Susumu

Susumu

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

Susumu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Susumu Akagi (born 1972) Japanese voice actor
• Susumu Chiba (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
• Susumu Esashika (江刺家 進, born 1937), Japanese bobsledder
• Susumu Fujita (1912–1991), Japanese actor
• Susumu Fukui (born 1947), Japanese Go player
• Susumu Hani (born 1928), Japanese film director
• Susumu Hirano (平野 進, 1910–?), Japanese ice hockey player
• Susumu Hirasawa (born 1954), Japanese progressive-electronic artist
• Susumu Ishii (1924–1991), Japanese criminal
• Susumu Kagawa (香川 征, born 1944), Japanese urologist
• Susumu Kajiyama (born around 1950), Japanese criminal
• Susumu Katsumata (disambiguation), multiple people
• Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), Japanese chemist
• Susumu Kobayashi (小林 晋, born 1973), Japanese sport shooter
• Susumu Kuno (born 1933), Japanese linguist and author
• Susumu Kurobe (born 1939), Japanese actor
• Susumu Matsushima (born 1913), Japanese photographer
• Susumu Matsushita (born 1950), Japanese manga artist.
• Susumu Mochizuki (born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
• Susumu Nikaido (二階堂 進, 1909–2000), Japanese politician
• Susumu Ohno (1928–2000), Japanese American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
• Susumu Ōno (born 1919), Japanese linguist
• Susumu Ojima (born 1953), Japanese entrepreneur
• Susumu Tabuchi (田渕 晋, born 1980), Japanese swimmer
• Susumu Tachi (born 1946), Japanese academic
• Susumu Takahashi (高橋 進, 1920–2001), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Susumu Takano (高野 進, born 1961), Japanese sprinter
• Susumu Terajima (born 1963), Japanese actor
• Tōki Susumu (born 1974), Japanese former sumo wrestler
• Susumu Tonegawa (born 1939), Japanese scientist
• Susumu Watanabe (渡邉 晋, born 1973), Japanese footballer and manager
• Yamazaki Susumu (circa 1833-1868), Japanese spy
• Susumu Yamaguchi (山口 益, 1895–1976), Japanese Buddhist scholar
• Susumu Yanase (born 1950), Japanese politician
• Susumu Yokota (21st century), Japanese composer
• Susumu Yoshikawa (よしかわ 進, born 1950), Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Susumu Hori (堀進 or ホリ・ススム), main character from Mr. Driller
• Susumu Kodai
• Susumu Utada, a character from Machine Robo Rescue
• Susumu Gondawara

See also

• 6925 Susumu, a main-belt asteroid