a typo|bryologist}} and subject of the standard botanical author abbreviation "Inoue" *{{Nihongo|Hiroshi Inoue (entomologist)|井上寬||born c. 1917}}, Japanese entomologist *{{Nihongo|Hiroto Inoue|井上大仁||born 1993}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Hisashi Inoue|井上ひさし||1934–2010}}, Japanese writer and playwright *{{Nihongo|Hisashi Inoue (historian)|井上久士||born 1950}}, Japanese historian *{{Nihongo|Honoka Inoue|井上ほの花||born 1998}}, Japanese voice actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Ibuki Inoue|井上歩紀||born 1999}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Jo Inoue|井上丈||born 1994}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Joe Inoue|井上ジョー||born 1985}}, American musician *{{Nihongo|Jun Inoue|井上順||born 1947}}, Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian *{{Nihongo|Junichi Inoue|井上純一||born 1971}}, Japanese speed skater *{{Nihongo|Junnosuke Inoue|井上準之助||1869–1932}}, Japanese businessman and banker *{{Nihongo|Junya Inoue|井上淳哉||born 1971}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Kaori Inoue|井上香織||born 1982}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Inoue Kaoru|井上馨||1836–1915}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Katsunosuke Inoue|井上勝之助||1861–1929}}, Japanese diplomat *{{Nihongo|Kazuhiko Inoue|井上和彦||born 1954}}, Japanese voice actor and singer *Kazuhiro Inoue (born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Kazuki Inoue|井上一樹||born 1971}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Kazuma Inoue|井上和馬||born 1990}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Kazuo Inoue|井上和郎||born 1981}}, Japanese cyclist *{{Nihongo|Kazurou Inoue|井上和郎||born 1972}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Keita Inoue|井上慶太||born 1964}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Kenji Inoue|井上謙二||born 1976}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Inoue Kenkabō|井上剣花坊||1870–1934}}, Japanese journalist and writer *{{Nihongo|Kiichi Inoue|井上喜一||1932–2010}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Kikuko Inoue|井上喜久子||born 1964}}, Japanese singer and voice actress *{{Nihongo|Kiyonobu Inoue|井上清信||born 1970}}, better known as Inoran, Japanese musician *{{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Inoue|井上清||1913–2001}}, Japanese academic, historian and writer *{{Nihongo|Kiyoto Inoue|井上清登||born 1957}}, Japanese sprint canoeist *{{Nihongo|Kohei Inoue|井上公平||born 1978}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Koki Inoue|井上浩樹||born 1992}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Kōsei Inoue|井上康生||born 1978}}, Japanese judoka *{{Nihongo|Kotoe Inoue|井上琴絵||born 1990}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Kouichi Inoue|井上幸一||born 1946}}, Japanese golfer *{{Nihongo|Inoue Kowashi|井上毅||1844–1895}}, Japanese statesman *{{Nihongo|Kozo Inoue|井上公造||born 1956}}, Japanese journalist *{{Nihongo|Kyoichi Inoue|井上強一||born 1935}}, Japanese aikidoka *{{Nihongo|Kyoko Inoue|井上京子||born 1969}}, Japanese professional wrestler *Lorraine Inouye (born 1940), American politician serving in the Hawaii State Senate *Lurdes Inoue, Brazilian statistician *{{Nihongo|Maiko Inoue|井上摩衣子||born 1979}}, Japanese tennis player *{{Nihongo|Makio Inoue|井上真樹夫||1938–2019}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Makoto Inoue|井上信||born 1974}}, Japanese golfer *{{Nihongo|Mao Inoue|井上真央||born 1987}}, Japanese actress *{{Nihongo|Marina Inoue|井上麻里奈||born 1985}}, Japanese voice actress and singer *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masaharu|井上正春||1805–1847}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Masahiro Inoue|井上正大||born 1989}}, Japanese actor and martial artist *{{Nihongo|Masaki Inoue|井上昌己||born 1979}}, Japanese cyclist *{{Nihongo|Masakichi Inoue|井上政吉||1886–1975}}, Japanese general *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masamoto|井上正甫||1778–1858}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masanao|井上正直||1837–1904}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Mao Inoue|井上麻生||born 1997}}, Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mao *{{Nihongo|Masanori Inoue|井上将憲||born 1972}}, Japanese hurdler and bobsledder *{{Nihongo|Masao Inoue (actor)|井上正夫||1881–1950}}, Japanese actor and film director *{{Nihongo|Masao Inoue (wrestler)|井上雅央||born 1970}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masaoto|井上正巳||1856–1921}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)|井上勝||1843–1910}}, Japanese government official *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masasada|井上正定||1754–1786}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masashige|井上政重||1585–1661}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Inoue Masatsune|井上正経||1725–1766}}, Japanese ''daimyō'' *{{Nihongo|Megumi Inoue|井上恵||born 1973}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Miki Inoue|井上美紀||born 1967}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Minako Inoue|井上美奈子||born 1977}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Mitsuharu Inoue|井上光晴||1926–1992}}, Japanese writer *{{Nihongo|Miyabi Inoue|井上雅||born 1991}}, Japanese tennis player *Miyako Inoue (anthropologist) (born 1962), American anthropologist *{{Nihongo|Mizuki Inoue|井上瑞樹||born 1994}}, Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist *Motokatsu Inoue (1918–1993), Japanese martial artist *{{Nihongo|Nagi Inoue|井上和||born 2005}}, Japanese idol singer Nogizaka46 member *{{Nihongo|Nanami Inoue|井上奈々朱||born 1989}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Naohisa Inoue|井上直久||born 1948}}, Japanese painter *{{Nihongo|Naoki Inoue|井上直樹||born 1997}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Naoya Inoue|井上尚弥||born 1993}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Nisshō Inoue|井上日召||1887–1967}}, Japanese Buddhist preacher and far-right activist *{{Nihongo|Nobuyuki Inoue|井上信行}}, Japanese video game developer *{{Nihongo|Noriaki Inoue|井上鑑昭||1902–1994}}, Japanese aikidoka *{{Nihongo|Norihiro Inoue|井上倫宏||born 1958}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Inoue|井上治||born 1932}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Rena Inoue|井上怜奈||born 1976}}, Japanese-born American figure skater *{{Nihongo|Rikito Inoue|井上黎生人||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer *Ryoki Inoue (born 1946), Brazilian writer *{{Nihongo|Ryota Inoue|井上亮太||born 1990}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Ryota Inoue|井上涼太||born 1988}}, better known as Kazunoko, Japanese fighting games player *{{Nihongo|Sadae Inoue|井上貞衛||1886–1961}}, Japanese general *{{Nihongo|Sanji Inoue|井上三次||born 1948}}, Japanese cyclist *{{Nihongo|Santa Inoue|井上三太||born 1968}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Satoko Inoue|井上郷子||born 1958}}, Japanese pianist *{{Nihongo|Satoru Inoue|井上悟||born 1971}}, Japanese sprinter *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Inoue (musician)|井上智||born 1959}}, Japanese jazz guitarist *{{Nihongo|Satoshi Inoue (politician)|井上哲士||born 1958}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Seiryū Inoue|井上青龍||1931–1988}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Seiya Inoue (baseball)|井上晴哉||born 1989}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Setsuko Inoue|井上節子||born 1946}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Shigeyoshi Inoue|井上成美||1889–1975}}, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *{{Nihongo|Shingo Inoue|井上真悟||born 1980}}, Japanese marathon runner *{{Nihongo|Shinji Inoue|井上信治||born 1969}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Shinya Inoué|井上信也||1921–2019}}, Japanese-born American biophysicist and cell biologist *{{Nihongo|Shion Inoue|井上潮音||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Shoko Inoue|井上昌己||born 1969}}, Japanese singer *{{Nihongo|Shota Inoue|井上翔太||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Shumpei Inoue|井上俊平|}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Shunsuke Inoue|井上俊輔||born 1985}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Sonoko Inoue|井上苑子||born 1997}}, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress *{{Nihongo|Sueo Inoue|井上末雄||born 1949}}, Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name Mighty Inoue *{{Nihongo|Tadayuki Inoue|井上忠行||1935–2007}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Taira Inoue|井上平||born 1983}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takako Inoue|井上貴子||born 1969}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inoue|井之上隆志||1960–2017}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Takashi Inoue (author)|井之上喬||born 1944}}, Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist *{{Nihongo|Takehiko Inoue|井上雄彦||born 1967}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Inoue (footballer)|井上健||1928 – 1992}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist)|井上武||born 1980}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *Taki Inoue (born 1963), Japanese racing driver *{{Nihongo|Taku Inoue|��上拓||born 1983}}, Japanese composer *{{Nihongo|Takuma Inoue|井上拓真||born 1995}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Takuto Inoue|井上拓斗||born 1995}}, Japanese badminton player *Tetsu Inoue, American music producer *{{Nihongo|Tetsuo Inoue|井上哲夫}}, Japanese table tennis player *{{Nihongo|Inoue Tetsujirō|井上哲次郎||1855–1944}}, Japanese philosopher *{{Nihongo|Tomohiro Inoue|井上智裕||born 1987}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Toshiaki Inoue|井上敏明||born 1951}}, Japanese triple jumper *{{Nihongo|Toshiki Inoue|井上敏樹||born 1959}}, Japanese screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Umetsugu Inoue|井上梅次||1923–2010}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter *{{Nihongo|Waka Inoue|井上和香||born 1980}}, Japanese idol, television personality and actress *{{Nihongo|Wataru Inoue|井上亘||born 1973}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Wataru Inoue (footballer)|井上渉||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer *Wayne Inouye (born 1953), American businessman *{{Nihongo|Yasushi Inoue|井上靖||1907–1991}}, Japanese poet and writer *{{Nihongo|Yō Inoue|井上瑤||1946–2003}}, Japanese voice actress *{{Nihongo|Yoshihiro Inoue|井上嘉浩||1969–2018}}, a high-ranking member of Aum Shinrikyo executed for the Tokyo subway attack *{{Nihongo|Yoshihisa Inoue|井上義久||born 1947}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Inoue Yoshika|井上良馨||1845–1929}}, Imperial Japanese Navy officer *{{Nihongo|Yoshiko Inoue|井上佳子||born 1988}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Yōsui Inoue|井上陽水||born 1948}}, Japanese singer-songwriter *{{Nihongo|Yudai Inoue|井上裕大||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Yuki Inoue (footballer)|井上雄幾||born 1977}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Yuko Inoue|井上祐子}}, Japanese classical violinist *{{Nihongo|Yuzuru Inoue|井上謙||born 1963}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Yuki Inoue (curler)|井上祐樹}}, Japanese curler

==Fictional characters== *{{Nihongo|Chisato Inoue|井上千里}}, a character in the anime series ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' *{{Nihongo|Takina Inoue|井ノ上たきな}}, a character in the anime series ''Lycoris Recoil'' *{{Nihongo|Kanbei Inoue|井上勘兵衛}}, a character in the film ''Azumi'' *{{Nihongo|Mayuko Inoue|井上真由子}}, a character in the manga series ''Ushio and Tora'' *{{Nihongo|Orihime|井上織姫}} and {{Nihongo|Sora Inoue|井上昊}}, characters in the manga series ''Bleach'' *{{Nihongo|Toro Inoue|井上トロ}}, an anthropomorphized cat created by Sony Interactive Entertainment *Yolei Inoue or {{Nihongo|Miyako Inoue|井ノ上京}}, a character in the anime series ''Digimon Adventure 02''

==References== {{Reflist}}

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