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 snowboarder
Yasuo Fukuda (born 1936), the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008
Yasuo Furuhata (born 1934), Japanese film director
Yasuo Hamanaka, formerly the chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corporation
Yasuo Ichikawa (born 1942), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
Yasuo Iwata (1942–2009), Japanese voice actor
Yasuo Kawamura (born 1908), Japanese speed skater
Yasuo Kobayashi (born 1936), Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai
Yasuo Koyama (1937–2000), professional Go player
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1893–1953), American painter, photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, Japan
Yasuo Maekawa (1921–2003), Japanese children's book author
Yasuo Matsui (1877 – 1962), Japanese-American architect
Yasuo Motoki, Wangan Midnight character
Yasuo Ōtsuka (born 1931), Japanese animator
Yasuo Saitō (diplomat) (born 1948), the Ambassador of Japan to the Russian Federation
Yasuo Suzuki, Japanese football player
Yasuo Takamori, former Japanese football player and manager
Yasuo Takei (1930–2006), founder and former chairman of Takefuji consumer finance group
Yasuo Tanaka (born 1956), Japanese novelist and politician
Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer), Japanese astrophysicist
Yasuo Tanaka (voice actor), voice actor who was born in Tokyo, Japan
Yasuo Yamada (1932–1995), Japanese voice actor
Yasuo Yamashita (born 1942), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
In gaming
Yasuo, The Unforgiven, a playable champion character in the Multi-player Online Battle Arena video game League of Legends
In the Lore of League of legends Yasuo appears in the fable of Talliya as her trainer after she accidentally buries him in an avalanche.
