Maeda (前田 lit. "front rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization (sometimes used by the
Japanese diaspora
The Japanese diaspora and its individual members, known as Nikkei (, ) or as Nikkeijin (, ), comprise the Japanese people, Japanese emigration, emigrants from Japan (and their Kinship, descendants) residing in a country outside Japan. Emigration ...
in their home countries) includes Mayeda. It can refer to:
People
Maeda clan
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Maeda Toshimasa
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu , he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. His seat was Arako Castle in Owari Province. Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at K ...
, ''daimyō'', vassal of Oda Nobuhide
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Maeda Toshiie
was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左 ...
, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-''koku'' ''daimyō''
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Maeda Toshinaga, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie
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Maeda Toshitsune
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He ...
, brother and heir to Maeda Toshinaga
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Maeda Keiji, nephew of Maeda Toshiie by Toshihisa Maeda
*Marquis
Toshinari Maeda
, was a Japanese nobleman who was the 16th head of the Maeda family. He was a general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.
Biography
Maeda Toshinari was ...
, World War II general
Others
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*, actress
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Akira Maeda
(born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Maeda was also known by the ring name Kwik-kik-Lee durin ...
(born 1959), professional wrestler
*, actress and singer
*, Japanese Paralympic swimmer
*, Japanese footballer
*, early photographer
*, actor
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Gordon Maeda (born 2000), Japanese–American actor
*, stuntman and suit actor
*, chemist known for EPR effect
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Hirotake Maeda, historian
*, Japanese long-distance runner
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John Maeda, graphic designer and computer scientist
*, writer, lyricist, composer
*, professional wrestler
*, long-distance runner
*, Japanese basketball coach
*, baseball pitcher
*, actor, portrays Ikki Igarashi in Kamen Rider Revice
*, artist, writer and director of anime
*, film and television actress
*, judoka, fundamental to the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
*, Japanese table tennis player
*, Japanese badminton player
*, Japanese speed skater
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Naoki Maeda (disambiguation) Naoki Maeda may refer to:
* Naoki Maeda (composer) (born 1969), Japanese composer
* Naoki Maeda (footballer, born 1994), Japanese footballer
* Naoki Maeda (footballer, born 1996), Japanese footballer
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, multiple people
*, Japanese go player
*, singer-songwriter
*, geneticist and medical researcher
*, Japanese jazz composer and pianist
*, Japanese footballer
*, ''Nihonga'' painter
*, Japanese golfer
*, photographer
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Steven Maeda, television writer
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Tadashi Maeda (disambiguation), multiple people
*, video game composer
*, Japanese banker and chief executive
*, Cardinal of the Catholic Church
*, Japanese manga artist
*, politician, cabinet minister
*, Japanese enka singer
*, member of Jpop group S/mileage
Fictional characters
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Maeda (''Asobi Asobase''), from the manga series ''Asobi Asobase''
*Akira Maeda, a character in the manga ''
Cromartie High School''
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Ema Maeda, from ''Love Hina''
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Hayato Maeda (Chumley Huffington), from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX''
*Kunihiko Maeda, from the
''Parasite Eve'' video game
*Kazuya Maeda, from ''
Photo Kano''
Companies
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Maeda Corporation
is a Japanese corporation which was established in 1919. Its main areas of business are building construction and civil engineering.
Maeda has domestic offices in eleven Japanese cities, and overseas offices in Thailand, Hong Kong, and India.
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, a holding company
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Maeda Industries
SR Suntour (stylized as SR SUNTOUR) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of bicycle components, formed in 1988 when Osaka based SunTour (Maeda) went bankrupt and was purchased by Sakae Ringyo Company (abbreviated S.R.), a major Japanese maker of aluminum ...
(formerly Maeda Iron Works Company), a manufacturer of SunTour bicycle drive-train components
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Japanese-language surnames