Honda (written: 本田 literally "root ricefield" or "origin ricefield", 本多 lit. "root/origin many" or 誉田 lit. "honor ricefield") is a Japanese surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
Business , Japanese business magnate, engineer, founder of Mugen Motorsports , Japanese businessman , 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 , Japanese actress and voice actress Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), American painter , Japanese singer and actress, former member of girl groups AKB48 and Iz*One , Japanese filmmaker , Japanese record producer and DJ known as DJ Honda , Japanese actor and model , Japanese saxophone player, composer, multi-instrumentalist , Japanese singer , Japanese voice actress Takaya Honda (born 1987), Australian actor and television presenter , Japanese animator, designer, and animation director , Japanese jazz musician and composer , Japanese actress and model , Japanese-American musician
Samurai , Japanese female warrior (onna-musha) during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period , Japanese daimyō of Tanaka Domain , Japanese samurai, general, and daimyō of the late Sengoku through early Edo period , Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kuwana Domain and then the Himeji Domain , Japanese samurai lord during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period , Commander and daimyō. Strategist and political advisor in service of Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period. , Samurai then Daimyō in service of Tokugawa Clan during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period , Samurai in service of Tokugawa Clan during the Azuchi–Momoyama period. Known as the author of Japan's shortest letter, sent to his wife from the battlefield.
Science and technology , Japanese metallurgist, scientist, inventor , Japanese botanist , Japanese astronomer , Japanese mathematician
Sport , Japanese professional boxing promoter , Japanese sprint canoeist , Japanese badminton player Gene Honda, American sports announcer , Japanese former professional footballer and manager , Japanese figure skater , Japanese retired figure skater , Japanese judoka , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional wrestler known as Antonio Honda , Japanese former swimmer , Japanese former competitive figure skater , Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler , Japanese competitive swimmer , Japanese former sprinter , Japanese former professional baseball player , Japanese footballer
Other , Japanese Shinto priest Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese journalist and author , Japanese professional shogi player Mike Honda (born 1941), American politician and former educator , 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 , protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella