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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Japanese

Language(s)
  
Japanese

Region of origin
  
Japan

Meaning
  
Different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Kazuo (カズオ, かずお) is a masculine Japanese given name.

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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:

  • 一雄: first son, first in leadership/excellence
  • 一夫: first son
  • 一男: first man/male
  • 和夫: harmonious/peaceful man
  • 和男: harmonious/peaceful man
  • かずお (hiragana)
  • カズオ (katakana)

    • Examples

  • Kazuo Aoki, Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and into World War II
  • 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 Hiramatsu, accounting scholar, president of Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Kazuo Hirotsu (1891–1968), Japanese novelist and literary critic active in the Showa period of Japan
  • Kazuo Ichinohe (born 1941), Japanese voice actor (stage name Shin Aomori)
  • Kazuo Inamori (born 1932), Japanese businessman
  • Kazuo Ishiguro (石黒一雄, born 1954), British author
  • Kazuo Kitagawa (北側一雄, born 1953), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi
  • 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 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 Nakanishi (1922–2003), briefly the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate in the chaotic years of the Yama-Ichi War
  • Kazuo Ohno (1906–2010), Japanese dancer associated with Butoh
  • Kazuo Oka (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
  • Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, 1918–1999), first prisoner of war held by the USA in World War II
  • Kazuo Sakurada (born 1948), known as Mr. Sakurada) retired Japanese professional wrestler.
  • 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 Watanabe (渡辺和郎, born 1955), astronomer
  • Kazuo Yamada (1912–1991), Japanese conductor

    • Fictional characters

  • Kazuo Kiriyama, the emotionless antagonist of Battle Royale
  • 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

    • 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

    • References

    Kazuo Wikipedia
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