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Masao Gender Male Word/name Japanese Meaning Different meanings depending on the
kanji used
Masao (written: 正雄, 正夫, 正生, 正男, 正郎, 雅雄, 雅央, 雅夫, 雅勇, 雅男, 昌雄, 昌夫, 昌男, 昌朗, 昌郎, 昌大, 政雄, 政夫, 政男, 政於, 征夫, 優夫, 聖雄, 利生, 将雄, 将夫 or 眞男) is a masculine
Japanese given name . Notable people with the name include:
Masao Abe (阿部 正雄 , 1915–2006) , Japanese philosopher and writer
Masao Adachi (足立 正生 , born 1939) , Japanese screenwriter and film director
Masao Akamatsu (赤松 正雄 , born 1945) , Japanese politician
Amatsukaze Masao (天津風 征夫 , 1937–2013) , Japanese sumo wrestler
Masao Arai (荒井 政雄 , born 1949) , Japanese sport wrestler
Masao Azuma (東 雅雄 , born 1971) , Japanese motorcycle racer
Baba Masao (馬場 正郎 , 1892–1947) , Japanese general
Masao Doi , Japanese academic
Masao Fujii (藤井 将雄 , 1968–2000) , Japanese baseball player
Masao Gozu (郷津 雅夫 , born 1946) , Japanese photographer and sculptor
Inaba Masao , Japanese military officer and rebel
Masao Haji (土師 政雄 , 1925–1998) , Japanese activist and academic
Masao Harada (原田 正夫 , 1912–2000) , Japanese triple jumper
Masao Horino (堀野 正雄 , 1907–2000) , Japanese photographer
Masao Ichihara (市原 正雄 , 1913–1977) , Japanese sprinter
Masao Inoue (actor) (井上 正夫 , 1881–1950) , Japanese actor and film director
Masao Inoue (wrestler) (井上 雅央 , born 1970) , Japanese professional wrestler
Masao Ito (伊藤 正男 , born 1928) , Japanese neuroscientist
Masao Iwasato (岩里 政男 , born 1923) , former President of the Republic of China (
Taiwan )
Masao Kanamitsu (1943–2011), Japanese American meteorologist
Masao Kato (加藤 正夫 , 1947–2004) , Japanese Go player
Masao Kawai (河合 雅雄 , born 1924) , Japanese primatologist
Masao Kiba (木場 昌雄 , born 1974) , Japanese footballer
Masao Kida (木田 優夫 , born 1968) , Japanese baseball player
Masao Kinoshita (木下 政雄 ) , Japanese businessman
Masao Kitagawa (北川 政夫 , 1910–1995) , Japanese botanist
Kiyonomori Masao (清の盛 政夫 , 1935–2019) , Japanese sumo wrestler
Masao Kobayashi (小林 正夫 , born 1947) , Japanese politician
Masao Koga (古賀 政男 , 1904–1978) , Japanese composer and guitarist
Masao Komatsu (小松政夫 , 1942–2020) , Japanese actor
Masao Kotani (小谷 正雄 , 1906–1993) , Japanese theoretical physicist
Masao Kume (久米 正雄 , 1891–1952) , Japanese playwright, writer and poet
Masao Maeda (前田 政雄 , 1904–1974) , Japanese printmaker
Masao Maruyama (film producer) (丸山 正雄 , born 1941) , Japanese animator and film producer
Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer) (丸山 政男 , 1889–1957) , Japanese general
Masao Maruyama (scholar) (丸山 眞男 , 1914–1996) , Japanese political scientist and historian
Masao Mimatsu (三松 正夫 , 1888–1977) , Japanese volcanologist
Masao Miyamoto (宮本 政於 , 1948–1999) , Japanese psychiatrist
Masao Miyoshi (三好 将夫 , 1928–2009) , Japanese sociologist
Masao Morinaka (森中 聖雄 , born 1974) , Japanese baseball player
Masao Mukai (向井 正雄 , born 1958) , Japanese conductor
Masao Murano (村野 正夫 , born 1935) , Japanese ice hockey player
Masao Murata (村田 正夫 , born 1964) , Japanese judoka
Masao Nakabori (中堀 正夫 ) , Japanese cinematographer
Masao Nakamura (中村 正雄 , 1892–1939) , Japanese general
Masao Nakayama (中山 利生 , 1941–2011) , Japanese politician and diplomat
Masao Nozawa (野澤 正雄 ) , Japanese footballer
Masao Ohba (大場 政夫 , 1949–1973) , Japanese boxer
Masao Ono (大埜 正雄 , 1923–2001) , Japanese footballer
Masao Orihara (折原 昌夫 , born 1969) , Japanese professional wrestler
Masao Sasakibara (佐々木原 正夫 , 1921–2005) , Japanese World War II flying ace
Masao Sen (千 昌夫 , 1947) , Japanese singer
Masao Shimizu (清水 将夫 , 1908–1975) , Japanese actor
Masao Suenaga (末永 正雄 , born 1978) , Japanese drifting driver
Masao Sugimoto (born 1967), Japanese footballer
Masao Sugiuchi (杉内 雅男 , born 1920) , Japanese Go player
Masao Takada , Japanese footballer
Masao Takagi (高木 正雄 , 1917–1979) , former President of
South Korea
Masao Takahashi (born 1929), Canadian judoka
Masao Takemoto (竹本 正男 , 1919–2007) , Japanese artistic gymnast
Masao Takenaka (1925–2006), Japanese theologian
Masao Takiyama (滝山 正夫 ) , Japanese television producer
Masao Tsuchida , Japanese baseball player
Masao Tsukada (塚田 正夫 , 1914–1977) , Japanese shogi player
Masao Uchino (内野 正雄 , born 1934) , Japanese footballer and manager
Masao Urino (売野 雅勇 , born 1951) , Japanese lyricist, screenwriter and film director
Masao Watanabe (渡辺 正夫 , 1888–1950) , Japanese general
Masao Yagi (八木正生 , 1932–1991) , Japanese jazz musician
Masao Yamaguchi (山口 昌男 , 1931–2013) , Japanese anthropologist
Masao Yamamoto (山本 昌男 , born 1957) , Japanese photographer
Masao Yoshida (disambiguation) , multiple people