Abe (surname)

Abe (Japanese pronunciation: [abe] (listen) - written: 阿部) is the 25th most common Japanese surname.[1] Less common variants are 安倍, 安部 and 阿倍. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Akie Abe (安倍 昭恵, born 1962), Japanese socialite, radio personality and wife of Shinzō Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan
  • Akiko Abe (阿部 哲子, born 1978), Japanese announcer and actress
  • Abe Akira (阿部 昭, 1934–1989), Japanese writer
  • Asami Abe (安倍 麻美, born 1985), Japanese singer and actress
  • Atsushi Abe (阿部 敦, born 1981), Japanese voice actor
  • Atsushi Abe (synchronized swimmer) (安部 篤史, born 1982), Japanese synchronized swimmer
  • Bunichiro Abe (阿部 文一朗, born 1985), Japanese footballer
  • Daichi Abe (阿部 大治, born 1991), Japanese mixed martial artist
  • Fumio Abe (阿部 文男, 1922–2006), Japanese politician
  • Fuyumi Abe (阿部 芙蓉美, born 1983), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Genki Abe (安倍 源基, 1894–1989), Japanese lawyer, police bureaucrat and politician
  • George Abe (安部 譲二, 1937–2019), pen name of Naoya Abe, Japanese manga writer
  • Haruka Abe (安部 春香), Japanese-English actress
  • Heisuke Abe (阿部 平輔, 1886–1943), Japanese general
  • Hifumi Abe (阿部 一二三, born 1997), Japanese judoka
  • Abe no Hirafu (阿倍 比羅夫), 7th-century Japanese general
  • Hiroaki Abe (阿部 弘毅, 1889–1949), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
  • Hiroki Abe (安部 裕葵, born 1999), Japanese footballer
  • Abe no Hironiwa (安倍 広庭, 659–732), Japanese poet
  • Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hiroyuki Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hisashi Abe (阿部 永, born 1933), Japanese zoologist
  • Ichiro Abe (安部 一郎, born 1922), Japanese judoka
  • Abe no Iratsume (阿倍 女郎), Japanese poet
  • Isao Abe (阿部 功, 1912–1980), Japanese hammer thrower
  • Abe Isoo (安部 磯雄, 1865–1949), Japanese Christian socialist and politician
  • Jun Abe (阿部 淳, born 1955), Japanese photographer
  • Kaito Abe (阿部 海大, born 1999), Japanese footballer
  • Kamehiko Abe (阿部 亀彦, 1875–1928), Japanese politician
  • Kan Abe (安倍 寛, 1894–1946), Japanese politician, father of Shintaro Abe
  • Kana Abe (阿部 香菜, born 1988), Japanese judoka
  • Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫, 1949–1978), Japanese jazz saxophonist
  • Katsuyuki Abe (阿部 勝幸), Japanese table tennis player
  • Kazuhisa Abe (1914-1996), American senator and judge in Hawaii
  • Kazumi Abe (阿部 一視, born 1947), Japanese bobsledder
  • Kazunari Abe (阿部 和成, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
  • Kazuo Abe (阿部 一男, born 1935), Japanese sport wrestler
  • Kazushige Abe (阿部 和重, born 1968), Japanese writer
  • Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
  • Keigo Abe (阿部 圭吾, born 1938), Japanese karateka
  • Keiko Abe (安倍 圭子, born 1937), Japanese classical composer and marimba player
  • Kenichi Abe (阿部 健市, 1923–?), Japanese World War II flying ace
  • Kenjirō Abe (阿部 健治郎, born 1989), Japanese shogi player
  • Kensaku Abe (阿部 謙作, born 1980), Japanese footballer
  • Kenshiro Abbe (阿部 謙四郎, 1915–1985), Japanese martial artist in the United Kingdom
  • Kenta Abe (阿部 健太, born 1984), Japanese baseball player
  • Kinya Abe (安部 欣哉, born 1969), Japanese fencer
  • Kiyoshi Abe (阿部 巨史, born 1947), Japanese sport wrestler
  • Kōbō Abe (安部 公房, 1924–1993), pen name of Kimifusa Abe, Japanese writer
  • Kohki Abe (阿部 浩己, born 1958), Japanese human rights activist
  • Koji Abe (あべ こうじ, born 1975), Japanese comedian
  • Kōmei Abe (安部 幸明, 1911–2006), Japanese classical composer
  • Abe no Kooji (安倍 子祖父), Japanese poet
  • Kōru Abe (阿部 光瑠, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
  • Kōsō Abe (阿部 孝壮, 1892–1947), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
  • Kunihiro Abe (阿部 邦博, 1968–2018), Japanese animator
  • Mao Abe (阿部 真央, born 1990), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Masahiro Abe (阿部 真宏, born 1978), Japanese baseball player
  • Abe Masahiro (阿部 正弘, 1819-1857), Japanese Rōjū and daimyō
  • Abe Masakatsu (阿部 正勝, 1541–1600), Japanese samurai
  • Abe Masakoto (阿部 正功, 1860-1925), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masakiyo (Shirakawa) (阿部 正静, 1850-1878), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masanori (阿部 正権, 1806–1823), Japanese daimyō
  • Masanori Abe (阿部 正紀, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  • Masao Abe (阿部 正雄, 1915–2006), Japanese academic in Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion
  • Masashi Abe (阿部 雅司, born 1965), Japanese Nordic combined skier
  • Abe Masatō (阿部 正外, 1828–1887), Japanese daimyō
  • Masatoshi Abe (阿部 正俊, born 1942), Japanese politician
  • Abe Masatsugu (阿部 正次, 1569–1647), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masayoshi (阿部 正由, 1769–1808), Japanese daimyō
  • Mikishi Abe (阿部 美樹志, 1883–1965), Japanese architect and civil engineer
  • Momoko Abe (阿部 桃子, born 1994), Japanese model
  • Abe Motozane (安倍 元真, 1513–1587), Japanese samurai
  • Abe no Munetō (安倍 宗任, 1032-1108), Japanese samurai
  • Nagisa Abe (あべ なぎさ, born 1983), Japanese singer and actress
  • Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍 仲麻呂, c. 698 – c. 770), Japanese scholar, administrator, and waka poet
  • Nanami Abe (阿部 奈々美, born 1972), Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
  • Naoki Abe (阿部 直紀, born 1945), Japanese long jumper
  • Natsumi Abe (安倍 なつみ, born 1981), Japanese singer and actress
  • Nicole Abe (安部 ニコル, born 1993), Japanese fashion model
  • Nikken Abe (阿部 日顕, 1922–2019), Japanese Buddhist monk
  • Nobuyuki Abe (阿部 信行, 1875–1953), Japanese general, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
  • Nobuyuki Abe (footballer) (阿部 伸行, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  • Norifumi Abe (阿部 典史, 1975–2007), Japanese motorcycle racer
  • Norihide Abe (阿部 規秀, 1887–1939), Imperial Japanese Army officer
  • Noriyuki Abe (阿部 記之, born 1961), Japanese anime director
  • Osamu Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ryouhei Abe (阿部 亮平, born 1980), Japanese actor
  • Ryuichi Abe (阿部 龍一, born 1954), Japanese academic
  • Sada Abe (阿部 定, 1905–after 1970), Japanese convicted murderer, prostitute and actress
  • Sadao Abe (阿部 サダヲ, born 1970), Japanese actor
  • Abe no Sadato (安倍 貞任, 1019–1062), Japanese samurai
  • Sanji Abe (阿部 三次, 1895–1982), American politician
  • Sanshiro Abe (阿部 三子郎, born 1970), Japanese sport wrestler
  • Satoru Abe (born 1926), American sculptor
  • Abe no Seimei (安倍 晴明, 921–1005), Japanese onmyōji
  • Seiseki Abe (阿部 醒石, 1915–2011), Japanese calligrapher and aikidoka
  • Shigeaki Abe (阿部 成章, born 1947), Japanese basketball player
  • Shigeki Abe (阿部 茂樹, born 1972), Japanese baseball player
  • Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 慎之助, born 1979), Japanese baseball player
  • Shintaro Abe (安倍 晋太郎, 1924–1991), Japanese politician, father of Shinzo
  • Shinya Abe (阿部 晋也, born 1980), Japanese curler and curling coach
  • Shinzō Abe (安倍 晋三, born 1954), Japanese politician and former Prime Minister of Japan
  • Shizue Abe (あべ 静江, born 1951), Japanese idol, actress and singer
  • Shohei Abe (阿部 翔平, born 1983), Japanese footballer
  • Shu Abe (阿部 嵩, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  • Shuichi Abe (阿部 守一, born 1960), Japanese politician
  • Shuto Abe (安部 柊斗, born 1997), Japanese footballer
  • Abe Tadaaki (阿部 忠秋, 1602–1671), Japanese daimyō
  • Tadashi Abe (阿部 正, 1926–1984), Japanese aikidoka
  • Tadashi Abe (rower) (阿部 肇, born 1963), Japanese rower
  • Tadatoshi Abe (安倍 忠俊, born 1931), Japanese field hockey player
  • Takao Abe (阿部 孝夫, born 1943), Japanese politician
  • Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1976), Japanese shogi player
  • Takatoshi Abe (安部 孝駿, born 1991), Japanese hurdler
  • Takuma Abe (阿部 拓馬, born 1987), Japanese footballer
  • Takumi Abe (阿部 巧, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  • Tazuko Abe (阿部 多津子), Japanese table tennis player
  • Teruo Abe (安部 輝雄), Japanese footballer
  • Tetsuya Abe (阿部 哲也, born 1983), Japanese footballer
  • Tokiharu Abe (阿部 宗明, 1911–1996), Japanese ichthyologist
  • Tomoe Abe (安部 友恵, born 1971), Japanese ultramarathon runner
  • Tomohiro Abe (安部 友裕, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
  • Tomoji Abe (阿部 知二, 1903–1973), Japanese writer, social critic, humanist and translator
  • Tomoko Abe (阿部 知子, born 1948), Japanese politician
  • Toru Abe (安部 徹, 1917–1993), Japanese actor
  • Toshihito Abe (阿部 俊人, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
  • Toshiki Abe (阿部 寿樹, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
  • Toshiko Abe (阿部 俊子, born 1959), Japanese politician
  • Toshiyuki Abe (阿部 敏之, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Tsuyoshi Abe (阿部 力, born 1982), Japanese actor
  • Uta Abe (阿部 詩, born 2000), Japanese judoka
  • Wakako Abe (阿部 和香子, born 1966), Japanese cyclist
  • Wataru Abe (阿部 渉, born 1967), Japanese announcer, television personality, and news anchor
  • Yasuhiro Abe (安部 恭弘), Japanese musician
  • Abe no Yasuna, a disciple of Kamo no Yasunori and father of Abe no Seimei
  • Yasurō Abe (阿部 泰郎, born 1953), Japanese academic
  • Abe no Yoritoki (安倍 頼時, died 1057), Japanese samurai
  • Yoshiharu Abe (阿部 義晴, born 1966), Japanese musician and record producer
  • Yoshimitsu Abe (阿部 芳光, 1898–1969), Japanese general
  • Yoshinori Abe (阿部 良則, born 1972), Japanese footballer
  • Yoshio Abe (阿部 余四男, 1891–1960), Japanese zoologist
  • Yoshiro Abe (阿部 吉朗, born 1980), Japanese footballer
  • Yoshishige Abe (安倍 能成, 1883–1966), Japanese philosopher, educator and politician
  • Yoshiteru Abe (安倍 吉輝, 1941–2009), Japanese Go player
  • Yoshitoshi ABe (安倍 吉俊, born 1971), Japanese graphic artist
  • Yoshiyuki Abe (阿部 良之, born 1969), Japanese cyclist
  • Yuji Abe (阿部 祐二, born 1958), Japanese television journalist and actor
  • Yuki Abe (阿部 勇樹, born 1981), Japanese footballer
  • Yuki Abe (footballer, born 1989) (阿部 優), Japanese footballer
  • Yumiko Abe (阿部 由美子, born 1979), better known as Yumi Ohka, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Yurika Abe (阿部 友里香, born 1995), Japanese Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
  • Yuta Abe (安部 雄大, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Yutaka Abe (阿部 豊, 1895–1977), Japanese film director
  • Yutaro Abe (阿部 祐大朗, born 1984), Japanese footballer

Other people

See also

References
  1. "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
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