Tadao (written: 忠雄, 忠夫, 忠男, 忠生, 忠郎 or 理男) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese architect *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *

Tadao Baba is a retired Japanese motorcycle engineer, the original designer of the Honda Fireblade. Career Baba joined Honda Motorcycles from high school in 1962, aged 18 — the company itself was only 14 years old. Working in the machinery section, he m ...

(born 1944), Japanese motorcycle engineer *, Japanese banker *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese screenwriter and film director *, Japanese information theorist *

Tadao Kikumoto is Roland's senior managing director and head of its R&D center. He designed the TB-303 bass synthesizer and the TR-909 drum machine. He was also the chief engineer of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Roland TR-808 Design The Roland TR-808, ...

, Japanese inventor and engineer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese anime director *

Tadao Nakamura Tadao Nakamura (born 2 January 1947) is a Japanese professional golfer. Nakamura played on the Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offer ...

(born 1947), Japanese golfer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film critic and theorist *, Japanese musician *, Japanese astronomer and translator *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese photographer *

Tadao Tomomatsu Tadao Tomomatsu is an actor, instructor, and science fiction personality living in the Los Angeles, California area. Career Tadao has appeared in '' Diagnosis: Murder'', '' The Tracey Ullman Show'', the films ''Inspector Gadget'' and ''Godzilla' ...

, American actor *, Japanese diver *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese anthropologist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese economist and academic *, Japanese sumo and professional wrestler

Fictional characters

*, a character in the manga series '' Lucky Star'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Ghost Sweeper Mikami is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from May 1991 to September 1999, with its chapters collected in thirty-nine '' tankobon'' volumes. The series e ...

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