Masahito is a male
Japanese 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 ...
, that has been used for members of The Japanese Imperial Family. Although written romanized the same way, the
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
can be different.
Masahito may refer to:
* , later
Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇)
* , eldest son of
Emperor Ōgimachi (正親町天皇)
*, the youngest son of Emperor Shōwa of Japan
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese rugby union player
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Japanese masculine given names