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Inoue Language(s)
Japanese Meaning On the
well Region of origin Japan
Inoue (
kanji : 井上 ,
historical kana orthography : ゐのうへ Winouhe ) is the 16th most common Japanese surname.
[1] Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye , and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is 井之上 .
Notable people with the surname
Akio Inoue (井上 秋緒 ) , Japanese lyricist
Akira Inoue (film director) (井上 昭 , 1928-2022) , Japanese film director
Akira Inoue (musician) (井上 鑑 , born 1953) , Japanese keyboardist, composer and producer
Alice Inoue (born 1964), American astrologer and writer
Arisa Inoue (井上 愛里沙 , born 1995) , Japanese volleyball player
Asahi Inoue (井上 あさひ , born 1981) , Japanese announcer
Atsuo Inoue (井上 篤夫 , born 1947) , Japanese writer and translator
Atsushi Inoue (井上 敦史 , born 1977) , Japanese footballer
Azumi Inoue (井上 あずみ , born 1965) , Japanese singer
Daisuke Inoue (井上 大佑 , born 1940) , Japanese businessman and inventor
Daisuke Inoue (井上大輔 , (1941–2000)) , Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist
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
Inoue Enryō (井上 円了 , 1858–1919) , Japanese founder of Toyo University, educator and philosopher
Etsuko Inoue (井上 悦子 , born 1964) , Japanese tennis player
Inoue Genzaburō (井上 源三郎 , 1829–1868) , Shinsengumi
Haruka Inoue (井上 青香 , born 1977) , Japanese tennis player
Harumi Inoue (井上 晴美 , born 1974) , Japanese actress and model
Haruo Inoue (井上 春生 , born 1963) , Japanese film director
Hideko Inouye (井上 秀子 , 1875–1963) , Japanese educator and first female president of Japan Women's University
Hideto Inoue (井上 秀人 , born 1982) , Japanese footballer
Inoue Hikaru (井上 光 , 1851–1908) , Japanese general
Hiromitsu Inoue (born 1974), Japanese entomologist
Hiroshi Inoue (bryologist) (井上 浩 , 1932–1989) , Japanese bryologist and subject of the standard botanical author abbreviation "Inoue"
Hiroshi Inoue (entomologist) (井上 寬 , born c. 1917) , Japanese entomologist
Hiroto Inoue (井上 大仁 , born 1993) , Japanese long-distance runner
Hisashi Inoue (井上 ひさし , 1934–2010) , Japanese writer and playwright
Hisashi Inoue (historian) (井上 久士 , born 1950) , Japanese historian
Honoka Inoue (井上 ほの花 , born 1998) , Japanese voice actress and singer
Ibuki Inoue (井上 歩紀 , born 1999) , Japanese footballer
Jo Inoue (井上 丈 , born 1994) , Japanese footballer
Joe Inoue (井上 ジョー , born 1985) , American musician
Jun Inoue (井上 順 , born 1947) , Japanese television personality, singer, actor and comedian
Junichi Inoue (井上 純一 , born 1971) , Japanese speed skater
Junnosuke Inoue (井上 準之助 , 1869–1932) , Japanese businessman and banker
Junya Inoue (井上 淳哉 , born 1971) , Japanese manga artist
Kaori Inoue (井上 香織 , born 1982) , Japanese volleyball player
Inoue Kaoru (井上 馨 , 1836–1915) , Japanese politician
Katsunosuke Inoue (井上 勝之助 , 1861–1929) , Japanese diplomat
Kazuhiko Inoue (井上 和彦 , born 1954) , Japanese voice actor and singer
Kazuhiro Inoue (born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist
Kazuki Inoue (井上 一樹 , born 1971) , Japanese baseball player
Kazuma Inoue (井上 和馬 , born 1990) , Japanese footballer
Kazuo Inoue (井上 和郎 , born 1981) , Japanese cyclist
Kazurou Inoue (井上 和郎 , born 1972) , Japanese manga artist
Keita Inoue (井上 慶太 , born 1964) , Japanese shogi player
Kenji Inoue (井上 謙二 , born 1976) , Japanese sport wrestler
Inoue Kenkabō (井上 剣花坊 , 1870–1934) , Japanese journalist and writer
Kiichi Inoue (井上 喜一 , 1932–2010) , Japanese politician
Kikuko Inoue (井上 喜久子 , born 1964) , Japanese singer and voice actress
Kiyonobu Inoue (井上 清信 , born 1970) , better known as Inoran, Japanese musician
Kiyoshi Inoue (井上 清 , 1913–2001) , Japanese academic, historian and writer
Kiyoto Inoue (井上 清登 , born 1957) , Japanese sprint canoeist
Kohei Inoue (井上 公平 , born 1978) , Japanese footballer
Koki Inoue (井上浩樹 , born 1992) , Japanese boxer
Kōsei Inoue (井上 康生 , born 1978) , Japanese judoka
Kotoe Inoue (井上 琴絵 , born 1990) , Japanese volleyball player
Kouichi Inoue (井上 幸一 , born 1946) , Japanese golfer
Inoue Kowashi (井上 毅 , 1844–1895) , Japanese statesman
Kozo Inoue (井上 公造 , born 1956) , Japanese journalist
Kyoichi Inoue (井上 強一 , born 1935) , Japanese aikidoka
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
Maiko Inoue (井上 摩衣子 , born 1979) , Japanese tennis player
Makio Inoue (井上 真樹夫 , 1938–2019) , Japanese voice actor
Makoto Inoue (井上 信 , born 1974) , Japanese golfer
Mao Inoue (井上 真央 , born 1987) , Japanese actress
Marina Inoue (井上 麻里奈 , born 1985) , Japanese voice actress and singer
Inoue Masaharu (井上 正春 , 1805–1847) , Japanese daimyō
Masahiro Inoue (井上 正大 , born 1989) , Japanese actor and martial artist
Masaki Inoue (井上 昌己 , born 1979) , Japanese cyclist
Masakichi Inoue (井上 政吉 , 1886–1975) , Japanese general
Inoue Masamoto (井上 正甫 , 1778–1858) , Japanese daimyō
Inoue Masanao (井上 正直 , 1837–1904) , Japanese daimyō
Mao Inoue (井上 麻生 , born 1997) , Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name
Mao
Masanori Inoue (井上 将憲 , born 1972) , Japanese hurdler and bobsledder
Masao Inoue (actor) (井上 正夫 , 1881–1950) , Japanese actor and film director
Masao Inoue (wrestler) (井上 雅央 , born 1970) , Japanese professional wrestler
Inoue Masaoto (井上 正巳 , 1856–1921) , Japanese daimyō
Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat) (井上 勝 , 1843–1910) , Japanese government official
Inoue Masasada (井上 正定 , 1754–1786) , Japanese daimyō
Inoue Masashige (井上 政重 , 1585–1661) , Japanese daimyō
Inoue Masatsune (井上 正経 , 1725–1766) , Japanese daimyō
Megumi Inoue (井上 恵 , born 1973) , Japanese sport shooter
Miki Inoue (井上 美紀 , born 1967) , Japanese voice actress
Minako Inoue (井上 美奈子 , born 1977) , Japanese singer
Mitsuharu Inoue (井上光晴 , 1926–1992) , Japanese writer
Miyabi Inoue (井上 雅 , born 1991) , Japanese tennis player
Miyako Inoue (anthropologist) (born 1962), American anthropologist
Mizuki Inoue (井上 瑞樹 , born 1994) , Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
Motokatsu Inoue (1918–1993), Japanese martial artist
Nagi Inoue (井上和 , born 2005) , Japanese idol singer
Nogizaka46 member
Nanami Inoue (井上 奈々朱 , born 1989) , Japanese volleyball player
Naohisa Inoue (井上 直久 , born 1948) , Japanese painter
Naoki Inoue (井上 直樹 , born 1997) , Japanese mixed martial artist
Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥 , born 1993) , Japanese boxer
Nisshō Inoue (井上 日召 , 1887–1967) , Japanese Buddhist preacher and far-right activist
Nobuyuki Inoue (井上 信行 ) , Japanese video game developer
Noriaki Inoue (井上 鑑昭 , 1902–1994) , Japanese aikidoka
Norihiro Inoue (井上 倫宏 , born 1958) , Japanese actor and voice actor
Osamu Inoue (井上 治 , born 1932) , Japanese long-distance runner
Rena Inoue (井上 怜奈 , born 1976) , Japanese-born American figure skater
Rikito Inoue (井上 黎生人 , born 1997) , Japanese footballer
Ryoki Inoue (born 1946), Brazilian writer
Ryota Inoue (井上 亮太 , born 1990) , Japanese footballer
Ryota Inoue (井上 涼太 , born 1988) , better known as
Kazunoko , Japanese fighting games player
Sadae Inoue (井上 貞衛 , 1886–1961) , Japanese general
Sanji Inoue (井上 三次 , born 1948) , Japanese cyclist
Santa Inoue (井上 三太 , born 1968) , Japanese manga artist
Satoko Inoue (井上 郷子 , born 1958) , Japanese pianist
Satoru Inoue (井上 悟 , born 1971) , Japanese sprinter
Satoshi Inoue (musician) (井上 智 , born 1959) , Japanese jazz guitarist
Satoshi Inoue (politician) (井上 哲士 , born 1958) , Japanese politician
Seiryū Inoue (井上 青龍 , 1931–1988) , Japanese photographer
Seiya Inoue (井上 晴哉 , born 1989) , Japanese baseball player
Setsuko Inoue (井上 節子 , born 1946) , Japanese volleyball player
Shigeyoshi Inoue (井上 成美 , 1889–1975) , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
Shingo Inoue (井上 真悟 , born 1980) , Japanese marathon runner
Shinji Inoue (井上 信治 , born 1969) , Japanese politician
Shinya Inoué (井上 信也 , 1921–2019) , Japanese-born American biophysicist and cell biologist
Shion Inoue (井上 潮音 , born 1997) , Japanese footballer
Shoko Inoue (井上 昌己 , born 1969) , Japanese singer
Shota Inoue (井上 翔太 , born 1989) , Japanese footballer
Shumpei Inoue (井上 俊平 ) , Japanese footballer
Shunsuke Inoue (井上 俊輔 , born 1985) , Japanese volleyball player
Sonoko Inoue (井上 苑子 , born 1997) , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
Sueo Inoue (井上 末雄 , born 1949) , Japanese professional wrestler known by his ring name
Mighty Inoue
Tadayuki Inoue (井上 忠行 , 1935–2007) , Japanese baseball player
Taira Inoue (井上 平 , born 1983) , Japanese footballer
Takako Inoue (井上 貴子 , born 1969) , Japanese professional wrestler
Takashi Inoue (井之上 隆志 , 1960–2017) , Japanese actor
Takashi Inoue (author) (井之上 喬 , born 1944) , Japanese public relations practitioner, scholar and theorist
Takehiko Inoue (井上 雄彦 , born 1967) , Japanese manga artist
Takeshi Inoue (footballer) (井上 健 , 1928 – 1992) , Japanese footballer
Takeshi Inoue (mixed martial artist) (井上 武 , born 1980) , Japanese mixed martial artist
Taki Inoue (born 1963), Japanese racing driver
Takuma Inoue (井上 拓真 , born 1995) , Japanese boxer
Takuto Inoue (井上 拓斗 , born 1995) , Japanese badminton player
Tetsu Inoue , American music producer
Tetsuo Inoue (井上 哲夫 ) , Japanese table tennis player
Inoue Tetsujirō (井上 哲次郎 , 1855–1944) , Japanese philosopher
Tomohiro Inoue (井上 智裕 , born 1987) , Japanese sport wrestler
Toshiaki Inoue (井上 敏明 , born 1951) , Japanese triple jumper
Toshiki Inoue (井上 敏樹 , born 1959) , Japanese screenwriter
Umetsugu Inoue (井上 梅次 , 1923–2010) , Japanese film director and screenwriter
Waka Inoue (井上 和香 , born 1980) , Japanese idol, television personality and actress
Wataru Inoue (井上 亘 , born 1973) , Japanese professional wrestler
Wataru Inoue (footballer) (井上 渉 , born 1986) , Japanese footballer
Wayne Inouye (born 1953), American businessman
Yasushi Inoue (井上 靖 , 1907–1991) , Japanese poet and writer
Yō Inoue (井上 瑤 , 1946–2003) , Japanese voice actress
Yoshihiro Inoue (井上 嘉浩 , 1969–2018) , a high-ranking member of Aum Shinrikyo executed for the
Tokyo subway attack
Yoshihisa Inoue (井上 義久 , born 1947) , Japanese politician
Inoue Yoshika (井上 良馨 , 1845–1929) , Imperial Japanese Navy officer
Yoshiko Inoue (井上 佳子 , born 1988) , Japanese sport wrestler
Yōsui Inoue (井上 陽水 , born 1948) , Japanese singer-songwriter
Yudai Inoue (井上 裕大 , born 1989) , Japanese footballer
Yuki Inoue (footballer) (井上 雄幾 , born 1977) , Japanese footballer
Yuko Inoue (井上 祐子 ) , Japanese classical violinist
Yuzuru Inoue (井上 謙 , born 1963) , Japanese volleyball player
Yuki Inoue (curler) (井上 祐樹 ) , Japanese curler
Fictional characters
Chisato Inoue (井上 千里 ) , a character in the anime series Vampire Princess Miyu
Takina Inoue (井ノ上 たきな ) , a character in the anime series Lycoris Recoil
Kanbei Inoue (井上 勘兵衛 ) , a character in the film Azumi
Mayuko Inoue (井上 真由子 ) , a character in the manga series Ushio and Tora
Orihime (井上 織姫 ) and
Sora Inoue (井上 昊 ) , characters in the manga series Bleach
Toro Inoue (井上 トロ ) , an anthropomorphized cat created by Sony Interactive Entertainment
Yolei Inoue or Miyako Inoue (井ノ上 京 ) , a character in the anime series Digimon Adventure 02
References