# Ikeda (surname)

Ikeda (written: 池田) is the 26th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Akihisa Ikeda (池田 晃久, born 1976), Japanese manga artist
* Ayako Ikeda (池田 綾子, born 1978), Japanese songwriter and singer
* Chigusa Ikeda (池田 千草, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
* Chiyoki Ikeda (1920–1960), American intelligence operative
* Dai Ikeda (池田 大, born 1986), Japanese actor
* Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, 1928–2023), founder of Soka University of America and president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
* Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler
* Eiji Ikeda (池田 永治, 1889–1950), Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist
* Fumiyo Ikeda (born 1962), Japanese dancer, actress and choreographer
* Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, 1899–1965), Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan
* Hiroshi Ikeda (aikidoka) (池田 裕, born 1950), Aikido shihan
* Hiroshi Ikeda (director) (池田 宏, born 1934), film director
* Jon Ikeda (born 1965), American-born automobile designer and executive
* Junya Ikeda (池田 純矢, born 1992), actor
* Kaname Ikeda (池田 要, born 1946), Japanese ambassador and chief of ITER
* Kei Ikeda (池田 圭, born 1986), Japanese footballer
* Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗, 1864–1936), Tokyo Imperial University professor, discoverer of the umami flavor
* Koki Ikeda (池田 向希, born 1998), Japanese racewalker
* Kotaro Ikeda (池田 幸太郎, 1895–1976), Japanese painter
* Kyōsuke Ikeda (池田 恭祐, born 1992), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Maki Ikeda (池田 真紀, born 1972), Japanese politician
* Mamiko Ikeda (池田 眞美子), Japanese scriptwriter
* Masako Ikeda (池田 昌子, born 1939), Japanese voice actress
* Masanori Ikeda (池田 政典, born 1966), Japanese actor, singer, and voice actor
* Masaru Ikeda (池田 勝, born 1942), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Ikeda Masatomi (池田 昌富, 1940–2021), Japanese aikido teacher
* Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda (池田 正敏 ギュンドゥズ, Ikeda Masatoshi Gyunduzu) 1926–2003, Japanese-Turkish mathematician
* Motohisa Ikeda (池田 元久, born 1940), Japanese politician
* Natsuki Ikeda (池田 夏希, born 1987), Japanese female tarento, actress, and former gravure idol
* Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子, born 1947), Japanese manga artist
* Ryoji Ikeda (池田 亮司, born 1966), Japanese sound artist
* Sakiko Ikeda (池田 咲紀子, born 1992), Japanese women's footballer
* Ikeda Shigeaki (池田 成彬, 1867–1950), Japanese politician
* Shigeto Ikeda (池田 茂人, 1925–2001), Japanese physician, "father" of fiberoptic bronchoscopy
* Shintaro Ikeda (池田 信太郎, born 1980), Japanese badminton player
* Shūichi Ikeda (池田 秀一, born 1949), voice actor
* Shunsuke Ikeda (池田 駿介, 1940–2010), Japanese actor and model
* Suzee Ikeda (born 1947), American-born singer and record executive
* Tadao Ikeda (池田忠雄, 1905–1964), Japanese screenwriter and film director
* Tatsuo Ikeda (池田 龍雄, 1928–2020), Japanese artist
* Ikeda Terumasa (池田 輝政, 1565–1613), daimyō
* Toshiharu Ikeda (池田 敏春, 1951–2010), Japanese film director and screenwriter
* Toshio Ikeda (池田 敏雄, 1923–1974), Japanese engineer and computer scientist
* Ikeda Tsuneoki (池田 恒興, 1536–1584), daimyō and military commander
* Yoshinobu Ikeda (池田 義信, 1892–1973), Japanese film director
* Yoshio Ikeda (池田 芳夫, born 1942), Japanese jazz double-bassist
* Yukihiko Ikeda (池田 行彦, 1937–2004), Japanese politician
* Yukiko Ikeda (actress) [ja] (池田 有希子, born 1970), Japanese actress
* Yukiko Ikeda (born 1971), Japanese archer
* Yuta Ikeda (池田 勇太, born 1985), Japanese professional golfer