Aoki (surname)

Aoki (青木, "Blue Tree" or "Green Tree", from the color ao + ki "tree") is a Japanese surname. People with the name include:

• Devon Aoki (born 1982), model and actress, daughter of "Rocky" Aoki
• Fumihide Aoki, video game developer, (one of the creators of Waluigi)
• Guy Aoki, head and co-founder of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans
• Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki (1938–2009), Japanese American former Olympic wrestler, founder of Benihana restaurants, entrepreneur, and thrillseeker
• Isao Aoki (born 1942), golfer
• Kazuhiko Aoki (born 1961), well renowned Japanese video game creator and producer, and one of the original game developers of Square Co., also known as K. Aoki
• Kazuo Aoki, Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and into World War II
• Kazuyo Aoki (born 1947), Japanese voice actress
• Kikuyo Aoki (born 1968), professional Go player
• Kota Aoki (born 1987), a Japanese footballer
• Masakatsu Aoki is a Japanese amateur astronomer
• Mayuko Aoki (born 1975), voice actor
• Mik Aoki (born 1968), American college baseball coach
• Mikio Aoki (born 1934), Japanese politician
• Mitsue Aoki (born 1969), Japanese manga author and artist
• Norichika Aoki (born 1982), Japanese baseball player who plays for the San Francisco Giants
• Richard Aoki (1938–2009), Japanese American civil rights activist
• Sayaka Aoki (comedian) (born 1973), Japanese comedian
• Sayaka Aoki (voice actress) (born 1972), Japanese voice actress, also goes by Shizuka Aoki.
• Shigeru Aoki, Japanese painter
• Shinichi Aoki (born 1965), professional Go player
• Shinya Aoki (born 1983), mixed martial artist
• Shoichi Aoki, creator of the Fruits and Fresh Fruits photobooks
• Aoki Shūzō (1844–1914), Japanese diplomat in the Meiji and Taishō eras
• Steve Aoki, Japanese American record producer, son of Rocky Aoki
• Taijiro Aoki, a captain of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takahiro Aoki (born 1981), a Nippon Professional Baseball player
• Takao Aoki, manga artist
• Takayuki Aoki, Japanese racing driver
• Takeshi Aoki, Japanese footballer
• Takuya Aoki (born 1990), a Japanese footballer
• Tatsu Aoki, jazz double bass player and record producer
• Tomohiko Aoki, light novel author
• Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), Japanese-American stage and screen actress
• Ume Aoki, female Japanese manga artist
• Yoshino Aoki, Japanese video game music composer
• Yuko Aoki (born 1977), Japanese bikini model
• Yuya Aoki, one of the pen names of Japanese author, Tadashi Agi

Family

• Aoki brothers, the three Japanese brothers who were all Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle riders of the late 1990s (in order of the eldest).
  • Nobuatsu Aoki
  • Takuma Aoki
  • Haruchika Aoki