Inaba (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese singer
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese video game producer and designer
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Carrie Ann Inaba
Carrie Ann Inaba (born January 5, 1968) is an American television personality, dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer. She is best known for her work on ABC TV's ''Dancing with the Stars'' for which she has served as a judge since 2005. She c ...
(born 1968), American dancer, choreographer, actress, television host, and singer
*, Japanese professional wrestler
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Darryl S. Inaba
Darryl S. Inaba, PharmD., was born June 16, 1946, in Denver, Colorado. He is the remaining owner and President of CNS Productions, Inc. in Medford, OR. He is an associate professor of Pharmacology at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, C ...
(born 1946), American pharmacologist
*, Japanese powerlifter
*, Japanese bobsledder
*, Japanese footballer
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Ian Inaba
Ian Inaba (born 1971) is an American film and music video director, producer, and journalist for the Guerrilla News Network.
Music videos
Inaba directed the music videos for "Mosh" by Eminem and "Time and Time Again" by Chronic Future. He also ...
, (born 1971), American film and music video director, producer, and journalist
*, Japanese biologist
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Singapore-born Japanese businessman
*, Japanese vocalist
*, Japanese futsal player
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese military officer
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ''daimyō''
*, Japanese writer and poet
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese sport wrestler
*, Japanese samurai
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese actor
Fictional characters
*Inaba, a character from the Japanese manga and anime series ''
Urusei Yatsura
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1978 to February 1987. Its 366 individual chapters were published in 34 ''tankōbon'' volu ...
''
*Inaba Himeko, a character from the Japanese light novel series ''
Kokoro Connect
is a Japanese light novel series written by Sadanatsu Anda, with illustrations by Shiromizakana. It centers around five high school students facing numerous supernatural phenomena that forces them to reveal secrets that will test their bo ...
''
*Reisen Udongein Inaba and Tewi Inaba,
characters from the ''Touhou Project'' video games
*Kageroza Inaba, an anime-exclusive character from the 15th season of the
''Bleach'' anime, in the Gotei 13 Invading Army arc
See also
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Inaba clan
The were a ''samurai'' kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo periods.Meyer, Eva-Maria"Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". Universität Tübingen (in German) Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Inaba, as heredita ...
, a Japanese samurai clan
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Japanese-language surnames