Kazuo

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Kazuo is a Japanese given name for males. See Japanese name.

Contents 1 Alternate writings 2 Real People 3 Fictional Characters 4 Video Games

[edit] Alternate writings

Its has several written forms, and the meaning depends on the characters used (usually kanji, but sometimes hiragana). Common forms include:

一雄: first son, first in leadership/excellence 一夫: first son 一男: first man/male

和夫: harmonious/peaceful man 和男: harmonious/peaceful man かずお (hiragana)

[edit] Real People

• Kazuo Aoki, Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and into World War II
• Kazuo Chiba, aikido
• Kazuo Harada, anime producer, audio director, and sound effects director
• Kazuo Hirai 平井一夫, President/CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc
• Kazuo Hiramatsu, accounting scholar, president of Kwansei Gakuin University
• Kazuo Hirotsu (1891 – 1968), Japanese novelist and literary critic active in the Showa period Japan
• Kazuo Ichinohe (born 1941), Japanese voice actor (stage name Shin Aomori)
• Kazuo Inamori (born 1932), Japanese businessman
• Kazuo Ishiguro 石黒一雄, British author
• Kazuo Kitagawa 北側一雄, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi
• Kazuo Koike 小池一夫, mangaka
• Kazuo Komizu (born 1946), Japanese film director
• Kazuo Kubokawa 窪川一雄, astronomer
• Kazuo Matsui 松井稼頭央, baseball player
• Kazuo Misaki, Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
• Kazuo Miyagawa 宮川一夫, cinematographer
• Kazuo Mizutani 水谷和夫, Chief of Staff of Japanese Imperial Guard during the close of World War II
• Kazuo Nakanishi (1922 - 2003,) brief the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate in the chaotic years of the Yama-Ichi War
• Kazuo Ohno (born 1906), Japanese dancer associated with Butoh
• Kazuo Oka (born 1948), Japanese seiyū
• Kazuo Sakamaki 酒巻和男, first prisoner of war held by USA in World War II
• Kazuo Sakurada, (known as Mr. Sakurada) retired Japanese professional wrestler.
• Kazuo Taoka 田岡一雄, alleged yakuza head
• Kazuo Umezu 楳図かずお, horror manga author
• Kazuo Watanabe 渡辺和郎, astronomer
• Kazuo Yamada (1912 — 1991), Japanese conductor

[edit] Fictional Characters

• Kazuo Kiriyama, the emotionless antagonist of Battle Royale
• Kazuo Nakano, character in Yudetamago's manga series Kinnikuman
• Kazuo Saki, brother of the Shredder from the animated TV series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[edit] Video Games

• Kazuo is the name for the Japanese release of the PlayStation Portable puzzle game Go! Sudoku.