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 footballerTeruo Akiyama (秋山 輝男, 1891–1943), Imperial Japanese Navy admiralTeruo Chinen (知念 辉夫, born 1941), Japanese karatekaChiyozakura Teruo (千代櫻 輝夫, born 1950), Japanese sumo wrestlerTeruo Higa (比嘉 照夫, born 1941), Japanese academicTeruo Ishii (石井 輝男, 1924–2005), Japanese film directorTeruo Itokawa (糸川 照雄, 1940–2000), Japanese shot putterTeruo Iwamoto (岩本 輝雄, born 1972), Japanese footballerTeruo Kakuta, Japanese manga artistTeruo Murakami, Japanese table tennis playerTeruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, 1919−1979), Taiwanese-born Imperial Japanese Army soldierTeruo Nakamura (golfer) (born 1952), Japanese golferTeruo Nakamura (musician) (中村 照夫, born 1942), Japanese jazz musicianTeruo Nimura (二村 昭雄, born 1943), Japanese footballerTeruo Sugihara (杉原 輝雄, 1937–2011), Japanese golferTeruo Yajima (矢島 輝夫, 1939−1999), Japanese writerTerry Teruo Kawamura, United States Army soldier