Kazuo
Kazuo (カズオ, かずお) is a masculine Japanese given name.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
| Region of origin | Japan |
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Possible spellings
It has several written forms, and the meaning depends on the characters used (usually kanji, but sometimes hiragana). Common forms include:
People with the name
- Kazuo Abe (阿部 一男, born 1935), Japanese sport wrestler
- Kazuo Aoki, Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and into World War II
- Kazuo Azuma (東 和男, born 1955), Japanese shogi player
- Kazuo Chiba (born 1940), aikido
- Kazuo Harada (died 1998), anime producer, audio director, and sound effects director
- Kazuo Hirai (平井一夫, born 1964), President/CEO of Sony Computer
- Kazuo Endo, Kobe earthquake survivor
- Kazuo Hashimoto, late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone.
- Kazuo Hayashi (林 一夫, born 1945), Japanese actor and voice actor
- Kazuo Hiramatsu, accounting scholar, president of Kwansei Gakuin University
- Kazuo Hirotsu (1891–1968), Japanese novelist and literary critic active in the Shōwa period of Japan
- Kazuo Ichinohe (born 1941), Japanese voice actor (stage name Shin Aomori)
- Kazuo Igarashi (五十嵐 和男, born 1946), Japanese aikidoka
- Kazuo Inamori (born 1932), Japanese businessman
- Kazuo Inoue (井上 和郎, born 1981), Japanese cyclist
- Kazuo Ishiguro (石黒一雄, born 1954), British author
- Kazuo Kawai (川井 一男), Japanese table tennis player
- Kazuo Kimura (木村 一夫, 1909–?), Japanese high jumper
- Kazuo Kitagawa (北側一雄, born 1953), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi
- Kazuo Kobayashi (小林 一男, 1908–?), Japanese diver
- Kazuo Koike (小池一夫, born 1936), manga artist
- Kazuo Komizu (born 1946), Japanese film director
- Kazuo Kubokawa (窪川一雄, 1903–1943), astronomer
- Kazuo Kumakura (熊倉 一雄, 1927–2015), Japanese actor, voice actor and theatre director
- Kazuo Matsuda (松田 一夫, born 1941), Japanese ice hockey player
- Kazuo Matsui (松井稼頭央, born 1975), baseball player
- Kazuo Misaki (born 1976), Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
- Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川一夫, 1908–1999), cinematographer
- Kazuo Mizutani (水谷和夫), Chief of Staff of Japanese Imperial Guard during the close of World War II
- Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002), Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor
- Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) (中村 和雄, born 1940), Japanese basketball coach
- Kazuo Nakanishi (1922–2003), briefly the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate in the chaotic years of the Yama-Ichi War
- Kazuo Nishii (西井 一夫, 1946–2001), Japanese magazine editor and photography critic
- Kazuo Noda (野田 一雄, 1908–?), Japanese swimmer
- Kazuo Ohno (1906–2010), Japanese dancer associated with Butoh
- Kazuo Oka (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
- Kazuo Okamura (岡村 一夫, 1911–1973), Japanese-American professional wrestler
- Kazuo Ozaki (尾崎 加寿夫, born 1960), Japanese footballer
- Kazuo Saito (斉藤 和夫, born 1951), Japanese footballer and manager
- Kazuo Saito (athlete) (斎藤 和夫, born 1942), Japanese racewalker
- Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, 1918–1999), first prisoner of war held by the US in World War II
- Kazuo Sakurada (1948–2020), known as Mr. Sakurada) retired Japanese professional wrestler
- Kazuo Sato (佐藤 和男, born 1937), Japanese cross-country skier
- Kazuo Shimizu (清水 和男, born 1975), Japanese footballer
- Kazuo Shimizu (wrestler) (清水 一夫, born 1954), Japanese sport wrestler
- Kazuo Sugimoto (杉本 和陽, born 1991), Japanese shogi player
- Kazuo Takahashi (高橋 和生, born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist
- Kazuo Taoka (田岡一雄, 1913–1981), Godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate
- Kazuo Umezu (楳図かずお, born 1936), horror manga author
- Kazuo Wada (和田 一夫, 1929–2019), Japanese businessman
- Kazuo Yamada (1912–1991), Japanese conductor
- Kazuo Yamaguchi (山口 一男, born 1946), Japanese sociologist
Fictional characters
- Kazuo Tengan, the antagonist of Danganronpa
- Kazuo Nakano, character in Yudetamago's manga series Kinnikuman
- Kazuo Saki, brother of the Shredder from the 1987-1996 animated TV series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Kazuo Uzuki, fictional baseball player that Topps created as an April Fools' Day hoax
- Kazuo Kiriyama, the primary antagonist of Battle Royale
- Kazuo Makunoichi, fictional character in Hajime no Ippo
Video games
- Kazuo or Go! Sudoku, is the name for the Japanese release of the PlayStation Portable puzzle game
- Kazuo Sawa is the name of a video game composer. Notable works include the soundtracks for The Battle of Olympus and Rivercity Ransom
- Kazuo Akuji is the leader of the Ronin in the Saints Row 2
- Kazuo Hoshiro is the leader of the Investigation Team of Sweet Home (video game)
References
- Kazuo - Meaning and origin of the name Kazuo Archived September 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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