Ueno (surname)

Ueno (written: 上野 or 植野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chizuko Ueno (born 1948), Japanese sociologist
• Emiko Ueno (born 1957), retired Japanese female badminton player
• Hideaki Ueno (born 1981), Japanese football player
• Hidesaburō Ueno (1871–1925), Japanese agricultural scientist
• Hiroki Ueno (born 1986), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Hiroki Ueno (born 1986), Japanese professional ice hockey winger
• Juri Ueno (born 1986), Japanese actress
• Kagenori Ueno (1845–1888), Japanese Consul in Great Britain from 1874 to 1879
• Ken Ueno (born 1970), American composer
• Kenichiro Ueno (born 1965), Japanese politician
• Kōji Ueno (born 1960), Japanese composer and musician
• Kyuhei Ueno, Japanese mixed martial artist
• Masae Ueno (born 1979), Japanese female judoka
• Nobuhiro Ueno (born 1965), Japanese football coach and former player
• Rie Ueno (born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner
• Ryo Ueno (born 1984), Japanese actor
• Shingo Ueno (born 1973), Japanese ski jumper
• Shōichi Ueno (上野 尚一, 1936–2016), Japanese newspaper publisher and philanthropist
• Tadami Ueno (born 1948), Japanese professional golfer
• Takahiro Ueno (born 1971), Japanese professional drifting driver and businessman
• Taro Ueno (born 1980), Japanese sailor
• Toshiya Ueno (1963–2013), Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
• Ueno Hikoma (1838–1904)), pioneer Japanese photographer
• Yoichi Ueno (1883–1957), Japanese business theorist
• Yoko Ueno (born 1963), Japanese recording artist
• Yoshie Ueno (born 1983), Japanese female judoka
• Yoshiharu Ueno (born 1973), Japanese footballer
• Yuichiro Ueno (born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yukiko Ueno (born 1982), Japanese softball pitcher
• Yusaku Ueno (born 1973), former Japanese football player

Fictional characters

• Naoka Ueno, a character from A Silent Voice (manga)