Inoue
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Inoue is the 17th most common Japan
ese surname
. It can also be romanized as Inouye.
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Other uses of Inoue:
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese surname
Surname
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. It can also be romanized as Inouye.
People
In politics or business:- Daniel InouyeDaniel InouyeDaniel Ken "Dan" Inouye is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii, a member of the Democratic Party, and the President pro tempore of the United States Senate making him the highest-ranking Asian American politician in American history. Inouye is the chairman of the United States Senate...
(American senatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and recipient of the Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
) - Kaoru Inoue (Japanese Foreign Minister)
- Kowashi Inoue (Japanese Education Minister, the drafts of the Meiji Constitution & Imperial Household Law),wikipedia inoue kowashi,
- Masashige InoueInoue Masashigewas an important figure during the early Edo period in Japan. He played a role in the persecution and eradication of Christians in Japan and he was commissioner for the Dutch East India Company in Nagasaki.Masashige died in 1661 ....
- Sayuri Inoue (diplomat and international banker)
- Shigeyoshi InoueShigeyoshi Inouewas an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was commander of the Japanese 4th Fleet and later served as Vice-Minister of the Navy. A noted naval theorist, he was a strong advocate of naval aviation within the Japanese Navy...
(Naval officer, Vice-Minister of the Navy) - Wayne InouyeWayne InouyeWayne Inouye formerly served as Gateway's president & CEO. Inouye announced his departure from Gateway on February 9, 2006.-Biography:...
, former president & CEO of Gateway, Inc.Gateway, Inc.Gateway Computer Corporation, is a computer hardware company headquartered in Irvine, California, USA which develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories...
In science:
- Enryō InoueInoue Enryo, Japanese, Buddhist philosopher, educator, and nationalist; one of the most influential Buddhists of the Meiji era. Ordained as a priest in his father's Jodo Shinshu Ōtani branch 眞宗大谷派. Graduated with a doctorate from Tokyo Imperial University in 1896 focusing mainly on Western philosophy...
(founder of Toyo University, educator, philosopher) - Hiroshi Inoue (botanist)
- Masaru Inoue (astronomer)Masaru Inoue (astronomer)is a Japanese astronomer in Tokyo, Japan. He is a discoverer of several asteroids.He and Osamu Muramatsu are accredited with the 1988 discovery of asteroid 35062 Sakuranosyou, named after the elementary school his eldest son went to....
In literature (including manga):
- Kazurou InoueKazurou Inoueis a Japanese manga artist.Born May 1, 1970, he received recognition for his manga at the 40th Rookie Comic Awards. After training under Kazuhiro Fujita, he published Heat Wave in Shōnen Sunday Super for a short while....
(manga artist) - Kenkabo Inoue (author)
- Makoto Inoue (author) (short novel author)
- Ryoki InoueRyoki InoueRyoki Inoue is a Brazilian writer, acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as world's most prolific writer: since he began his career in 1986, he had 1075 books published — under his own name or 39 pseudonyms....
(Brazilian author) - Santa InoueSanta Inoueis a Japanese manga artist and owner of the Santastic! clothing line. Inoue's manga series are greatly influenced by hip hop culture, with some of the characters being modeled after rappers.- Biography :...
(manga artist) - Takehiko InoueTakehiko Inoueis a Japanese manga artist, best known for the basketball manga Slam Dunk, which has become a success both in Japan and overseas. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport, and many Japanese children started to play basketball because they read the manga...
(manga artist) - Takuya InoueTakuya InoueTakuya Inoue - is a Japanese hentai artist known for his unique style, drawing female models with unnaturally long bodies, huge breasts and wide hips.-References:...
(manga artist) - Yasushi InoueYasushi InoueYasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer whose range of genres included poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels...
(author)
In the performing arts:
- Azumi InoueAzumi Inoueis a Japanese singer. She graduated from Yugakkan High School in Kanazawa. She is best known for singing the opening and ending theme songs for the Hayao Miyazaki film My Neighbor Totoro: "Sanpo" and "My Neighbor Totoro". She is known for having a clear, light voice.Inoue is managed by the talent...
(Japanese singer) - Harumi InoueHarumi Inoueis an actress, model and accomplished swimmer. As of 2004, she is 5 ft 4 in and weighs 103 lb.She has a younger sister, Mami Inoue, who is also pursuing a similar career...
(actress and model) - Kazuhiko InoueKazuhiko Inoueis a veteran voice actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.-Biography:Since his debut in 1973, Kazuhiko Inoue has become one of Japan's most well established voice actors. His early roles from the 1970s include Anthony in Candy Candy, and later as Joe in the 1979 remake of Cyborg 009...
(voice actor) - Keiko Inoue, also known as Keiko TodaKeiko Todais a Japanese actress and seiyū. Her most famous role is being the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime Soreike! Anpanman...
(actress) - Kikuko InoueKikuko Inoueis a popular Japanese voice actress and singer. She has been part of the singing groups DoCo and Goddess Family Club, among others, and is the manager of her voice-acting company, Office Anemone. Inoue tends to play the "perfect girlfriend" or "motherly" role in many series, but she has also played...
(singer, voice actor) - Kiyonobu Inoue, better known as Inoran (musician)
- Makio InoueMakio Inoueis a Japanese voice actor. He began voice acting in the '60s, landing small roles in Astroboy, and was the actor of choice for deep-voiced, serious males in the '70s. These days, he rarely takes on new roles...
(voice actor) - Mao InoueMao Inoueis a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in and Makino Tsukushi in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida...
(actress) - Marina InoueMarina Inoueis a voice actress and singer. She is signed onto Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex division. As for voice acting career, she's employed by Sigma Seven...
(voice actress) - Mark Inouye (trumpet player)
- Masahiro InoueMasahiro Inoueis a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musical The Imperial Presence Hyotei Gakuen as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009 he portrayed the lead role in Kamen Rider Decade, Tsukasa Kadoya, who had the ability to...
(actor) - Masao InoueMasao Inoue (actor)was a Japanese film and stage actor and film director who contributed to the development of film and stage art in Japan.-Career:Born in Ehime Prefecture, Inoue first appeared on stage at age 17. Starting out in traveling theatrical troupes, he made his debut on the Tokyo stage in 1905 as a member...
(actor) - Norihiro InoueNorihiro Inoueis a Japanese actor and voice actor.-Biography:He graduated from Hosei University in 1982, and soon after in 1985, began acting in numerous TV dramas, TV anime series, and stage plays.-TV drama:...
(voice actor) - Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
(music producer) - Waka InoueWaka InoueWaka Inoue is a Japanese idol, tarento and actress. She was born in Meguro, Tokyo as Naoko Aramura . Her mother is former actress Kyoko Saga.Waka's main claim to fame in the tarento circles is her bustline...
(tarento, actress) - Yō Inoue (animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
voice actress) - Yōsui InoueYosui Inoueis a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, guitarist and record producer, who is an important figure in Japanese music. He is renowned for his unique tone, eccentric lyrics, and dark sunglasses which he always wears....
(singer-songwriter) - Aki Inoue (actress)
In other arts:
- Seiryū InoueSeiryu Inouewas a renowned Japanese photographer.Born in 1931 in Tosa, Kōchi Prefecture, Inoue became the first apprentice to Takeji Iwamiya in Osaka in 1951. While continuing to work with Iwamiya in 1954 he started work as temporary cameraman for Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Osaka.Iwamiya recognized his...
(photographer)
In sports:
- Katsuya InoueKatsuya Inoue, is a Japanese mixed martil artist. He is the former 2-time interim Welterweight King of Pancrase . He has competed in the Pancrase organization since 2004 with a 8-1-1 record. He was awarded the interim Pancrase title with a TKO victory in the finals of the Pancrase - 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament...
(MMA fighter, with the PancrasePancrasePancrase is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Pancrase is taken from Pankration, a sport in the ancient Olympic games. Suzuki and Funaki are particularly skilled in the art of catch wrestling and based the...
org.) - Makoto InoueMakoto Inoueis a Japanese professional golfer.Inoue plays on the Japan Golf Tour, and has won twice.-External links:...
(professional golfer) - Kosei InoueKosei Inoueis a Judo practitioner from Japan. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari ....
(Olympic Judo champion) - Noriaki InoueNoriaki InoueNoriaki Inoue was a Japanese martial artist, who was in his early years closely associated with the spiritual and technical development of aikido along with his uncle Morihei Ueshiba...
(martial artist) - Rena InoueRena Inoueis an American pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters to perform a throw triple axel in competition.-Personal life:Rena Inoue was...
(figure skater) - Taki InoueTaki InoueTakachiho "Taki" Inoue is a retired motor racing driver from Japan.Inoue competed in the British Formula Ford Championship in 1988, followed by a spell in All-Japan Formula Three from 1989 to 1993 and a season in the International Formula 3000 championship in 1994.He participated in 18 Formula One...
(race car driver) - Yoshimi Inoue (Soke, Karate)
- Kotoe InoueKotoe InoueKotoe Inoue is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.-Career:While attending high school, the volleyball team won in the Domestic Sports Festival ....
(volleyball player)
Other uses of Inoue:
- Inoue grappling, a form of mixed martial arts developed by Egan InoueEgan InoueEgan Inoue is an American multi-sport athlete. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist who has competed internationally in Jiu-Jitsu and also MMA. He is also a racquetball player who has won two world championships....
- Inoue houseInoue houseThe Inoue house was one of the four go houses, the state-supported schools for the game of go in Japan during the Edo period.The numbering of the heads of the house is that introduced by Inoue Genan Inseki, at the start of the nineteenth century, and including Nakamura Doseki for reasons of prestige...
, one of the go schools of the Edo periodEdo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
Fictional
- OrihimeOrihime Inoueis a fictional character in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. She is a classmate and friend of Ichigo Kurosaki, the main character of the series. Like many other friends of Ichigo, she quickly develops spiritual powers of her own after Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper...
and Sora InoueSora InoueSora Inoue can refer to:* The artist of the manga Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School* Sora Inoue, a fictional character of Bleach...
, characters of BleachBleach (manga)is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki... - Yolei InoueYolei InoueYolei Inoue, known in Japan as , is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure 02. Yolei made a brief cameo in the film Our War Game! before debuting as one of the regular characters in Digimon Adventure 02....
(Miyako Inoue in the Japanese version), character of DigimonDigimon, short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and... - Keiko InoueKeiko InoueKeiko Inoue may refer to:*Keiko Toda, actress*Keiko Onuki, Battle Royale character...
, character of Battle RoyaleBattle Royalethumb|260px|Cover of the 2009 expanded edition, ISBN 978-1-4215-2772-3 is a 1999 Japanese novel written by Koushun Takami. The story tells of schoolchildren who are forced to fight each other to the death.... - Chisato Inoue, character of Vampire Princess MiyuVampire Princess Miyuis a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licenced by AnimEigo in 1988, and was later adapted into a 26-episode television series licensed by Tokyopop and...
- Inoue, character of Code Geass