Maeda
Maeda (前田 lit. "in front of the ricefield") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to:
Real people
Maeda clan
One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history:
- Maeda Toshimasa, daimyo, vassal of Oda Nobuhide
- Maeda Toshiie, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-koku daimyo
- Maeda Toshinaga, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie
- Maeda Toshitsune, brother and heir to Maeda Toshinaga
- Maeda Keiji, nephew of Maeda Toshiie by Toshihisa Maeda
- Marquis Toshinari Maeda, World War II general
Others
- Ai Maeda (voice actress), voice actor
- Ai Maeda (actress), actress
- Aki Maeda, actress and singer
- Akira Maeda, professional wrestler
- Atsuko Maeda, actress and singer
- Gōki Maeda, actor
- John Maeda, graphic designer and computer scientist
- Jun Maeda, writer, lyricist, composer
- Kaoru Maeda, professional wrestler
- Kazuhiro Maeda, long-distance runner
- Kenta Maeda, pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Nippon Professional Baseball league
- Mahiro Maeda, artist, writer and director of anime
- Michiko Maeda, film and television actress
- Mitsuyo Maeda, judoka, fundamental to the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Naoki Maeda, composer
- Nobuteru Maeda, vocalist
- Ryoichi Maeda, footballer
- Shinzo Maeda, photographer
- Steven Maeda, television writer
- Tatsuyuki Maeda, video game composer
- Toshio Maeda, a Japanese manga artist
- Segio Maeda, Toshimitzu Maeda Count Japan, Son.
- Yonezo Maeda, politician, cabinet minister
- Yuuka Maeda, member of Jpop group S/mileage.
First name
- Maeda Genzō, early photographer
- Maeda Seison, Nihonga painter
Fictional characters
- Akira Maeda, character in the manga Cromartie High School
- Ema Maeda, from Love Hina
- Hayato Maeda (Chumley Huffington), from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Kunihiko Maeda, from the Parasite Eve video game.
- Septimus Maeda, from the webcomic Demon Street
Companies
- Maeda Corporation, holding company
- Maeda Industries (formerly Maeda Iron Works Company), manufacturers of SunTour bicycle drive-train components