Uesugi (sometimes written ''Uyesugi'') is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Uesugi clan The is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries). Appert, Georges. (1888) ''Ancien Japon,'' p. 79./ref> At its height, the clan had three main branch ...

, a Japanese samurai clan **

Uesugi Akisada was a samurai of the Uesugi clan, Kantō Kanrei and ''shugo'' (Constable) of Kōzuke and Musashi Province. His loss of the Izu Province to Hōjō Sōun in 1492–1498 marked a significant development of Japan's Sengoku period. Nagao Tamekage, ...

, (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan **

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 **

Uesugi Kagekatsu was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law. Early life and rise Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Nagao c ...

(1556–1623), a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history ** Uesugi Kagenobu (?–1578), a samurai and relative of Uesugi Kenshin in the Sengoku period of Japan ** Uesugi Kagetora (1552–1579), the seventh son of Hōjō Ujiyasu and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin ** Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), a daimyō who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan ** Uesugi Mochinori (1844–1919), a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period **

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 **

Uesugi Norimasa was a ''daimyō'' of feudal Japan from Yamanouchi branch Uesugi clan and held the post of Kantō Kanrei, the ''shōgun''s deputy in the Kantō region. He was the adoptive father of Uesugi Kenshin, one of the most famous warlords in Japanese his ...

(1523–1579), a daimyō of feudal Japan **

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 **

Uesugi Tomooki was a lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the Hōjō clan, who seized the castle in 1524. He was the son of Uesugi Tomoyoshi, who was among the first to oppose the Hōjō's rise to power. Biography In 1516, Tomooki took part in the siege of Arai ...

, (1488–1537), a lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the Hōjō clan during the Sengoku period of Japan **

Uesugi Tsunakatsu was the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province during the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, and 19th hereditary chieftain of the Uesugi clan. His courtesy title was ''Harima-no-kami''. Biography Uesugi Tsunakatsu was they ...

, (1639–1664), a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period **

Uesugi Zenshū , also known as Uesugi Ujinori, was the chief advisor to Ashikaga Mochiuji, an enemy of the Ashikaga shogunate in feudal Japan. When he was rebuked by Mochiuji in 1415, and forced to resign, Zenshū organized a rebellion. Zenshū received aid fo ...

(unknown-1417), the chief advisor to Ashikaga Mochiuji, an enemy of the Ashikaga shogunate in feudal Japan *

Takashi Uesugi , is a Japanese freelance journalist and former research assistant for the ''New York Times'', born in Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is t ...

(born 1968), a Japanese freelance journalist *

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 *

Takeo Uesugi was a Japanese-American landscape architect who designed acclaimed Japanese garden installations. He was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Kyoto University. Works Born in Osaka, Uesugi's prominent works include: * The ...

(born 1940), a Japanese-American landscape architect known for his garden designs

Fictional characters

Kazuya Uesugi is a Japanese high school baseball manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1981 to 1986, with its chapters were collected into 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

and

Tatsuya Uesugi is a Japanese high school baseball manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1981 to 1986, with its chapters were collected into 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

from the anime and manga series '' Touch'' *

Tatsuha Uesugi This is a list of characters from the shōnen-ai manga series ''Gravitation'' written and illustrated by Maki Murakami. Main characters Shuichi Shindo Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Rich McNanna (English)Both English and Japanese Voice ...

, 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