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
was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His de jure reign spanned the years from 1155 through 1158, though arguably he effectively maintained imperial power for almost thirty-seven years through the ''ins ...
(後白河天皇)
* , eldest son of
Emperor Ōgimachi
was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 17, 1557, to his abdication on December 17, 1586, corresponding to the transition between the Sengoku period and the Azuchi–Momoyama per ...
(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