Uesugi

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

People

  • 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 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

Fictional characters

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