Maeda
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Maeda (前田 lit. "in front of the ricefield") is a Japanese surname. It may also be romanized as Mayeda.
The Maeda clan is one of the traditional Japanese clans.
Maeda was the name of a 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
- Keiji Maeda, nephew of Maeda Toshiie by Toshihisa Maeda
- Marquis Toshinari Maeda, World War II general
- Sergio Maeda, Toshimitsu Maeda Son sergiomaeda@prodigy.net.mx
- Ai Maeda, voice actor
- Ai Maeda, actress
- Aki Maeda, actress and singer
- Akira Maeda, professional wrestler
- John Maeda, graphic designer, programmer, MIT professor
- Mahiro Maeda, anime creator
- Mitsuyo Maeda, judoka
- Naoki Maeda, composer
- Nobuteru Maeda, vocalist
- Shinzo Maeda, photographer
- Toshio Maeda, a famous mangaka
- Maeda Corp., holding company [link]
- Maeda-en, importer/exporter of food products to USA [link]
- Maeda Co., Ltd., silk and textiles [link]
- Maeda Industries (formerly Maeda Iron Works Company), manufacturers of SunTour bicycle drive-train components
- Akira Maeda, character in the manga Cromrartie High School
- Ema Maeda, from Love Hina
- Hayato Maeda (Chumley Huffington), from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
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