Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Hideo Den Hideo Den (田英夫 ''Den Hideo'', June 9, 1923 - November 13, 2009) was a Japanese news presenter, politician, and for 34 of the years between 1971 and 2007, a member of the House of Councillors for the Social Democratic Party. From 1978 to 1 ...

(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 (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 dri ...

(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. He studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he graduated at the Oil Painting Section in ...

(萩原英雄, 1913–2007), Japanese artist *, Japanese marathon runner *

Hideo Hashimoto is a Japanese football player. He plays for FC Imabari. Club career Hashimoto was born in Osaka on 21 May 1979. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 1998. He played many matches as right-side midfielder and defensive midfiel ...

(橋本英郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer *

Hideo Higashikokubaru is a Japanese politician. He originally rose to fame as a comedian and actor under the stage name , and was known for his role in the popular game show ''Takeshi's Castle''. He served as the Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture from 2007 to 2011, re ...

(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 is a Japanese politician and lawyer who served in the House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012, and as Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. As a Representative, he represented the 2nd Distr ...

(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 (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 Coun ...

(岩畔豪雄, 1897–1970), World War II Imperial Japanese Army general *

Hideo Jinpu is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Koga, Ibaraki and graduate of Hosei University, he ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Ibaraki ...

(神風英男, born 1961), Japanese politician *

Hideo Kanaya was a Japanese professional motorcycle racer and motorcycle racing team manager. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world championships from 1967 to 1975. He dominated Japanese road racing in the early 1970s and was the first ...

(金谷秀夫, born 1945), former Grand Prix motorcyclist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese rugby union player *

Hideo Kanze was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojō VII, a descendant of Kan'ami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothe ...

(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 is an American-born Japanese language author. Levy was born in California and educated in Taiwan, the US, and Japan. He is one of the first Americans to write modern literature in Japanese, and his work has won the Noma Literary New Face Priz ...

(リービ英雄, born 1950), American-born Japanese language author *

Hideo Mizumori 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 * ...

(水森英夫), Japanese singer *, Japanese weightlifter *

Hideo Murai Hideo Murai (村井秀夫 ''Murai Hideo'', December 5, 1958 – April 23, 1995) was a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the perpetrators responsible for the Sakamoto family murder. Murai held a doctorate in astrophysics. He was reported ...

(村井秀夫, 1958-1995), Japanese scientist * Hideo Murata (村田英雄, 1929–2002), Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer * Hideo Muraoka (村田英雄, 1929–2002), Brazilian-Japanese model *

Hideo Murota was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in '' Shi ...

(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 de ...

(長田秀雄, 1885–1949), Japanese poet and playwright *

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as ''Ring'' (1998), ''Ring 2'' (1999) and ''Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these we ...

(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 was a producer and planner in Japan. He was also the founding editor of ''Animage'' magazine, the second largest anime and manga magazine in Japan, and the editor of the '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' manga series. Ogata assisted in the ...

(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 (board game), Go Go players, 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 i ...

(大竹英雄, born 1942), Japanese Go player *

Hideo Sakaki (born June 4, 1970) is a Japanese actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films '' Versus'', '' Battlefield Baseball'', and ''Alive''. He is a close friend of director Ryuhei Kitamura and appears in several ...

(榊英雄, born 1970), Japanese actor *

Hideo Sakamaki is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group. It plays a central role in the securities business, the Group's core business. Nomura is a financial services group and global investment bank. ...

, president of Nomura Securities between 1991–1997 *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Hideo Sasaki Hideo Sasaki (25 November 1919 – 30 August 2000) was a Japanese American landscape architect. Biography Hideo Sasaki was born in Reedley, California, on 25 November 1919. He grew up working on his family's California truck farm, and harvesti ...

(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 * Hi ...

, 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 Hideo Tokoro (born August 22, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2000, Tokoro has also formerly competed for Vale Tudo Japan, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's. ...

(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 is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and was a member of the House of Representatives and House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) from 1976 to 1993 and 1998 to 2010 respectively. A native of Tochio, Niigata a ...

(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 (頼高英雄, born 1963), Japanese politician * Hideo Yoshimura (1922-1995), better known as Pops Yoshimura, Japanese motorcycle tuner and factory Suzuki team owner * Hideo Yoshino (吉野秀雄, 1902–1967), Japanese tanka poet *

Hideo Yoshizawa born September 2, 1960, is a Japanese video game director, screenwriter, and producer, most famous for his work on the ''Ninja Gaiden'' and ''Klonoa'' series of video games. Prior to being employed by Namco, he worked for Tecmo and was involved ...

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

Fictional characters

See also