# Maeda

Maeda (前田 lit. "front rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization (sometimes used by the Japanese diaspora in their home countries) includes Mayeda. It can refer to:

## People
### Maeda clan

* Maeda Toshimasa, daimyō, vassal of Oda Nobuhide
* Maeda Toshiie, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-koku daimyō
* Maeda Toshinaga, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie
* Maeda Toshitsune, brother and heir to Maeda Toshinaga
* Maeda Keiji, nephew of Maeda Toshiie by Toshihisa Maeda
* Marquis Toshinari Maeda, World War II general

### Others

* Ai Maeda (voice actress) (前田 愛, born 1975), voice actress
* Ai Maeda (actress) (前田 愛, born 1983), actress
* Aki Maeda (前田 亜季, born 1985), actress and singer
* Akira Maeda (born 1959), professional wrestler
* Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子, born 1991), actress and singer
* Daisuke Maeda (前田 大介), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
* Daizen Maeda (前田 大然, born 1997), Japanese footballer
* Maeda Genzō (前田 玄造, 1831–1906), early photographer
* Gōki Maeda (前田 公輝, born 1991), actor
* Gordon Maeda (born 2000), Japanese–American actor
* Hiroshi Maeda (前田 浩, born 1961), stuntman and suit actor
* Hiroshi Maeda (chemist) (前田浩, 1938–2021), chemist known for EPR effect
* Hirotake Maeda, historian
* Honami Maeda (前田 穂南, born 1996), Japanese long-distance runner
* John Maeda, graphic designer and computer scientist
* Jun Maeda (前田 浩, born 1975), writer, lyricist, composer
* Kaoru Maeda (前田 薫, born 1969), professional wrestler
* Kazuhiro Maeda (前田 和浩, born 1981), long-distance runner
* Kenjiro Maeda (前田 健滋朗, born 1990), Japanese basketball coach
* Kenta Maeda (前田 健太, born 1988), baseball pitcher
* Kentaro Maeda (前田 拳太郎, born 1999), actor, portrays Ikki Igarashi in Kamen Rider Revice
* Mahiro Maeda (前田 真宏, born 1963), artist, writer and director of anime
* Michiko Maeda (前田 通子, born 1934), film and television actress
* Mitsuyo Maeda (前田 光世, 1878–1941), judoka, fundamental to the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
* Miyu Maeda (前田 美優, born 1996), Japanese table tennis player
* Miyuki Maeda (前田 美順, born 1985), Japanese badminton player
* Mutsuhiko Maeda (前田 睦彦, born 1947), Japanese speed skater
* Naoki Maeda (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nobuaki Maeda (前田 陳爾, 1907–1975), Japanese go player
* Nobuteru Maeda (前田 亘輝, born 1965), singer-songwriter
* Nobuyo Maeda (前田 信代), geneticist and medical researcher
* Norio Maeda (前田 憲男, 1934–2018), Japanese jazz composer and pianist
* Ryoichi Maeda (前田 遼一, born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Seison Maeda (前田 青邨, 1885–1977), Nihonga painter
* Shinsaku Maeda (前田 新, born 1952), Japanese golfer
* Shinzo Maeda (前田 真三, 1922–1998), photographer
* Steven Maeda, television writer
* Tadashi Maeda (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tatsuyuki Maeda (前田 龍之, born 1968), video game composer
* Terunobu Maeda (前田 晃伸, born 1945), Japanese banker and chief executive
* Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (前田 万葉, born 1949), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
* Toshio Maeda (前田 俊夫, born 1953), Japanese manga artist
* Yonezō Maeda (前田 米蔵, 1888–1954), politician, cabinet minister
* Yuki Maeda (前田 有紀, born 1979), Japanese enka singer
* Yuuka Maeda (前田 憂佳, born 1994), member of Jpop group S/mileage

## Fictional characters

* Maeda (Asobi Asobase), from the manga series Asobi Asobase
* Akira Maeda, a character in the manga Cromartie High School
* Ema Maeda, from Love Hina
* Hayato Maeda (Chumley Huffington), from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
* Kunihiko Maeda, from the Parasite Eve video game
* Kazuya Maeda, from Photo Kano

## Companies

* Maeda Corporation, a holding company
* Maeda Industries (formerly Maeda Iron Works Company), a manufacturer of SunTour bicycle drive-train components