Aizu

Notable people

• Dewa Shigetō, an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, elevated to the peerage with the title of danshaku.
• Hideyo Noguchi, a doctor who made considerable contributions to the fight against syphilis and yellow fever.
• Shiba Gorō, prominent at the Siege of the Peking legations, 1900.
• Niijima Yae, female warrior, co-founder of Doshisha University, instructor in the women's division of Doshisha and wife of Niijima Jo, nurse, tea master
• Matsudaira Teru, female warrior, she was an aristocrat during the late Edo, she participated in the siege of Aizuwakamatsu Castle.
• Yamamoto Kakuma, former samurai, co-founder of Doshisha University.
• Takamine Hideo, former samurai, graduate of Oswego Normal School in New York State, Meiji-era educator and head of the Tokyo Normal School, Tokyo Art School, Tokyo Women's Normal School and Tokyo Music School. He is best known for introducing Pestallozian teaching methods to Japan and educational reform.
• Ibuka Kajinosuke, former samurai turned Christian pastor, responsible for bringing the YMCA to Japan.
• Matsudaira Tsuneo, son of Matsudaira Katamori, ambassador to the U.S. and UK.
• Matsudaira Setsuko, daughter of Matsudaira Tsuneo; later married Prince Chichibu no Miya, Emperor Hirohito's brother.
• Yamakawa Kenjirō, graduate of Yale University, physicist, researcher, academic administrator, President of Tokyo University and Kyoto University
• Yamakawa Sutematsu, graduate of Vassar College, after marriage to Oyama Iwao, she was known as Oyama Sutematsu, an organizer at the Rokumeikan, supporter of numerous organizations such as the Red-Cross in Japan and Women's Patriotic Society. She assisted in the founding of Tsuda College
• Yamakawa Hiroshi Brother of Kenjiro and Sutematsu, a notable military leader who defended the domain, later organized Aizu refugees, a key figure in the relief of Kumamoto Garrison during the Seinan War or Satsuma Rebellion and General in the Meiji Era
• Yamakawa Futaba, a co-worker of Takamine Hideo, head administrator at the Tokyo Women's Normal School, she is best known for her support of women's education
• Tokugawa Tsunenari, grandson of Matsudaira Tsuneo; current head of the main Tokugawa family.
• Saigō Tanomo, former chief councilor of the Aizu clan; later, a teacher of Sōkaku Takeda and a chief priest of the Tōshōgū Shrine.
• Sōkaku Takeda, a famous martial artist of Daito Ryu.
• Akabane Shirō , Japanese ambassador to Holland.
• Akazuka Takemori , Meiji-era police official.
• Uryu Iwako, prominent social worker.
• Suwa Kichiko, philanthropist.
• Yūki Kunitari, poet.
• Isao Matsudaira , grandson of Katamori, politician, governor of Fukushima Prefecture.
• Akizuki Teijirō, Aizu samurai, educator.
• Kiyoshi Saitō, sōsaku-hanga artist.
• Nakano Takeko, female warrior.
• Kei Satō, film actor