is a masculine
Japanese given name which was popular during the
Shōwa period.
Possible writings
Isao can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
*功, "achievement"
*勲, "meritorious"
*績, "exploits"
*公, "public"
*勇男, "brave, man"
*勇夫, "brave, man"
*勇雄, "brave, masculine"
*伊佐夫
*伊佐雄
*伊三男
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana.
People with the name
*, Japanese hammer thrower
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Isao Aoki (功, born 1942), Japanese professional golfer
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Isao Harimoto (勲, born 1940), Zainichi Korean professional baseball player
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Isao Hashizume (功, born 1941), Japanese actor
*, Japanese singer and composer
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Isao Homma
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Homma was born in Tainai on 19 April 1981. He began to play youth team football at the age of 8, with Nakajo Junior Soccer Club. In 1997, he entered Narashino High School in Chiba Prefecture ...
(born 1981), Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata
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Isao Inokuma (功, 1938–2001), Japanese judoka
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Isao Iwabuchi (born 1933), Japanese Olympic football player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Isao Kikuchi
Isao Kikuchi (9 December 1921 – 31 August 2017) was an American graphic designer, painter, carver and illustrator.
Biography
Isao Kikuchi was born in East Los Angeles on 9 December 1921, the second child of Yoriyuki Kikuchi – one of the ...
(born 1921), American graphic designer, painter, carver, illustrator
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Isao Kimura (功, 1923–1981), Japanese actor
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Isao Kubota (born 1983), Japanese footballer who plays for Samut Songkhram
*, Japanese actor
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Isao Matsumiya, Japanese politician
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Isao Matsuoka (功, born 1934), Chairman of Toho
*, Japanese motorcycle racer
*, Japanese swimmer
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Isao Nakauchi (功, 1922–2005), founder of Daiei
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Isao Obata (1904–1976), pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate
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Isao Okano (功, born 1944), Japanese judoka
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Isao Okawa (功, 1926–2001), former Chairman of Sega
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Isao Okazaki (功, 1920–2006), Japanese right-wing activist
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Isao Sasaki, (功, Japanese anime singer, actor, and voice actor
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Isao Shinohara
is a masculine Japanese given name which was popular during the Shōwa period.
Possible writings
Isao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*功, "achievement"
*勲, "meritorious"
*績, "exploits"
*公, "public"
*勇 ...
, (篠原 功), Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese professional wrestler
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Isao Takahata (勲, 1935–2018), Japanese anime director
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Isao Tamagawa (伊佐男, 1922–2004), Japanese actor
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Isao Tomita (勲, born 1932), Japanese electronic music composer
*, Japanese film director
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Isao Yamagata (1915–1996), Japanese film actor (fl. 1951 and 1984)
*, Japanese diver
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Isao Yoneda (功, born 1977), Japanese gymnast
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Isao Yukisada (勲, born 1968), Japanese film director
Fictional characters
*Isao, a character in the manga series ''
How to Keep a Mummy
is a Japanese manga series by Kakeru Utsugi. It has been serialized online via Comico Japan
Comico is a webtoon portal based in Japan that is part of NHN Japan Corporation. NHN Japan first launched its webtoon platform Comico in Japan in ...
''
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Isao Iinuma
is a 1969 novel by Yukio Mishima, the second in his The Sea of Fertility, ''Sea of Fertility'' tetralogy. Mishima did much research to prepare for this novel, visiting locations recorded in the book and studying historical information about the ...
, protagonist of the novel ''Runaway Horses''
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Isao Ohta
This is a character guide to the manga and anime series ''Mobile Police Patlabor''.
Characters Section 2 Division 2
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:English voice actors: Michael Schwartz (Central Park Media, TV/OVA), Peter Marinker (Manga, Movies 1-2), Roger C. Smith ( ...
(功), a character in the anime and manga series ''Mobile Police Patlabor''
*Kondo Isao, a character in the anime and manga series ''
Gin Tama''
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Japanese masculine given names