Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter *

Hideo Fujimoto (also known as Hideo Nakagami) (May 10, 1918 – April 26, 1997) was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73), as well as best all-time winning percentage (.697). During his ...

(藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player *

Hideo Fukui is an athlete from Japan. He competes in triathlon. Fukui competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This sporting event was held at ...

(福井英郎, born 1977), Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon *

Hideo Fukuyama is a Japanese racing driver. A former competitor at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he attempted to compete in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in the early 2000s, but only qualified for four races before leaving the series. He was the first Japanese driv ...

(福山英朗, born 1955), Japanese NASCAR driver *

Hideo Gosha was a Japanese film director. Born in Arasaka, Tokyo Prefecture, Gosha graduated from high school and served in the Imperial Navy during the Second World War. After earning a business degree at Meiji University, he joined Nippon television as a ...

(五社英雄, 1929–1992), Japanese film director *

Hideo Hagiwara was a Japanese artist who worked mainly with woodblock prints. He was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. Between 1921 and 1929 he lived in Korea and Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and ge ...

(萩原英雄, 1913–2007), Japanese artist *, Japanese marathon runner * Hideo Hashimoto (橋本英郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer * Hideo Higashikokubaru (東国原英夫, born 1957), Japanese comedian, best known for his role in ''Takeshi's Castle'' and the current governor of Miyazaki Prefecture * Hideo Hiraoka (平岡秀夫, born 1954), Japanese politician *, Japanese sprinter and baseball player *

Hideo Ishikawa is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. He is most known for being voices for Kicchō Fukuda in ''Slam Dunk'', Auron in ''Final Fantasy X'', Itachi Uchiha in ''Narut ...

(石川英郎, born 1969), Japanese voice actor *

Hideo Itokawa was a pioneer of Japanese rocketry, popularly known as "Dr. Rocket," and described in the media as the father of Japan's space development. The near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa was named in honor of Itokawa, and is notable as the target of th ...

(糸川英夫, 1912–1999), Japanese aerospace engineer *

Hideo Iwakuro was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He is also known as one of the founders of the Kyoto Sangyo University. Biography Early career Iwakuro was born on Kurahashi-jima in the Inland Sea (then part of Aki County ...

(岩畔豪雄, 1897–1970), World War II Imperial Japanese Army general * Hideo Jinpu (神風英男, born 1961), Japanese politician * Hideo Kanaya (金谷秀夫, born 1945), former Grand Prix motorcyclist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese rugby union player * Hideo Kanze (観世栄夫, 1927–2007), Japanese actor *, Japanese writer *, Japanese sprint canoeist *

Hideo Kojima is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer and writer. He is regarded as an auteur of video games. He developed a strong passion for action/adventure cinema and literature during his childhood and adolescence. In 1986, he was hired ...

(小島秀夫, born 1963), Japanese video game director * Hideo Levy (リービ英雄, born 1950), American-born Japanese language author * Hideo Mizumori (水森英夫), Japanese singer *, Japanese weightlifter * Hideo Murai (村井秀夫, 1958-1995), Japanese scientist *

Hideo Murata was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer. He took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 27 times. Murata was born as a son of rōkyoku singer and . However, he was immediately adopted by and became his stepfather. His real name was . He studied rō ...

(村田英雄, 1929–2002), Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer *

Hideo Muraoka Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * Hi ...

(村田英雄, 1929–2002), Brazilian-Japanese model * Hideo Murota (室田日出男, 1937–2002), Japanese actor *

Hideo Nagata (13 May 1885 – 5 May 1949) was a poet and playwright in Shōwa period Japan. He also was a scriptwriter. Born in Tokyo, Nagata was the son of a Shinto priest at the Kikuchi Jinja. Interested in literature and poetry from an early age, he dev ...

(長田秀雄, 1885–1949), Japanese poet and playwright * Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫), Japanese film director *, American artist *

Hideo Nomo is a Japanese former baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from to . He then exploited a l ...

(野茂英雄), Japanese baseball player *

Hideo Ochi Hideo Ochi (born February 29, 1940 in Saijō, Japan) is a Japanese master of karate. He is ranked 9th ''Dan'', and is a former Japan Karate Association (JKA) World Champion in ''kumite'' (sparring) and '' kata'' (patterns). He was also coach (Eu ...

(越智秀男, born 1940), Japanese Karate master *, Japanese rower * Hideo Ogata (尾形英夫, 1934–2007), Japanese anime film producer *

Hideo Oguma was a Japanese poet for the Proletarian literature movement and was noted for writing Children's literature, children's stories, comic books and literary criticism. A Hideo Oguma poetry prize is awarded for new poetry writers. Selected painting ...

(小熊秀雄, 1901–1940), Japanese author *

Hideo Ohba was a Japanese aikido and judo teacher and the Second Director of Japan Aikido Association after the death of Kenji Tomiki. He was born as Hideo Tozawa in a village called Nakagawa in Akita prefecture. In 1936, he adopted his wife's name up ...

(大庭英雄, 1910–1986), Japanese martial artist *, Japanese rower *

Hideo Ōshima is a Japanese Association football, football coach and former player and who is current assistant manager of J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos. Playing career Oshima was born in Isesaki, Gunma, Isesaki on March 7, 1980. After graduating from h ...

(大島秀夫, born 1980), Japanese football player *

Hideo Otake is a Japanese retired professional Go player. Biography Otake was born in Kitakyūshū City, Japan. He joined the legendary Kitani Minoru school when he was 9, and quickly rose up the ranks to turn professional in 1956, when he was 14. He p ...

(大竹英雄, born 1942), Japanese Go player * Hideo Sakaki (榊英雄, born 1970), Japanese actor * Hideo Sakamaki, president of Nomura Securities between 1991–1997 *, Japanese ice hockey player * Hideo Sasaki (1919–2000), American landscape architect *, Japanese sport wrestler *

Hideo Seaver Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * Hid ...

, American voice actor *, Japanese engineer *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation) Hideo Tanaka may refer to: *Hideo Tanaka (runner) (born 1909), Japanese Olympic athlete *Hideo Tanaka (director) was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. He is known for his work in several adaptations of Shinji Wada's manga series Suk ...

, several people *, Japanese cross-country skier * Hideo Tokoro (born 1977), Japanese martial artist *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Hideo Usui is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overviews A native of Chiba, Chiba and graduate of Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is ...

(born 1939) (臼井日出男), Japanese politician * Hideo Watanabe (渡辺秀央, born 1934), Japanese politician *, Japanese jazz musician *

Hideo Yamamoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series ''Ichi the Killer'', which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and ''Homunculus''. Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual devi ...

(山本英夫, born 1968), Japanese manga artist *

Hideo Yoritaka is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of the city of Warabi in Saitama Prefecture. He is a member of the Japanese Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belong ...

(頼高英雄, born 1963), Japanese politician *

Hideo Yoshimura Hideo "Pops" Yoshimura (October 7, 1922 – March 29, 1995) was a Japanese motorcycle tuner, race team owner, and manufacturer of speciality motorcycle accessories. He is remembered for his ties to the beginnings of Superbike racing and the Yoshim ...

(1922-1995), better known as Pops Yoshimura, Japanese motorcycle tuner and factory Suzuki team owner *

Hideo Yoshino was a ''waka (poetry), tanka'' poet in Shōwa period Japan. Early life Yoshino was born in Takasaki, Gunma, Takasaki city, Gumma prefecture, as the second son in a family of textile wholesalers. Of weak constitution, he was raised by his grandmot ...

(吉野秀雄, 1902–1967), Japanese tanka poet * Hideo Yoshizawa (吉沢秀雄), Japanese video game developer and director *{{Nihongo,

Hideo Yoshizawa (footballer) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He currently assistant head coach J3 League club of AC Nagano Parceiro Playing career Yoshizawa was born in Maebashi on April 10, 1972. After graduating from high school, he played for Honda ...

, 吉澤英生, , born 1971, Japanese footballer and manager

Fictional characters

Hideo Kuze This is a list of fictional characters in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' media franchise created by Masamune Shirow. Public Security Section 9 members Section Chief Directors Chief Daisuke Aramaki :Voiced by: Tamio Oki (Japanese, films), Osam ...

, character from the anime ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' *

Hideo Minagawa Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese name, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseba ...

, character from the anime ''Initial D Fifth Stage''

Fictional characters

See also