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
was the 9th ''daimyō'' of Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. After retirement, he adopted the ''art-name, gō'', or pen name, Yōzan (鷹山). Today, h ...
(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
was the 12th ''daimyō'' of Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
Biography
Uesugi Narinori was the eldest son of Uesugi Narisada and received the ''kanji ...
, (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
, is a Japanese freelance journalist and former research assistant for the ''New York Times'', born in Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Tokyo
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(born 1968), a Japanese freelance journalist
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Teppei Uesugi
is a former Japanese football player.
Career
Teppei Uesugi joined S.League club Albirex Niigata Singapore in 2004. In 2007, he backed to Japan and joined Tokushima Vortis reserve team. In 2008, he moved to Thespa Kusatsu. In 2009, he moved to Fu ...
(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''
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Japanese-language surnames