Sunao (written: 直, 淳, 愿, 順, 須直, 直男 or すなお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese anime director
*, Japanese Go player
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Sunao Sonoda
was Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who served as minister for foreign affairs and minister of health and welfare. He was called "flying foreign minister" due to his active diplomacy in increasing the role of Japan whe ...
(1914–1984), Japanese politician
*, Japanese pathologist
*, pen-name of Sunao Matsumoto, Japanese writer
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Japanese masculine given names