Date (surname)

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Date (伊達, "gallantry" or "showy") is a Japanese surname and is pronounced, "dah-tay". It can refer to:

Contents 1 Real People 2 Fictional Characters 3 Places 4 See also

[edit] Real People

• Date clan, lineage of daimyo who controlled northern Japan in the late 16th century and into the Edo period
  • Tanemune Date (1488-1565)
  • Harumune Date (1519-1577)
  • Masamune Date (1567-1636)
  • Tadamune Date (1599-1658)
  • Tsunamune Date (1640-1711)
  • Tsunamura Date (1659-1719)
  • Yoshikuni Date (1825-1874)

• A branch of the Date Clan where the heads of the Uwajima Domain, in the former Iyo Province of Japan (present-day Ehime Prefecture) on the south-eastern island of Shikoku
  • Hidemune Date (1591-1658), first-born son (by concubine) of Masamune Date
  • Munenari Date (1818-1892)

• Kimiko Date (born 1970), Japanese professional tennis player
• Kouji Date (born 1987), Japanese actor and singer

[edit] Fictional Characters

• Eiji Date, from the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo)
• Ryusei Date, from the video game series Super Robot Wars
• Seiji Date (Sage Date), from the anime series Ronin Warriors
• Kyosuke Date from SoulTaker

[edit] Places

• Date, city located in Iburi, Hokkaidō, Japan
• Date, city located in northern Fukushima, Japan
• Date District, district located in Fukushima, Japan

[edit] See also

• Date, other uses of the word "date"