Honda (Hondo) (written: 本田 literally "root ricefield" or "origin ricefield", 本多 lit. "root/origin many" or 誉田 lit. "honor ricefield") listen^ⓘ is a Japanese surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

Media, arts, and entertainment[edit]

• A. Honda, one of the two manga artists under the pen name Akira Himekawa
• Chieko Honda (1963–2013), Japanese voice actor
• Hiroshi Honda (1910-1970), American painter
• Hitomi Honda, Japanese actress and former member of Japanese girl group AKB48 and South Korean girl group Iz*One
• Ishirō Honda (1911–1993), Japanese filmmaker
• Minako Honda (Minako Kudo), Japanese singer
• Kyoya Honda, Japanese actor and model
• Takeshi Honda (animator), Japanese Director, animator and character designer
• Toshiyuki Honda, Japanese jazz musician and composer
• Tsubasa Honda, Japanese actress and model
• Yuka Honda, Japanese musician

Science, mathematics, and technology[edit]

• Kotaro Honda, inventor
• Masaji Honda (1897–1984), Japanese botanist (es:Masaji Honda)
• Taira Honda, Japanese mathematician

Sport[edit]

• Akihiko Honda, Japanese 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, public address announcer of the Chicago White Sox
• Keisuke Honda, football manager and former player
• Marin Honda, Japanese figure skater
• Ryuki Honda (本田 竜輝, born 2000), Japanese professional wrestler
• Shinnosuke Honda (本田 慎之介, born 1990), Japanese 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 swimmer
• Takeshi Honda, Japanese figure skater
• Tamon Honda (本田 多聞, born 1963), Japanese professional wrestler and Olympic amateur wrestler
• Tomoru Honda (本多 灯, born 1998), Japanese Olympic swimmer
• Yuichi Hondo, baseball player
• Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, born 1991), Japanese footballer

Other[edit]

• Hiroshi Honda (disambiguation), multiple people
• Katsuichi Honda, journalist
• Kei Honda, professional shogi player
• Keiji Honda, game developer
• Komatsu Honda, Honda Tadakatsu's daughter, adopted daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Sanada Nobuyuki's wife
• Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman (D-CA), 2001–2017
• Sayuri Honda (本田 小百合, born 1978), Japanese shogi player
• Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company
• Tadakatsu Honda (Honda Heihachirō), samurai general from Japanese history

Fictional characters[edit]

• E. Honda, character in Street Fighter
• 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! universe
• Keiko Honda, character in Crayon Shin-chan
• Kyoko Honda and Tohru Honda, characters in Fruits Basket
• Mami Honda, character in Gals!
• Mio Honda, character in 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