Asano

Asano is a Japanese word which may refer to:

• Asano can be a Japanese surname
• Asano-gumi - yakuza (criminal) gang based in Okayama, Japan

• Asano clan - the samurai family in feudal Japan.
  • Asano Naganori - Important historical figure title: Takumi no Kami
  • Asano Nagaakira - samurai
  • Asano Nagamasa - samurai
  • Asano Nagakoto - last daimyō
  • Asano Yukinaga - samurai
  • Asano Naganao - Edo period daimyō
  • Asano Nagatomo - Edo period daimyō

People

• Aiko Asano - actress and singer
• Atsuko Asano - actress
• Atsuko Asano (writer)
• Kevin Asano - retired judoka from the United States
• Koji Asano - musician and composer
• Masumi Asano - male seiyū (voice actor)
• Mayumi Asano - female seiyū (voice actor)
• Ruri Asano - female seiyū (voice actor)
• Shirō Asano (karateka) - Chairman and Chief Instructor of Shotokan Karate-do International of Great Britain, and the Shotokan Karate-do International European Federation.
• Shirō Asano (professor) - Japanese professor and political commentator.
• Sōichirō Asano - businessman
• Tadanobu Asano - actor

Fictional characters

• Rin Asano