Uesugi (sometimes written ''Uyesugi'') is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People
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Uesugi clan, 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
Count was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as the last daimyō of Yonezawa han in Dewa Province. In the Meiji era he became a government official and briefly served as governor of Okinawa Prefecture.
Biography
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(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
Uesugi Norizane (上杉 憲実; 1410 – March 22, 1466) was a Japanese samurai of the Uesugi clan who held a number of high government posts during the Muromachi period.
''Shugo'' (Constable) of Awa and Kōzuke Province, he was appointed '' Kan ...
, (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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Teppei Uesugi (born 1985), a Japanese football (soccer) player for Thespa Kusatsu
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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''
{{surname, Uesugi
Japanese-language surnames