Uesugi

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

• Uesugi clan, a Japanese samurai clan
  • Uesugi Akisada, (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan
  • Uesugi Harunori (1751–1822), a Japanese daimyō
  • Uesugi Kagekatsu (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, (1820–1889), a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period
  • Uesugi Norimasa (1523–1579), a daimyō of feudal Japan
  • Uesugi Norizane, (1410–1466), a Japanese samurai of the Uesugi clan
  • Uesugi Tomooki, (1488–1537), a lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the Hōjō clan during the Sengoku period of Japan
  • Uesugi Tsunakatsu, (1639–1664), a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period
  • Uesugi Zenshū (unknown-1417), the chief advisor to Ashikaga Mochiuji, an enemy of the Ashikaga shogunate in feudal Japan
• Takashi Uesugi (born 1968), a Japanese freelance journalist
• Teppei Uesugi (born 1985), a Japanese football (soccer) player for Thespa Kusatsu
• Takeo Uesugi (born 1940), a Japanese-American landscape architect known for his garden designs

• Kazuya Uesugi and Tatsuya Uesugi from the anime and manga series Touch
• Tatsuha Uesugi, from the anime and manga series, Gravitation
• Futaro Uesugi, the male protagonist of the anime and manga series The Quintessential Quintuplets

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Uesugi.
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