Masao

Masao is a masculine Japanese given name .

Name bearer

• Masao Akiyama (* around 1945), Japanese badminton player
• Masao Azuma (* 1971), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Baba Masao (1892–1947), Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Harada Masao (1912-2000), Japanese athlete
• Masao Itō (* 1928), Japanese neuroscientist
• Katayama Masao (1877–1961), Japanese physical chemist
• Masao Katō (1947-2004), Japanese Go player
• Kawasoe Masao (* 1945), Japanese Shōtōkan karate master
• Masao Kiba (* 1974), Japanese football player
• Kotani Masao (1906-1993), Japanese theoretical physicist
• Kume Masao (1891–1952), Japanese writer
• Maruyama Masao (Lieutenant General) (1889–1957), Japanese Lieutenant General
• Maruyama Masao (historian) (1914–1996), Japanese political scientist and historian
• Masao Maruyama (film producer) (* 1941), Japanese film producer
• Masao Nishimura (1933-2006), Japanese bank manager
• Oka Masao (1898–1982), Japanese ethnologist
• Ōno Masao (1923-2001), Japanese national soccer player
• Masao Tsuchida (* around 1950), Japanese badminton player
• Masao Yamakawa (1930-1965), Japanese writer
• Masao Yoshida (engineer) (1955-2013), Japanese nuclear engineer