Osamu
Osamu (おさむ, オサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Possible writings
Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 治 "reign"
- 修 "discipline"
- 理 "logic"
- 収 "obtain"
- 紀 "chronicle"
- 統 "rule"
People with the name
- Osamu Abe (baseball) (安部 理, born 1962), Japanese baseball player and coach
- Osamu Abe (rower) (安部 収, born 1913), Japanese rower
- Osamu Adachi (理, born 1987), Japanese actor and a member of the acting group D-BOYS
- Osamu Akimoto (秋本 治, born 1952), Japanese manga artist
- Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, 1909–1948), Japanese author
- Osamu Dezaki (統, born 1943), Japanese anime director
- Osamu Fukutani (修, born 1967), Japanese film director
- Osamu Hayashi (林 修, born 1965), Japanese television personality
- Osamu Inoue (井上 治, born 1932), Japanese long-distance runner
- Osamu Jinguuji (治), drummer of the Japanese band Remioromen
- Osamu Mandai (万代 治, born 1942), Japanese rower
- Osamu Matsuda or El Samurai (納, born 1966), a Japanese professional wrestler
- Osamu Mukai (理, born 1982), Japanese actor
- Osamu Muramatsu (修), Japanese astronomer, and a prolific discoverer of asteroids
- Osamu Nagayama (born 1947), Japanese CEO of Chugai Pharmaceutical and Chairman of Sony Corporation
- Osamu Nakamura (中村 修, born 1962), Japanese shogi player
- Osamu Ochiai (落合 治, born 1931), Japanese sport shooter
- Osamu Saito (斎藤 修, born 1938), Japanese rower
- Osamu Saka (阪 脩, born 1930), Japanese actor and voice actor
- Osamu Sato (理, born 1960), Japanese artist, photographer and composer
- Osamu Sato (boxer) (修, born 1976), Japanese boxer
- Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩, 1928–2018), Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist
- Osamu Shimomura (economist) (下村 治, 1910–1989), Japanese economist
- Osamu Shitara (設楽 統, born 1973), Japanese comedian and television presenter
- Osamu Sumida (住田 修, born 1969), Japanese cyclist
- Osamu Tada (多田 修, born 1935), Japanese alpine skier
- Osamu Tezuka (治虫, 1928–1989), Japanese manga artist often credited as the "Father of Manga"
- Osamu Tsurumine (鶴峯 治, 1941–2015), Japanese swimmer
- Osamu Ueno (上野 修, born 1983), Japanese freestyle skier
- Osamu Yamazaki (山崎 修, born 1964), Japanese freestyle skier
Fictional characters
- Osamu Kamiyama (治), a character in the anime series Kamisama Kazoku
- Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga Loveless
- Osamu Mikumo (修), a character in the anime and manga World Trigger
- Osamu Miya (宮修), a character in the manga Haikyū!! with the position of wing spiker from Inarizaki High and the twin brother of Atsumu Miya
- Osamu Dazai (治), a character in the anime and manga Bungou Stray Dogs
- Osamu Kashiwagi (柏木 修), a character in the video game series Yakuza
See also
- 11930 Osamu, a main-belt asteroid
- "Osamu's Birthday", a 1967 song on The United States of America's album Hard Coming Love
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