Masako

Masako

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

Masako (雅子, 真沙子 or まさこ) is a female Japanese given name. People named Masako include the following:

Living people

• Crown Princess Masako of Japan (皇太子妃雅子殿下, Kōtaishihi Masako denka)
• Masako Chiba (千葉真子, Chiba Masako), a long distance runner
• Masako Ikeda (池田昌子, Ikeda Masako), a voice actress
• Masako Kato (加藤雅子, Katō Masako), a figure skater
• Masako Katsuki (勝生真沙子, Katsuki Masako), a voice actress
• Masako Miura (三浦雅子, Miura Masako), a voice actress
• Masako Mori (singer) (森昌子, Mori Masako, born 1958), an enka singer
• Masako Mori (politician) (森雅子, Mori Masako), a politician
• Masako Nozawa (野沢雅子, Nozawa Masako), a voice actress
• Masako Okawara (大河原雅子, Ōkawara Masako), a politician
• Masako Sen (千容子, Sen Masako), former princess of Japan and daughter of Prince Mikasa
• Masako Usui (笛吹雅子, Usui Masako), a Nippon Television announcer
• Masako Watanabe (わたなべまさこ, Watanabe Masako), a manga artist
• Masako Hozumi (穂積 雅子, born 1986), Japanese Olympic speed skater
• Masako Ishida (born 1980), Japanese cross country skier
• Masako Sugaya (born 1937), Japanese voice actor
• Masako Jō (born 1978), Japanese voice actor
• MasakoX, Internet personality, voice actor.

Historic figures

• Princess Nashimoto Masako of Japan (梨本宮方子女王, Nashimono-no miya Masako Joou), later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
• Princess Masako (恒久王妃昌子内親王, Tsunehisa Ōhi Masako naishinnō), (30 September 1888 – 8 March 1940), 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
• Lady Hōjō Masako (北条 政子), later known as the "Nun Shogun" (尼将軍, Ama shōgun)
• Minamoto Masako (源晶子), (1552–1589), a posthumously given name to Lady Saigo, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
• Tokugawa Masako (徳川和子), 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
• Masako Natsume (夏目雅子, Natsume Masako), Japanese actress
• Masako Katsura (1913–1995), carom billiards player

Fictional characters

• Masako Kaneko
• Colonel Masako, main antagonist in the video-game Red Faction