# Honda (surname)

Honda (Hondo) (written: 本田 literally "root ricefield" or "origin ricefield", 本多 lit. "root/origin many" or 誉田 lit. "honor ricefield") listen is a Japanese surname.
Notable people with the surname include:

## Business

* Hirotoshi Honda (本田 博俊, born 1942), Japanese business magnate, engineer, founder of Mugen Motorsports
* Keiji Honda (本多 圭司, born 1957), Japanese businessman
* Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, 1906–1991), Japanese engineer and industrialist, founder of Honda Motor Company

## Media, arts, and entertainment

* A. Honda (本田 A), one of the duo manga artists under the pen name Akira Himekawa
* Chieko Honda (本多 知恵子, 1963–2013), Japanese actress and voice actress
* Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), American painter
* Hitomi Honda (本田 仁美, born 2001), Japanese singer and actress, former member of girl groups AKB48 and Iz*One
* Ishirō Honda (本多 猪四郎, 1911–1993), Japanese filmmaker
* Katsuhiro Honda (本田 勝裕, born 1965), Japanese record producer and DJ known as DJ Honda
* Kyoya Honda (本田 響矢, born 1999), Japanese actor and model
* Masato Honda (本田 雅人, born 1962), Japanese saxophone player, composer, multi-instrumentalist
* Minako Honda (本田 美奈子, 1967–2005), Japanese singer
* Takako Honda (本田 貴子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
* Takaya Honda (born 1987), Australian actor and television presenter
* Takeshi Honda (本田 雄, born 1968), Japanese animator, designer, and animation director
* Toshiyuki Honda (本多 俊之, born 1957), Japanese jazz musician and composer
* Tsubasa Honda (本田 翼, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
* Yuka Honda (本田 ゆか, born 1961), Japanese-American musician

## Samurai

* Komatsu Honda (本多 小松, 1573–1620), Japanese female warrior (onna-musha) during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period
* Masamori Honda (本多 正訥, 1827–1885), Japanese daimyō of Tanaka Domain
* Tadakatsu Honda (本多 忠勝, 1548–1610), Japanese samurai, general, and daimyō of the late Sengoku through early Edo period
* Tadamasa Honda (本多 忠政, 1575–1631), Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kuwana Domain and then the Himeji Domain
* Tadatomo Honda (本多 忠朝, 1582–1615), Japanese samurai lord during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period

## Science and technology

* Kotaro Honda (本多 光太郎, 1870–1954), Japanese metallurgist, scientist, inventor
* Masaji Honda (本田 正次, 1897–1984), Japanese botanist
* Minoru Honda (本田 実, 1913–1990), Japanese astronomer
* Taira Honda (本田 平, 1932–1975), Japanese mathematician

## Sport

* Akihiko Honda (本田 明彦, born 1947), Japanese professional boxing promoter
* Daisaburo Honda (本田 大三郎, born 1935), Japanese sprint canoeist
* Erina Honda (本田 恵利奈, born 1994), Japanese badminton player
* Gene Honda, American sports announcer
* Keisuke Honda (本田 圭佑, born 1986), Japanese former professional footballer and manager
* Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (本田 ルーカス剛史, born 2002), Japanese figure skater
* Marin Honda (本田 真凜, born 2001), Japanese retired figure skater
* Mayu Honda (本田 万結, born 2004), Japanese judoka
* Ryuki Honda (本田 竜輝, born 2000), Japanese professional wrestler
* Shinnosuke Honda (本田 慎之介, born 1990), Japanese former footballer
* Soichiro Honda (本多 宗一郎, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler known as Antonio Honda
* Tadashi Honda (本多 忠, born 1951), Japanese former swimmer
* Takeshi Honda (本田 武史, born 1981), Japanese former competitive figure skater
* Tamon Honda (本田 多聞, born 1963), Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler
* Tomoru Honda (本多 灯, born 1998), Japanese competitive swimmer
* Toru Honda (誉田 徹, born 1941), Japanese former sprinter
* Yuichi Honda (本多 雄一, born 1984), Japanese former professional baseball player
* Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, born 1991), Japanese footballer

## Other

* Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation), multiple people
* Katsuichi Honda (本多 勝一, born 1932), Japanese journalist and author
* Kei Honda (本田 奎, born 1997), Japanese professional shogi player
* Mike Honda (born 1941), American politician and former educator
* Sayuri Honda (本田 小百合, born 1978), Japanese professional shogi player

## Fictional characters

* E. Honda, character in the Street Fighter series
* Kiku Honda (Japan), one of main characters in Hetalia: Axis Powers
* Hayato Honda, a character in Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
* Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor), character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series
* Keiko Honda, character in the manga series Crayon Shin-chan
* Kyoko Honda and Tohru Honda, characters in the manga/anime series Fruits Basket
* Mami Honda, character in the manga Gals!
* Mio Honda, character in the video game The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
* Piston Hondo, formerly known as Piston Honda; a character in the Punch-Out!! series
* Sakura Honda, the female version of Kiku Honda from Hetalia: Axis Powers. Appears in season 5.
* Shigekuni Honda, central character in The Sea of Fertility quartet by Yukio Mishima
* Tamaki Honda (本田 珠輝), protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella