Teruo (written: 輝雄, 輝男, 輝夫, 辉夫, 昭雄, 照雄 or 照夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Teruo Abe, Japanese footballer
Teruo Akiyama (秋山 輝男, 1891–1943), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
Teruo Chinen (知念 辉夫, born 1941), Japanese karateka
Chiyozakura Teruo (千代櫻 輝夫, born 1950), Japanese sumo wrestler
Teruo Higa (比嘉 照夫, born 1941), Japanese academic
Teruo Ishii (石井 輝男, 1924–2005), Japanese film director
Teruo Itokawa (糸川 照雄, 1940–2000), Japanese shot putter
Teruo Iwamoto (岩本 輝雄, born 1972), Japanese footballer
Teruo Kakuta, Japanese manga artist
Teruo Murakami, Japanese table tennis player
Teruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, 1919−1979), Taiwanese-born Imperial Japanese Army soldier
Teruo Nakamura (golfer) (born 1952), Japanese golfer
Teruo Nakamura (musician) (中村 照夫, born 1942), Japanese jazz musician
Teruo Nimura (二村 昭雄, born 1943), Japanese footballer
Teruo Sugihara (杉原 輝雄, 1937–2011), Japanese golfer
Teruo Yajima (矢島 輝夫, 1939−1999), Japanese writer
Terry Teruo Kawamura, United States Army soldier
