Yasuo (やすお, ヤスオ) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Yasuo can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
保夫, "protective, preserve, husband"安生, "tranquil; content, life, birth"康郎, "happy, healthy, son; young man"靖男, "calm; peaceful, son; male, baron"泰雄, "great; exalted, superior, male"八洲夫, "eight; many, continent; island, husband."The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Yasuo Aiuchi (born 1971), Japanese snowboarderYasuo Fukuda (born 1936), the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008Yasuo Furuhata (born 1934), Japanese film directorYasuo Hamanaka, formerly the chief copper trader at Sumitomo CorporationYasuo Ichikawa (born 1942), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of JapanYasuo Iwata (1942–2009), Japanese voice actorYasuo Kawamura (born 1908), Japanese speed skaterYasuo Kobayashi (born 1936), Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan AikikaiYasuo Koyama (1937–2000), professional Go playerYasuo Kuniyoshi (1893–1953), American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, JapanYasuo Maekawa (1921–2003), Japanese children's book authorYasuo Matsui (1877 – 1962), Japanese-American architectYasuo Motoki, Wangan Midnight characterYasuo Ōtsuka (born 1931), Japanese animatorYasuo Saitō (diplomat) (born 1948), the Ambassador of Japan to the Russian FederationYasuo Suzuki, Japanese football playerYasuo Takamori, former Japanese football player and managerYasuo Takei (1930–2006), founder and former chairman of Takefuji consumer finance groupYasuo Tanaka (born 1956), Japanese novelist and politicianYasuo Tanaka (astronomer), Japanese astrophysicistYasuo Tanaka (voice actor), voice actor who was born in Tokyo, JapanYasuo Yamada (1932–1995), Japanese voice actorYasuo Yamashita (born 1942), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of JapanIn gaming
Yasuo, The Unforgiven, a playable champion character in the Multi-player Online Battle Arena video game League of LegendsIn the Lore of League of legends Yasuo appears in the fable of Talliya as her trainer after she accidentally buries him in an avalanche.
