Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008 * Masato Amada (born 1974), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese actor *

Masato Hagiwara is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and professional mahjong player. Biography When Hagiwara was three years old, his parents divorced and he was taken in by his father. However, his father died when he was in the fourth grade, and was th ...

(born 1971), Japanese actor * Masato Harada (born 1949), Japanese film director and actor * Masato Hatanaka (born 1975), Japanese musician * Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese singer and musician * Masato Ichishiki (born 1971), author of the SD Gundam comics *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese anime director and screenwriter *, Japanese game developer and scenario writer *

Masato Kawabata is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT. Biography Kawabata first received his license at 18 and at that point he bought the Nissan 180SX. He practiced alone until h ...

(born 1977), professional drifting driver * Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat *

Masato Kurogi is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kataller Toyama is a football club in Japan that was formed from the merger of the ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP SC. The club currently plays in J3 League. History The idea of a merged cl ...

(born 1989), Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka *, Japanese judoka * Masato Morishige (born 1987), Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo * Masato Nakamura (born 1958), member of the band Dreams Come True *, Japanese baseball player *Masato Nagai a Japanese

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Masato Sakai (born 1973), Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese baseball player * Masato Yokoyama (born 1964), perpetrator of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway * Masato Yoshii (born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player

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* Masato (Pokémon), known in English as Max, a character in ''Pokémon'' and ''Ash & Pikachu'' * Masato Inohara, a character in ''

Little Busters! is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key. It was released on July 27, 2007 for Windows PCs and is rated for all ages. ''Little Busters!'' is Key's sixth game, along with other titles such as '' Kanon'', ''Air'', and ''Clannad''. An adult ve ...

'' * Masato Jin from '' Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' *Masato Kusaka of ''

Kamen Rider 555 is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishinomori Productions and Toei Company, Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, ...

'' *Masato Mishima of '' Kamen Rider Kabuto'' *

Masato Sanjouin The is a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. They are the chief villains of the first story arc in every version of the series, and were first introduced in the first chapter of the manga, "Usagi ...

from ''Sailor Moon'' *

Masato Wakamatsu is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan from 1980 to 1984 in the biweekly manga magazine ''Shōnen Big Comic'' (precursor to the current ''Weekly Young Sunday''). The series was a ...

of ''Miyuki'' *

Masato Yamanobe is an unfinished manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered ''Phoenix'' his "life's work"; it consists of 12 books, each of which tells a separate, self-contained story and takes place in a different era. ...

, a character in the manga '' Phoenix'' (''Hi no Tori'') * Masato Hijirikawa, a character from the '' Uta no Prince-sama'' series. * Masato Kageura, a character in the manga '' World Trigger''.

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