Ikeda

is a Japanese surname and place name, literally meaning "rice paddy by the pond".

Place names

* the city of Ikeda, Osaka (Japanese: 池田市; "Ikeda-shi") in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
* any of the following towns named Ikeda (Japanese: 池田町; "ikeda-cho" or "ikeda-machi") in various prefectures in Japan:
**Ikeda, Fukui
**Ikeda, Gifu
**Ikeda, Hokkaido
**Ikeda, Kagawa
**Ikeda, Nagano
**Ikeda, Tokushima

People

*Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人; 1899 – 1965), Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan
*Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作; 1928 – ), president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
*Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔; 1968 – ), Japanese professional wrestler
*Ikeda Tsuneoki (池田 恒興; 1536 – 1584), daimyo and military commander
*Ikeda Tomomasa (池田 知正; 1544 – 1603), kokujin and military commander
*Ikeda Masatomi (池田 昌富; 1940 – ), Japanese aikido teacher
*Ikeda Motosuke (池田 元助; 1559 – 1584), samurai commander
*Ikeda Nagamasa (池田 長正; 1519 – 1563), kokujin and samurai commander
*Ikeda Katsumasa (池田 勝正; 1539 – 1578), daimyo
*Ryoji Ikeda (1966 - ), Japanese sound artist
*Shigeto Ikeda (1925–2001), Japanese physician, "father" of fiberoptic bronchoscopy
*Shuichi Ikeda (池田 秀一; 1949 – ), seiyuu (voice actor)
*Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗; 1864 – 1936), Tokyo Imperial University professor, discoverer of the umami flavor
*Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子; 1947 – ), Japanese mangaka
*Hiroshi Ikeda (1950 – ), Aikido shihan
*Kaname Ikeda, Japanese ambassador and chief of ITER
*Yuriko Ikeda, a spanish teacher at Grapevine High School

Miscellaneous

*Ikeda map, chaotic attractor
*a genus of the Ikedidae family, see
*Ikeda Jeans, Jeans label

Fictional characters

* Ikeda (comics), a character in "Usagi Yojimbo"

ee also

*Japanese name