Honda (surname)

Honda (Hondo) (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

• Hirotoshi Honda (本田 博俊, born 1942), Japanese business magnate, engineer, founder of Mugen Motorsports
• Keiji Honda (本多 圭司, born 1957), Japanese businessman
• Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, 1906–1991), 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
• Chieko Honda (本多 知恵子, 1963–2013), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), American painter
• Hitomi Honda (本田 仁美, born 2001), Japanese singer and actress, former member of girl groups AKB48 and Iz*One
• Ishirō Honda (本多 猪四郎, 1911–1993), Japanese filmmaker
• Katsuhiro Honda (本田 勝裕, born 1965), Japanese record producer and DJ known as DJ Honda
• Kyoya Honda (本田 響矢, born 1999), Japanese actor and model
• Masato Honda (本田 雅人, born 1962), Japanese saxophone player, composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Minako Honda (本田 美奈子, 1967–2005), Japanese singer
• Takako Honda (本田 貴子, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
• Takaya Honda (born 1987), Australian actor and television presenter
• Takeshi Honda (本田 雄, born 1968), Japanese animator, designer, and animation director
• Toshiyuki Honda (本多 俊之, born 1957), Japanese jazz musician and composer
• Tsubasa Honda (本田 翼, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
• Yuka Honda (本田 ゆか, born 1961), Japanese-American musician

Samurai

• Komatsu Honda (本多 小松, 1573–1620), Japanese female warrior (onna-musha) during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period
• Masamori Honda (本多 正訥, 1827–1885), Japanese daimyō of Tanaka Domain
• Tadakatsu Honda (本多 忠勝, 1548–1610), Japanese samurai, general, and daimyō of the late Sengoku through early Edo period
• Tadamasa Honda (本多 忠政, 1575–1631), Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kuwana Domain and then the Himeji Domain
• Tadatomo Honda (本多 忠朝, 1582–1615), Japanese samurai lord during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period

Science and technology

• Kotaro Honda (本多 光太郎, 1870–1954), Japanese metallurgist, scientist, inventor
• Masaji Honda (本田 正次, 1897–1984), Japanese botanist
• Minoru Honda (本田 実, 1913–1990), Japanese astronomer
• Taira Honda (本田 平, 1932–1975), Japanese mathematician

Sport

• Akihiko Honda (本田 明彦, born 1947), Japanese professional boxing promoter
• Daisaburo Honda (本田 大三郎, born 1935), Japanese sprint canoeist
• Erina Honda (本田 恵利奈, born 1994), Japanese badminton player
• Gene Honda, American sports announcer
• Keisuke Honda (本田 圭佑, born 1986), Japanese former professional footballer and manager
• Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (本田 ルーカス剛史, born 2002), Japanese figure skater
• Marin Honda (本田 真凜, born 2001), Japanese retired figure skater
• Mayu Honda (本田 万結, born 2004), Japanese judoka
• Ryuki Honda (本田 竜輝, born 2000), Japanese professional wrestler
• Shinnosuke Honda (本田 慎之介, born 1990), Japanese former footballer
• Soichiro Honda (本多 宗一郎, born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler known as Antonio Honda
• Tadashi Honda (本多 忠, born 1951), Japanese former swimmer
• Takeshi Honda (本田 武史, born 1981), Japanese former competitive figure skater
• Tamon Honda (本田 多聞, born 1963), Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler
• Tomoru Honda (本多 灯, born 1998), Japanese competitive swimmer
• Toru Honda (誉田 徹, born 1941), Japanese former sprinter
• Yuichi Honda (本多 雄一, born 1984), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, born 1991), Japanese footballer

Other

• Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation), multiple people
• Katsuichi Honda (本多 勝一, born 1932), Japanese journalist and author
• Kei Honda (本田 奎, born 1997), Japanese professional shogi player
• Mike Honda (born 1941), American politician and former educator
• Sayuri Honda (本田 小百合, born 1978), 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
• Tamaki Honda (本田 珠輝), protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella