Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to:

People

Maeda clan

One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: *

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 ...

, ''daimyō'', vassal of Oda Nobuhide *

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� ...

, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-''koku'' ''daimyō'' *

Maeda Toshinaga was a Sengoku period Japanese samurai and the second early-Edo period ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. He was the eldest son of Maeda Toshiie. His childhood name was ...

, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie *

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 was ...

, brother and heir to Maeda Toshinaga *

Maeda Keiji , better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was famously the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated '' kabukim ...

, nephew of Maeda Toshiie by Toshihisa Maeda *Marquis

Toshinari Maeda , was a Japanese 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 born the fifth son of the former ''daimyō'' of Nanokaichi Doma ...

, World War II general

Others

Ai Maeda (voice actress) is a Japanese voice actress born in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. She is also a singer under the name AiM and a songwriter under the name ai. She is best known in the English-speaking world for he ...

(born 1975), voice actor *

Ai Maeda (actress) is a Japanese actress, singer and model. Biography Maeda is notable for performing Shiori Kitano in the 2003 film ''Battle Royale II: Requiem'', as well as for seiyū, voicing the title role in the anime series ''Kino's Journey'' (for which sh ...

, actress * Aki Maeda, actress and singer * Akira Maeda, professional wrestler *

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

, actress and singer *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *

Maeda Genzō Maeda Genzō (前田玄造) (1831–1906) was a Japanese photographer from northern Kyūshū. In Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki he studied photography under Jan Karel van den Broek and J. L. C. Pompe van Meerdervoort. Neither of these teachers ...

, early photographer *

Daizen Maeda is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Scottish Premiership side Celtic and the Japan national team. Club career Matsumoto Yamaga In 2016, Maeda joined Matsumoto Yamaga FC. He got his J-League debut ...

, Japanese footballer * Gōki Maeda, actor *

Gordon Maeda is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba. Maeda is best known for portraying Takashi Mitsuya in live action movie adaptation of ''Tokyo Revengers'' and Issei Kataoka in the romance drama '' Promise Cinderella'' ...

, Japanese–American actor *

Hiroshi Maeda is a professional Japanese stunt man and suit actor from Kōchi Prefecture who is best known for portraying the Red Ranger in most of the ''Power Rangers'' series as well as the Tyranno Ranger in the 1992 ''Super Sentai'' series ''Kyōryū Sent ...

, stuntman and suit actor *

Hiroshi Maeda (chemist) was a Japanese pharmacologist and chemist. He was known for his discovery of EPR effect. He published more than 650 papers in reputed journals; the h-index is 115 (Google scholar, ). Education and career Maeda studied at Tohoku University wit ...

, chemist known for EPR effect * Hirotake Maeda, historian *, Japanese long-distance runner *

John Maeda John Maeda (born 1966) is a Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. He is an American technologist and designer whose work explores where business, design, and technology merge to make space for the "humanist technolo ...

, graphic designer and computer scientist *

Jun Maeda is a Japanese writer and co-founder of the visual novel brand Key under Visual Arts. He is considered a pioneer of nakige visual novels, and has mainly contributed as a scenario writer, lyricist, and musical composer for the games the company ...

, writer, lyricist, composer *

Kaoru Maeda is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name KAORU (stylized in all capital letters). Billed as the "Original Hardcore Queen", Kaoru is known for her wrestling style, which combines high-flying with hardcore wrestling. Tra ...

, professional wrestler *

Kazuhiro Maeda Kazuhiro Maeda ( ja, 前田和浩; born 19 April 1981) is a Japanese long-distance runner. Born in Shiroishi, Saga, Maeda made his international debut at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he ran in the heats of the 5000 me ...

, long-distance runner *, Japanese basketball coach *

Kenta Maeda is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He won the 2010 ...

, baseball pitcher *Kentaro Maeda, actor, portrays Ikki Igarashi in

Kamen Rider Revice is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 32nd entry of Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' metaseries. It is the third series to debut during the Reiwa period and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the franchise. The series premiered on September 5, ...

Mahiro Maeda Mahiro Maeda (前田真宏 ''Maeda Mahiro''; born March 14, 1963) is a Japanese anime director, character designer, and animator. Helen McCarthy in ''500 Essential Anime Movies'' called him "one of the most imaginative visualists in anime". He ...

, artist, writer and director of anime *

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Life and career Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka Prefecture on February 27, 1934. She was working in a depa ...

, film and television actress * Mitsuyo Maeda, judoka, fundamental to the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese speed skater * Naoki Maeda (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese go player *

Nobuteru Maeda is a Japanese male singer-songwriter from Atsugi, Kanagawa. He is signed onto Sony Music Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm f ...

, vocalist *

Nobuyo Maeda Nobuyo N. Maeda is a Japanese geneticist and medical researcher, who works on complex human diseases including atherosclerosis, diabetes and hypertension, high blood pressure, and is particularly known for creating the first mouse model for ather ...

, geneticist and medical researcher *, Japanese jazz composer and pianist *

Ryoichi Maeda is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the currently assistant coach of Japan national team. Club career Maeda was born in Kobe, Japan but spent his childhood in the United States. He was educated at and ...

, Japanese footballer *

Maeda Seison was the art-name of a nihonga painter in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan. His legal name was Maeda Renzō. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters, and one of the leaders of the Nihonga movement. Biography ...

, ''Nihonga'' painter *, Japanese golfer * Shinzo Maeda, photographer * Steven Maeda, television writer * Tadashi Maeda (admiral), admiral * Tatsuyuki Maeda, video game composer *, Japanese banker and chief executive *

Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (born 3 March 1949) is a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Osaka since 2014. He was Bishop of Hiroshima from 2011 to 2014. Pope Francis elevated him to cardinal on 28 June 2018. Biography Thomas Aquino Manyo M ...

, Cardinal of the Catholic Church *

Toshio Maeda is an erotic manga artist who was prolific in the 1980s and '90s. Several of Maeda's works have been used as a basis for original video animations (OVA) including ''La Blue Girl'', ''Adventure Kid'', '' Demon Beast Invasion'', ''Demon Warrior ...

, Japanese manga artist *

Yonezō Maeda was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Maeda was a native of Wakayama Prefecture, and a graduate of the Tokyo Hōgakuin (the predecessor to the law school of Chuo University). He received his law degree in 1903. He ...

, politician, cabinet minister *, Japanese enka singer *

Yuuka Maeda is a former Japanese singer and actress. After joining Hello Pro Egg, a trainee program associated with Hello! Project, she achieved early fame as Amulet Heart in Shugo Chara Egg! before debuting in S/mileage, a Japanese idol girl group as ...

, member of Jpop group S/mileage

Fictional characters

* Maeda (''Asobi Asobase''), from the manga series ''Asobi Asobase'' *Akira Maeda, a character in the manga ''

Cromartie High School is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Nonaka and published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2000 to May 2006. It follows the everyday life of Takashi Kamiyama and his odd classmates at Cromartie Hig ...

'' * Ema Maeda, from ''Love Hina'' * Hayato Maeda (Chumley Huffington), from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' *Kunihiko Maeda, from the ''Parasite Eve'' video game *Kazuya Maeda, from ''

Photo Kano is a Japanese dating sim game developed by Dingo Inc. and Enterbrain, and was released for the PlayStation Portable on February 2, 2012. Due to Enterbrain's involvement, ''Photo Kano'' is considered the spiritual successor to '' KimiKiss ...

Companies

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. H ...

, a holding company * Maeda Industries (formerly Maeda Iron Works Company), a manufacturer of SunTour bicycle drive-train components {{disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames