| 释义 |
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- Examples Fictional characters Video games
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}}Kazuo (カズオ, かずお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible spellingsIt 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)
- カズオ (katakana)
Examples- Kazuo Aoki, Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and into World War II
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Azuma|東 和男||born 1955}}, Japanese shogi player
- Kazuo Chiba (born 1940), aikido
- Kazuo Harada (died 1998), anime producer, audio director, and sound effects director
- Kazuo Hirai (平井一夫, born 1964), President/CEO of Sony Computer
- Kazuo Endo, Kobe earthquake survivor
- Kazuo Hashimoto, late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone.
- Kazuo Hiramatsu, accounting scholar, president of Kwansei Gakuin University
- Kazuo Hirotsu (1891–1968), Japanese novelist and literary critic active in the Shōwa period of Japan
- Kazuo Ichinohe (born 1941), Japanese voice actor (stage name Shin Aomori)
- Kazuo Inamori (born 1932), Japanese businessman
- Kazuo Ishiguro (石黒一雄, born 1954), British author
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Kawai|川井 一男}}, Japanese table tennis player
- Kazuo Kitagawa (北側一雄, born 1953), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Kobayashi|小林 一男||1908–?}}, Japanese diver
- Kazuo Koike (小池一夫, born 1936), manga artist
- Kazuo Komizu (born 1946), Japanese film director
- Kazuo Kubokawa (窪川一雄, 1903–1943), astronomer
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Kumakura|熊倉 一雄||1927–2015}}, Japanese actor, voice actor and theatre director
- Kazuo Matsui (松井稼頭央, born 1975), baseball player
- Kazuo Misaki (born 1976), Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
- Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川一夫, 1908–1999), cinematographer
- Kazuo Mizutani (水谷和夫), Chief of Staff of Japanese Imperial Guard during the close of World War II
- Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002), Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Nakamura (basketball)|中村 和雄||born 1940}}, Japanese basketball coach
- Kazuo Nakanishi (1922–2003), briefly the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate in the chaotic years of the Yama-Ichi War
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Nishii|西井 一夫||1946–2001}}, Japanese magazine editor and photography critic
- Kazuo Ohno (1906–2010), Japanese dancer associated with Butoh
- Kazuo Oka (born 1948), Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Ozaki|尾崎 加寿夫||born 1960}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Saito|斉藤 和夫||born 1951}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Saito (athlete)|斎藤 和夫||born 1942}}, Japanese racewalker
- Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, 1918–1999), first prisoner of war held by the USA in World War II
- Kazuo Sakurada (born 1948), known as Mr. Sakurada) retired Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Sugimoto|杉本 和陽||born 1991}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Kazuo Takahashi|高橋 和生||born 1969}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Kazuo Taoka (田岡一雄, 1913–1981), Godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate
- Kazuo Umezu (楳図かずお, born 1936), horror manga author
- Kazuo Yamada (1912–1991), Japanese conductor
Fictional characters- Kazuo Tengan, the antagonist of Danganronpa
- Kazuo Nakano, character in Yudetamago's manga series Kinnikuman
- Kazuo Saki, brother of the Shredder from the 1987-1996 animated TV series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Kazuo Uzuki, fictional baseball player that Topps created as an April Fools' Day hoax
- Kazuo Kiriyama, the primary antagonist of Battle Royale
- Kazuo Makunoichi, fictional character in Hajime no Ippo
Video games- Kazuo or Go! Sudoku, is the name for the Japanese release of the PlayStation Portable puzzle game
- Kazuo Sawa is the name of a video game composer. Notable works include the soundtracks for The Battle of Olympus and Rivercity Ransom
- Kazuo Akuji is the leader of the Ronin in the Saints Row 2
- Kazuo Hoshiro is the leader of the Investigation Team of Sweet Home (video game)
References1. ^Kazuo - Meaning and origin of the name Kazuo {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904211914/http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Kazuo.htm |date=September 4, 2011 }}
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