Naoe

Naoe is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Naoe can be written using different kanji characters 直江, 直枝 or 尚江. It may refer to:

People

• The Naoe clan, a Japanese clan that claims descent from Fujiwara no Maro and the Kyōke branch of the Fujiwara clan.
  • Naoe Kanetsugu, a Japanese samurai of the 16th-17th centuries
  • Naoe Kagetsuna, an officer under the Uesugi clan
• Kay Naoe, one of the two founding members of Oceanlane
• Kita Naoe, mangaka from Osaka
• Naoe Kinoshita, a Japanese Christian socialist
• Daisuke Naoe, a Japanese baseball player

Fictional characters

• Naoe Bungo, a character in the Japanese film G.I. Samurai
• Naoe Kanno, a character from the anime/manga Strike Witches based on the Japanese WW2 ace Naoshi Kanno
• Nobutsuna Naoe, a character from the anime/ova/light novel series Mirage of Blaze
• Riki Naoe, the main protagonist from Little Busters! and Kud Wafter
• Shigen Naoe, a character from the video game The Last Blade
• Fujibayashi Naoe, a protagonist of the 2024 video game Assassin's Creed Shadows alongside Yasuke

Places

• Naoe Station, a train station