Isao
| Isao | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | í-sá-ó |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Isao (いさお, イサオ) is a masculine Japanese given name which was popular during the Shōwa period.
Possible writings
Isao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 功, "achievement"
- 勲, "meritorious"
- 績, "exploits"
- 公, "public"
- 勇夫, "brave, man"
- 勇雄, "brave, masculine"
- 伊佐夫
- 伊佐雄
- 伊三男
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- Isao Aoki (功, born 1942), Japanese professional golfer
- Isao Harimoto (勲, born 1940), Zainichi Korean professional baseball player
- Isao Hashizume (功, born 1941), Japanese actor
- Isao Homma (born 1981), Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata
- Isao Inokuma (功, 1938–2001), Japanese judoka
- Isao Iwabuchi (born 1933), Japanese Olympic football player
- Isao Kikuchi (born 1921), American graphic designer, painter, carver, illustrator
- Isao Kimura (功, 1923–1981), Japanese actor
- Isao Kubota (born 1983), Japanese footballer who plays for Samut Songkhram
- Isao Matsuoka (功, born 1934), Chairman of Toho
- Isao Morishita, Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Isao Nakauchi (功, 1922–2005), founder of Daiei
- Isao Obata (1904–1976), pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate
- Isao Okano (功, born 1944), Japanese judoka
- Isao Okawa (功, 1926–2001), former Chairman of Sega
- Isao Okazaki (功, 1920–2006), a Japanese right-wing activist
- Isao Sasaki, (功）, a Japanese anime singer, actor, and voice actor
- Isao Shinohara, (篠原 功）, a Japanese voice actor
- Isao Takagi (功, born 1961), Japanese professional wrestler
- Isao Takahata (勲, born 1935), Japanese anime director
- Isao Tamagawa (伊佐男, 1922–2004), Japanese actor
- Isao Tomita (勲, born 1932), Japanese electronic music composer
- Isao Yamagata (1915–1996), Japanese film actor (fl. 1951 and 1984)
- Isao Yoneda (功, born 1977), Japanese gymnast
- Isao Yukisada (勲, born 1968), Japanese film director
Fictional characters
- Isao Iinuma, the protagonist of the 1969 novel Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima
- Isao Ohta (功), a character in the anime and manga series Mobile Police Patlabor
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