Ueno (surname)

Ueno (written: 上野 or 植野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chizuko Ueno (上野 千鶴子, born 1948), Japanese sociologist
• Emiko Ueno (植野 恵美子, born 1957), Japanese female badminton player
• Hideaki Ueno (上野 秀章, born 1981), Japanese football player
• Hidesaburō Ueno (上野 英三郎, 1871–1925), Japanese agricultural scientist
• Hikoma Ueno (上野 彦馬, 1838–1904), pioneer Japanese photographer
• Hirokazu Ueno (上野 裕和, born 1977), Japanese professional shogi player
• Hiroki Ueno (baseball) (上野 大樹, born 1986), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• Hiroki Ueno (ice hockey) (上野 拓紀, born 1986), Japanese professional ice hockey winger
• Juri Ueno (上野 樹里, born 1986), Japanese actress
• Kagenori Ueno (上野 景範, 1845–1888), Japanese Consul in Great Britain from 1874 to 1879
• Ken Ueno (born 1970), American composer
• Kenichiro Ueno (上野 賢一郎, born 1965), Japanese politician
• Kōji Ueno (上野 耕路, born 1960), Japanese composer and musician
• Kyuhei Ueno (上野 九平), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Masae Ueno (上野 雅恵, born 1979), Japanese female judoka
• Nobuhiro Ueno (上野 展裕, born 1965), Japanese football coach and former player
• Osamu Ueno (上野 修, born 1983), Japanese freestyle skier
• Rie Ueno (上野 理恵, born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner
• Shōichi Ueno (上野 尚一, 1936–2016), Japanese newspaper publisher and philanthropist
• Tadami Ueno (上野 忠美, born 1948), Japanese professional golfer
• Takahiro Ueno (上野 高広, born 1971), Japanese professional drifting driver and businessman
• Taro Ueno (上野 太郎, born 1980), Japanese sailor
• Toshiya Ueno (上野 俊哉, 1963–2013), Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
• Yoichi Ueno (上野 陽一, 1883–1957), Japanese business theorist
• Yoko Ueno (上野 洋子, born 1963), Japanese recording artist
• Yoshie Ueno (上野 順恵, born 1983), Japanese female judoka
• Yoshiharu Ueno (上野 良治, born 1973), Japanese footballer
• Yuichiro Ueno (上野 裕一郎, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yuki Ueno (上野 勇希, born 1995), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yukiko Ueno (上野 由岐子, born 1982), Japanese softball pitcher
• Yusaku Ueno (上野 優作, born 1973), Japanese football player

Fictional characters

• Naoka Ueno, a character from A Silent Voice (manga)
• Susumu Ueno, a teen idol character from A One-Way Ticket to Love (movie)