Masao

Masao (written: 正雄, 正夫, 正生, 正男, 正郎, 雅雄, 雅央, 雅夫, 雅勇, 雅男, 昌雄, 昌男, 昌郎, 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 and may refer to:

• 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?) (born 1937), 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 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 Harada (原田 正夫?) (1912–2000), Japanese triple jumper
• Masao Horino (堀野 正雄?) (1907–2000), Japanese photographer
• Masao Inoue (井上 雅央?) (born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler
• Masao Inoue (actor) (井上 正夫?) (1881–1950), Japanese actor and film director
• Masao Ito (伊藤 正男?) (born 1928), Japanese neuroscientist
• 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?) (born 1935), 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 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 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 Sasakibara (佐々木原 正夫?) (1921–2005), Japanese World War II flying ace
• 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 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 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 Yamaguchi (山口 昌男?) (born 1931), Japanese anthropologist
• Masao Yamamoto (山本 昌男?) (born 1957), Japanese photographer
• Masao Yoshida (吉田 正男?) (1914–1996), Japanese baseball player
• Masao Yoshida (nuclear engineer) (吉田 昌郎?) (born 1955), Japanese nuclear engineer