Honda (surname)

Honda (written: 本田 lit. "root field" or "origin field", 本多 lit. "root/origin many" or 誉田 lit. "honor field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akihiko Honda, Japanese boxing promoter
• A. Honda, one of the two manga artists under the pen name Akira Himekawa
• Gene Honda, public address announcer of the Chicago White Sox
• Hiroshi Honda (1910-1970), American painter
• Ishirō Honda, film director
• Katsuichi Honda, journalist
• Keiji Honda, game developer
• Keisuke Honda, football player for A.C. Milan
• Kotaro Honda, inventor
• Masaji Honda (1897–1984), Japanese botanist
• Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman (D-CA), 2001–present
• Minako Honda (Minako Kudo), Japanese singer
• Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company
• Honda Tadakatsu (Honda Heihachirō), samurai general from Japanese history
• Taira Honda, Japanese mathematician
• Takeshi Honda, Japanese figure skater
• Takeshi Honda (animator), Director, animator and character designer
• Toshiyuki Honda, Japanese jazz musician and composer
• Yoko Honda, actor
• Yuichi Honda, baseball player
• Yuka Honda, musician

Fictional characters:

• E. Honda, character in Street Fighter
• Hayato Honda, a character in Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
• Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor), character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe
• Keiko Honda, character in Crayon Shin-chan
• Kyoko Honda and Tohru Honda, characters in Fruits Basket
• Mami Honda, character in Gals!
• Piston Hondo, formerly known as Piston Honda; a character in the Punch-Out!! series.
• Shigekuni Honda, central character in The Sea of Fertility quartet by Yukio Mishima
• Kiku Honda, the human name for Japan from Hetalia: Axis Powers