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In Japan, posthumous names are divided into two types: shigō (Japanese: 諡号) and tsuigō (追号). In addition to the title, Tennō ( 天皇 , 'heavenly sovereign', usually translated as 'emperor') is a part of all Japanese emperors' posthumous names, most of them consisting of two kanji characters, although a few have three.
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]
Watanabe (渡辺 and other variants [note 1]) is a Japanese surname derived from the noble and samurai Watanabe clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, descending from the Emperor Saga (786-842), the 52nd Emperor of Japan, and refers to a location called 'Watanabe no tsu' which was settled by the Watanabe clan, who took the name of the place.
7. Yamamoto. This means "one who lives at the foot of the mountains." 8. Nakamura. Means "person from middle village." 9. Kobayashi. Means "small forest."
Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,999 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The term surname or family name can translate into three different Japanese words, myōji (苗字), uji (氏), and sei (姓), which historically had different meanings. Sei ( 姓 ) was originally the patrilineal surname which was granted by the emperor as a title of male rank.
Yagami (Usually written as 八神 "eight, god") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chitose Yagami (八神 千歳, Yagami Chitose), Japanese manga artist; Hiroki Yagami (八神 ひろき, Yagami Hiroki) (born 1967), Japanese manga artist; Junko Yagami (八神 純子, Yagami Junko) (born 1958), a popular Japanese ...
Ueda (上田 or 植田), romanized as Uyeda [1] in an old version of Hepburn romanization, is the 60th most common Japanese surname. [2] Notable people with the surname include: Ai Ueda (上田藍, born 1983), professional triathlete