Tadao

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Tadao

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

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:

• Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, born 1941), Japanese architect
• Aoyama Tadao (青山 忠雄, 1651–1685), Japanese daimyō
• Tadao Baba (馬場 忠雄, born 1944), Japanese motorcycle engineer
• Tadao Chino (千野 忠男, 1934–2008), Japanese banker
• Tadao Higuchi (樋口 忠男, 1916–1992), Japanese photographer
• Tadao Horie (堀江 忠男, 1913–2003), Japanese footballer and manager
• Tadao Ikeda (池田 忠雄, 1905–1964), Japanese screenwriter and film director
• Tadao Kasami (嵩 忠雄, 1930–2007), Japanese information theorist
• Tadao Kikumoto (菊本忠男), Japanese inventor and engineer
• Tadao Kitajima (北島 忠雄, born 1966), Japanese shogi player
• Tadao Kobayashi (小林 忠生, born 1930), Japanese footballer and manager
• Tadao Mitome (三留 理男, born 1938), Japanese photographer
• Tadao Nagahama (長浜 忠夫, 1936–1980), Japanese anime director
• Tadao Nakamura (born 1947), Japanese golfer
• Tadao Oda (小田 忠雄, born 1940), Japanese mathematician
• Tadao Onishi (大西 忠生, 1943–2006), Japanese footballer
• Tadao Sato (佐藤 忠男, born 1930), Japanese film critic and theorist
• Tadao Sawai (沢井 忠夫, 1938–1997), Japanese musician
• Shizuki Tadao (志筑 忠雄, 1760–1806), Japanese astronomer and translator
• Tadao Takayama (高山 忠雄, 1904–1980), Japanese footballer
• Tadao Tannaka (淡中 忠郎, 1908–1986), Japanese mathematician
• Tadao Tominari (冨成 忠夫, 1919–1992), Japanese photographer
• Tadao Tomomatsu, American actor
• Tadao Tosa (土佐 忠雄, born 1942), Japanese diver
• Tadao Uchikoshi (打越 忠夫, born 1965), Japanese long-distance runner
• Tadao Uesako (上迫 忠夫, 1921–1986), Japanese gymnast
• Tadao Umesao (梅棹 忠夫, 1920–2010), Japanese anthropologist
• Tadao Watanabe (渡辺 忠雄, 1898–1980), Japanese politician
• Tadao Yanaihara (矢内原 忠雄, 1893–1961), Japanese economist and academic
• Tadao Yasuda (安田 忠夫, born 1963), Japanese sumo and professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Tadao Hiiragi (柊 ただお), a character in the manga series Lucky Star
• Tadao Yokoshima (横島 忠夫), a character in the manga series Ghost Sweeper Mikami