Date (surname)

Date (伊達, "gallantry" or "showy") is a Japanese surname and is pronounced, "dah-teh". It is also a Maharashtrian Surname from India with almost the same pronunciation as "daa-tey" (without an "h" sound). It can refer to:

Japanese people

• Date clan, lineage of daimyo who controlled northern Japan in the late 16th century and into the Edo period
  • Date Tanemune (1488-1565)
  • Date Harumune (1519-1577)
  • Date Masamune (1567-1636)
  • Date Tadamune (1599-1658)
  • Date Tsunamune (1640-1711)
  • Date Tsunamura (1659-1719)
  • Date Yoshikuni (1825-1874)

• A branch of the Date Clan where the heads of the Uwajima Domain, in the former Iyo Province of Japan (present-day Ehime Prefecture) on the south-eastern island of Shikoku
  • Date Hidemune (1591-1658), first-born son (by concubine) of Masamune Date
  • Date Munenari (1818-1892)

• Kimiko Date (born 1970), Japanese professional tennis player
• Koji Date (born 1987), Japanese actor and singer

Fictional Japanese characters

• Eiji Date, from the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo)
• Sage Date (Sage Date), from the anime series Ronin Warriors
• Kyosuke Date, from SoulTaker
• Kenta Date, from Denji Sentai Megaranger
• Akiko Date, from the Young Samurai book series
• Akira Date, from Kamen Rider OOO

Other people

• Christopher J. Date, author and researcher in relational database technology
• Terry Date, an American record producer

See also

• Date (disambiguation), other uses of the word "date"