Umezu is a Japanese word. It may refer to a surname, spelled 梅津 or 楳図, or it may have other meanings.

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Hideyuki Umezu was a Japanese actor who specialized in voice acting. Biography Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, he said that if he hadn't become an actor, he would have become a dentist. The catalyst for starting acting was when a friend ...

(1955–2024), Japanese actor and voice actor *

Kazuo Umezu was a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. Starting his career in the 1950s, he is among the most famous artists of horror manga and has been vital for its development, considered the "god of horror manga". In 1960s manga like ''Rept ...

(1936–2024), Japanese manga artist *

Kazutoki Umezu is a Japanese jazz saxophonist. He has performed with Tom Cora, Samm Bennett, Ruins, Michiyo Yagi and Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. He is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated ...

(born 1949), Japanese jazz saxophonist *

Yoshijirō Umezu (January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a Japanese general in World War II and Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was convicted of Japanese war crimes, war crimes an ...

(1882–1949), general in the

Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...

in World War II

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*Umezu (梅酢), the

brine Brine (or briny water) is a high-concentration solution of salt (typically sodium chloride or calcium chloride) in water. In diverse contexts, ''brine'' may refer to the salt solutions ranging from about 3.5% (a typical concentration of seawat ...

produced when preparing ''

umeboshi ''Umeboshi'' (Japanese language, Japanese: wiktionary:梅, 梅干し, pronounced , ) are pickled (brined) ''ume'' fruits common in Japanese cuisine, Japan. The word ''umeboshi'' is often translated into English as 'salted Japanese plums', 'J ...

''; although the term translates as "plum vinegar", it is a misnomer.

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