Mitsuo

Mitsuo

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Mitsuo (written: 光男, 光央, 光雄, 光夫, 満男, 満夫, 三男, 三雄, 美津雄, 己津央 or みつお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Mitsuo Aoki (1914–2010), American theologian
• Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, 1902–1976), Japanese naval aviator
• Mitsuo Fujikura, Japanese mixed martial artist
• Mitsuo Fukuda (福田 己津央, born 1960), Japanese anime director
• Mitsuo Harada (born 1964), Japanese golfer
• Mitsuo Hashimoto (director) (橋本 みつお), Japanese anime director
• Mitsuo Hashimoto (manga artist) (はしもと みつお, born 1955), Japanese manga artist
• Mitsuo Horigome (堀米 光男, born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
• Mitsuo Horiuchi (堀内 光雄, born 1930), Japanese politician
• Mitsuo Ikeda (池田 三男, 1935–2002), Japanese sport wrestler
• Mitsuo Iso (磯 光雄, born 1966), Japanese animator and anime director
• Mitsuo Itoh (伊藤 光夫, born 1937), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央, born 1967), Japanese voice actor
• Mitsuo Kagawa (賀川 光夫, 1923–2001), Japanese archaeologist and academic
• Mitsuo Kamata (鎌田 光夫, born 1937), Japanese footballer and manager
• Mitsuo Kato (加藤 光雄, born 1953), Japanese footballer
• Mitsuo Matayoshi (又吉 光雄, born 1944), Japanese activist
• Mitsuo Mitani (三谷 光男, born 1959), Japanese politician
• Mitsuo Momota (百田 光雄, born 1948), Japanese professional wrestler
• Mitsuo Nakamura (中村 光夫, 1911–1988), pen-name of Koba Ichiro, Japanese writer
• Mitsuo Nakanishi (中西 光雄, born 1948), Japanese sprint canoeist
• Mitsuo Ogasawara (小笠原 満男, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Mitsuo Sanami (佐波 光男, born 1937), Japanese sport shooter
• Mitsuo Senda (千田 光男, 1940–2023), Japanese voice actor
• Mitsuo Shindō (信藤 三雄, born 1948), Japanese art, film and music director
• Taketani Mitsuo (武谷 三男, 1911–2000), Japanese physicist
• Mitsuo Tatsukawa (達川 光男, born 1955), Japanese baseball player
• Mitsuo Terada (寺田 光男, born 1968), Tsunku (ja:つんく♂)'s real name, a prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist
• Mitsuo Tsukahara (塚原 光男, born 1947), Japanese artistic gymnast
• Mitsuo Watanabe (渡辺 三男, born 1953), Japanese footballer
• Mitsuo Yamada (山田 満夫, born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Mitsuo Yamane (山根 三雄, born 1924), Japanese sport shooter
• Mitsuo Yanagimachi (柳町 光男, born 1945), Japanese screenwriter and film director
• Mitsuo Yoshikawa (吉川 光夫, born 1988), Japanese baseball player