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Masako

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Gender
  
Female

Word/name
  
Japanese

Meaning
  
Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Masako (雅子, 真沙子 or まさこ) is a female Japanese given name. People named Masako include the following:

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Living people

  • Crown Princess Masako of Japan (皇太子妃雅子殿下, Kōtaishihi Masako denka)
  • Masako Chiba (千葉真子, Chiba Masako), a long distance runner
  • Masako Ikeda (池田昌子, Ikeda Masako), a voice actress
  • Masako Kato (加藤雅子, Katō Masako), a figure skater
  • Masako Katsuki (勝生真沙子, Katsuki Masako), a voice actress
  • Masako Miura (三浦雅子, Miura Masako), a voice actress
  • Masako Mori (森昌子, Mori Masako, born 1958), an enka singer
  • Masako Mori (森雅子, Mori Masako), a politician
  • Masako Nozawa (野沢雅子, Nozawa Masako), a voice actress
  • Masako Okawara (大河原雅子, Ōkawara Masako), a politician
  • Masako Sen (千容子, Sen Masako), former princess of Japan and daughter of Prince Mikasa
  • Masako Usui (笛吹雅子, Usui Masako), a Nippon Television announcer
  • Masako Watanabe (わたなべまさこ, Watanabe Masako), a manga artist
  • Masako Hozumi (穂積 雅子, born 1986), Japanese Olympic speed skater
  • Masako Ishida (born 1980), Japanese cross country skier
  • Masako Sugaya (born 1937), Japanese voice actor
  • Masako Jō (born 1978), Japanese voice actor
  • MasakoX, Internet personality, voice actor.
  • Historic figures

  • Princess Nashimoto Masako of Japan (梨本宮方子女王, Nashimono-no miya Masako Joou), later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
  • Princess Masako (恒久王妃昌子内親王, Tsunehisa Ōhi Masako naishinnō), (30 September 1888 – 8 March 1940), 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
  • Lady Hōjō Masako (北条 政子), later known as the "Nun Shogun" (尼将軍, Ama shōgun)
  • Minamoto Masako (源晶子), (1552–1589), a posthumously given name to Lady Saigo, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  • Tokugawa Masako (徳川和子), 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
  • Masako Natsume (夏目雅子, Natsume Masako), Japanese actress
  • Masako Katsura (1913–1995), carom billiards player
  • Fictional

  • Masako Kaneko
  • Colonel Masako, main antagonist in the video-game Red Faction
  • References

    Masako Wikipedia