Isamu

Isamu

Pronunciation	Í-sá-m(ú)
Gender	Male
Origin
Region of origin	Japanese

Isamu (いさむ, イサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Isamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 勇, "courage" or "bravery"
• 勲, "merit"
• 敢, "gallantry"
• 武, "war"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, born 1929), Japanese scientist
• Isamu Chō (長 勇, 1895–1945), Japanese general
• Isamu Imakake, director of Captain Tsubasa
• Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, 1904–1988), Japanese-American artist and landscape architect
• Isamu Takeshita (1869–1949), Japanese Imperial Navy admiral
• Isamu Tanonaka (田の中勇, 1932–2010), Japanese voice actor
• Yoshii Isamu (吉井勇, 1886–1960), Japanese poet and playwright
• Isamu Yamada or Knock Yokoyama (山田勇, 1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician
• Isamu Sonoda (born 1946), retired judoka who competed in the middleweight (-80 kg) division

Fictional characters

• Isamu Nakane, a character in Obasan
• Isamu Alva Dyson, a character in Macross anime
• Isamu Ozu, a character in tokusatsu show Mahou Sentai Magiranger
• Isamu Nitta, a character in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne video game
• Take Isamu, the protagonist of the manga Buyuden
• Doll Isamu, a character in Super Doll Licca-chan
• Isamu Akai, a character from the Pocket Monsters manga