is a common masculine
Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Kenzō can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
*賢三, "wise, three"
*健三, "healthy, three"
*謙三, "humble, three"
*健想, "healthy, concept"
*建造, "build, create"
*健蔵, "healthy, storehouse"
*憲蔵, "constitution, storehouse"
*研造, "polish, create"
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana.
People
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Emperor Kenzō (顕宗, born 5 AD), 23rd Japanese imperial ruler
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Adachi Kenzō (謙蔵, 1864–1948), Japanese politician
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Kenzo Fujisue (健三, born 1964), Japanese politician
*, Japanese sport wrestler
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Kenzo Kitakata (born 1947), Japanese novelist
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Kenzō Kotani
(better known as Yasunori, born 7 January 1909 - died 1 March 2003) was the last Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith.
Early history
Kotani Kenzo was born on 7 January 1909 as the eldest son of a toolmaker in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. In his adolescent ...
(1909–2003), last Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith
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Kenzo Mori (1914–2007), Japanese-Canadian journalist and editor
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Kenzo Nakamura (兼三, born 1973), retired judoka
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William K. Nakamura
William Kenzo Nakamura (January 21, 1922 – July 4, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.US Army Center of Military H ...
(1922–1944), United States Army soldier
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Kenzo Nambu
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an forward for Indonesian club PSM Makassar.
Playing career
Kenzo Nambu joined to J3 League club Kataller Toyama in 2015. In 2016, he moved to Briobecca Urayasu.
Club statistics
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(born 1992), Japanese footballer
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Kenzo Okada (1902–1982), American painter of Japanese birth
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Kenzo Oshima
was a Japanese diplomat.
Biography
Oshima was the recipient of a law degree from the University of Tokyo before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1967. He served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs fr ...
(賢三, born 1943), Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
*, Japanese handball player
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Kenzo Suzuki (健想, born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
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Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer)
is a Japanese astronomer from Toyota, Aichi, Japan. Between 1984 and 1992, he has discovered 42 minor planets mostly in collaboration with astronomers Takeshi Urata and Toshimasa Furuta.
A local guide for the Brother Earth
He is the disco ...
(憲蔵), a Japanese astronomer
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Kenzo Takada (賢三, 1939–2020), Japanese fashion designer
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Tamoto Kenzō
was a Japanese photographer. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. He was born in Kumano, in the Mie Prefecture of Honshu. When he was twenty-three, he moved to Nagasaki to study western culture. In 1859, ...
(研造, 1832–1912), Japanese photographer
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Kenzo Tange (健三, 1913–2005), Japanese architect
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Kenzo Yokoyama
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japanese national team.
Club career
Yokoyama was born in Saitama on January 21, 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he ...
(謙三, born 1943), retired Japanese football player
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Kenzō Masaoka
was an early anime creator.
Masaoka was the first to use cel animation and recorded sound in anime.Kōdansha (1993). ''Japan: an illustrated encyclopedia.'' Kōdansha, He worked at a number of companies as an animator and actor, and was one of ...
(1898–1988), 1930s-1940s animation creator
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Kenzo Taniguchi
is a Japanese football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word ...
(born 1988), Japanese football player for FC Kagoshima
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Kenzo Ohashi (born 1934), Japanese football player
Other
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Kenzo (brand), a French fashion label named after Japanese designer Kenzo Takada
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5526 Kenzo 55 may refer to:
*55 (number)
*55 BC
*AD 55
*1955
*2055
Science
*Caesium, by the element's atomic number
Astronomy
*Messier object Messier 55, M55, a magnitude 7.0 globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius
*The New General Catalogue obje ...
, a Main-belt Asteroid
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Japanese masculine given names