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
- ↑ 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.
- ^ The large first name dictionary, Duden, 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2