Kazuo (first name)

Kazuo is a masculine given name of Japanese origin. ENAMDICT knows over a hundred possible spellings.

With the Kanji 和 男 or 和 夫 it means “peace” (Japanese 和 ) and “man” ( 男 or 夫 ). A feminine form of Kazuo is Kazuko . Well-known namesake are:

• 和 男
  • Kazuo Chiba (1940-2015), Japanese aikido teacher
  • Kazuo Fujikawa (* 1942), Japanese theoretical physicist
  • Sakamaki Kazuo (1918–1999), Japanese naval lieutenant
• 和 夫
  • Kazuo Fukumoto (1894–1983), Japanese communist theorist
  • Kazuo Fukushima (* 1930), Japanese composer
  • Kazuo Inamori (* 1932), Japanese entrepreneur
  • Kazuo Katase (* 1947), Japanese artist
  • Kazuo Okamatsu (1931–2012), Japanese writer and philologist
  • Kazuo Shii (* 1954), Japanese politician

Carriers of the name Kazuo in other spellings and meanings are:

• 一夫
  • Kazuo Hirai (* 1960), Japanese manager
  • Kazuo Koike (1936–2019), Japanese comic book and screenwriter
• 一 男
  • Kazuo Nakanishi (1922–2003), yakuza and leader of Yamaguchi-gumi
  • Shinohara Kazuo (1925–2006), Japanese architect of the late modern period
  • Kazuo Soda (* 1930), Japanese peace activist
• 一 雄
  • Kazuo Ishiguro (* 1954), British writer of Japanese origin
  • Ōno Kazuo (1906–2010), Japanese dancer and co-founder of the expressive dance butoh
  • Kazuo Shiraga (1924–2008), Japanese modern artist
  • Taoka Kazuo (1913–1981), yakuza and leader of Yamaguchi-gumi
  • Kazuo Umezu (* 1936), Japanese manga artist
• 加 寿 夫
  • Kazuo Ozaki (* 1960), former Japanese football player
• 和 郎
  • Hirotsu Kazuo (1891–1968), Japanese writer
  • Kazuo Inoue (* 1981), Japanese road cyclist
• 和 雄
  • Kazuo Kashio (1929-2018). Founder of the Japanese company Casio
  • Kazuo Kuroki (1930–2006), Japanese director and screenwriter
  • Kazuo Murakami (* 1936), Japanese geneticist
• 和 生
  • Kazuo Okada (* 1942), Japanese entrepreneur
• か ず お
  • Kazuo Umezu (* 1936), Japanese manga artist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ The large first name dictionary, Duden, 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2