Uesugi
Uesugi (jap. 上杉, 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 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
Fictional characters
- 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
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