Uesugi (jap. 上杉, sometimes written ''Uyesugi'') is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People
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Uesugi clan
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, a Japanese samurai clan
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Uesugi Akisada, (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan
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Uesugi Harunori (1751–1822), a Japanese daimyō
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Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556–1623), a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history
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Uesugi Kagenobu (?–1578), a samurai and relative of Uesugi Kenshin in the Sengoku period of Japan
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Uesugi Kagetora (1552–1579), the seventh son of Hōjō Ujiyasu and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin
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Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), a daimyō who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan
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Uesugi Mochinori (1844–1919), a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period
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Uesugi Narinori, (1820–1889), a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period
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Uesugi Norimasa (1523–1579), a daimyō of feudal Japan
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Uesugi Norizane, (1410–1466), a Japanese samurai of the Uesugi clan
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Uesugi Tomooki, (1488–1537), a lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the Hōjō clan during the Sengoku period of Japan
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Uesugi Tsunakatsu, (1639–1664), a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period
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Uesugi Zenshū (unknown-1417), the chief advisor to Ashikaga Mochiuji, an enemy of the Ashikaga shogunate in feudal Japan
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Takashi Uesugi (born 1968), a Japanese freelance journalist
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Takeo Uesugi (born 1940), a Japanese-American landscape architect known for his garden designs
Fictional characters
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Kazuya Uesugi and
Tatsuya Uesugi from the anime and manga series ''
Touch
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Tatsuha Uesugi, from the anime and manga series, ''Gravitation''
*Futaro Uesugi, the male protagonist of the anime and manga series ''
The Quintessential Quintuplets''
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Japanese-language surnames