Ikeda

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Ikeda (池田, ikeda^?) is a Japanese surname and place name, literally meaning "rice paddy by the pond".

Contents 1 Place names 2 People with the name Ikeda 3 Miscellaneous 4 Fictional characters 5 See also

[edit] Place names

• the city of Ikeda, Osaka (Japanese: 池田市; Ikeda-shi) in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• any of the following towns named Ikeda (Japanese: 池田町; ikeda-cho or ikeda-machi) in various prefectures in Japan:
  • Ikeda, Fukui
  • Ikeda, Gifu
  • Ikeda, Hokkaido
  • Ikeda, Kagawa
  • Ikeda, Nagano
  • Ikeda, Tokushima

[edit] People with the name Ikeda

• Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人; 1899 – 1965), Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan
• Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作; 1928 – ), president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
• Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔; 1968 – ), Japanese professional wrestler
• Ikeda Tsuneoki (池田 恒興; 1536 – 1584), daimyo and military commander
• Ikeda Tomomasa (池田 知正; 1544 – 1603), kokujin and military commander
• Ikeda Masatomi (池田 ??; 1940 – ), Japanese Aikido teacher
• Ikeda Motosuke (池田 元助; 1559 – 1584), samurai commander
• Ikeda Nagamasa (池田 長正; 1519 – 1563), kokujin and samurai commander
• Ikeda Katsumasa (池田 勝正; 1539 – 1578), daimyo
• Jennifer Ikeda, Broadway actor
• Ryoji Ikeda, Japanese sound artist
• Shigeto Ikeda (1925-2001), Japanese physician, "father" of fiberoptic bronchoscopy
• Shuichi Ikeda (池田 秀一; 1949 – ), seiyuu (voice actor)
• Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗; 1864 – 1936), Tokyo Imperial University professor, discoverer of the umami flavor
• Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子; 1947 – ), Japanese mangaka
• Hiroshi Ikeda (1950 – ), Aikido shihan
• Kaname Ikeda, Japanese ambassador and chief of ITER

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Ikeda map, chaotic attractor
• a genus of the Ikedidae family, see Wikispecies:Ikeda

[edit] Fictional characters

• Ikeda (comics), a character in Usagi Yojimbo

[edit] See also

• Japanese name