Osamu

Updated on Dec 24, 2024

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Gender Male		Word/name Japanese
Meaning It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Osamu (おさむ, オサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.

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"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Osamu Adachi (理, born 1987), Japanese actor and a member of the acting group D-BOYS

Osamu Dazai (治, 1909–1948), Japanese author

Osamu Dezaki (統, born 1943), Japanese anime director

Osamu Fukutani (修, born 1967), Japanese film director

Osamu Jinguuji (治), drummer of the Japanese band Remioromen

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 Tezuka (治虫, 1928–1989), Japanese manga artist often credited as the "Father of Anime"

Osamu Kamiyama (治), a character in the anime series Kamisama Kazoku

Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga Loveless

Osamu Ichijouji (治), a character in the anime, Digimon

Osamu Mikumo (修), a character in the anime and manga World Trigger

Osamu Miya (宮修), a character in the manga Haikyū!!

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