Masakazu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Imafuku Masakazu (died 1582), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Takeda clan
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Kobori Masakazu (1579–1647), artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Masakazu Fujiwara
Masakazu Fujiwara (born 6 March 1981 in Ōkawachi, Hyōgo), in Japanese 藤原正和, is Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:08:12 hours for the event. He was the 2013 Japanese champion in ...
(born 1981), Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon
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Masakazu Fukuda
(May 17, 1972 – April 19, 2000) was a professional wrestler who is best known for his appearances in WAR and NJPW. He also joined a short-lived stable known as ''Fighting Club G-EGGS'', the stable included Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Brian J ...
(1972–2000), Japanese professional wrestler
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Masakazu Imanari (born 1976), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter best known for his leglocks
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Masakazu Kagiyama
is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the 1989 World Junior bronze medalist and a three-time Japanese national champion. He placed 13th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. After retiring from competition, he ...
(born 1971), Japanese figure skater who is now a coach
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Masakazu Katsura (born 1962), Japanese manga artist
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Masakazu Kawabe (1886–1965), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
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Masakazu Koda
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Koda was born in Ehime Prefecture on September 12, 1969. After graduating from high school, he joined Mazda (later ''Sanfrecce Hiroshima'') in 1988. Although he played as a midfielder, he did ...
(born 1969), former Japanese football player
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Masakazu Kondō
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is known for developing the set of Cheerful Central Rook openings.
Early life
Kondō was born on May 31, 1971, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice ...
, Japanese shogi player
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Masakazu Konishi (1933–2020), Japanese biologist
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Masakazu Morita (born 1972), Japanese voice actor and actor
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Masakazu Nakai (1900–1952), Japanese aesthetician, film theorist, librarian, and social activist
*, Japanese anime director
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Masakazu Sekiguchi (born 1953), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
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Shinagawa Masakazu (1544–1565), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Mōri clan
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Masakazu Suzuki, retired Japanese football player and manager
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Masakazu Tamura (born 1943), Japanese film and theatre actor
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Masakazu Tashiro (born 1988), Japanese football player
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Masakazu Yoshizawa (1950–2007), Japanese American flautist and musician, known for his mastery of the shakuhachi
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Masakazu Watanabe, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese writer, literary critic and philosopher
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Japanese masculine given names
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