Possible writings
Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *治 "reign" *修 "discipline" *理 "logic" *収 "obtain" *紀 "chronicle" *統 "rule" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.People with the name
*, Japanese baseball player and coach *, Japanese rower *Osamu Adachi (理, born 1987), Japanese actor and a member of the acting group D-BOYS *, Japanese manga artist *Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, 1909–1948), Japanese author *Osamu Dezaki (統, 1943-2011), Japanese anime director *Osamu Fukutani (修, born 1967), Japanese film director *, Japanese television personality *, Japanese long-distance runner *Osamu Jinguuji (治), drummer of the Japanese band ''Remioromen'' *, Japanese rower *Osamu Matsuda or El Samurai (納, born 1966), a Japanese professional wrestler *Osamu Mukai (理, born 1982), Japanese actor *Osamu Muramatsu (修), Japanese astronomer, and a prolific discoverer of asteroids *Osamu Nagayama (born 1947), Japanese CEO of Chugai Pharmaceutical and Chairman of Sony Corporation *, Japanese shogi player *Osamu Noguchi *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese rower *, Japanese actor and voice actor *Osamu Sato (理, born 1960), Japanese artist, photographer and composer *Osamu Sato (boxer) (修, born 1976), Japanese boxer *, Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist *, Japanese economist *, Japanese comedian and television presenter *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese alpine skier *Osamu Tezuka (治虫, 1928–1989), Japanese manga artist often credited as the "Father of Manga" *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese freestyle skierFictional characters
*Osamu Kamiyama (治), a character in the anime series ''Kamisama Kazoku'' *Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga ''Loveless (manga), Loveless'' *Osamu Mikumo (修), a character in the anime and manga ''World Trigger'' *Osamu Miya (宮治), a character in the manga ''Haikyū!!'' with the position of wing spiker from Inarizaki High and the twin brother of Atsumu Miya *Osamu Dazai (治), a character in the anime and manga ''Bungou Stray Dogs'' *Osamu Kashiwagi (柏木 修), a character in the video game series ''Yakuza''See also
*11930 Osamu, a main-belt asteroid *"Osamu's Birthday", a 1967 song on The United States of America's album ''Hard Coming Love'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names