Tetsuzō

Tetsuzō

Tetsuzo Shirai (1900–1983), Japanese Theatre director
Pronunciation	tetsɯdzoɯ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tetuzo (Kunrei-shiki) Tetuzo (Nihon-shiki) Tetsuzō, Tetsuzo, Tetsuzou, Tetsuzoh (Hepburn)

Tetsuzō is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Tetsuzō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 鉄三, "iron, three"
• 鉄蔵, "iron, store up"
• 鉄造, "iron, create"
• 哲三, "philosophy,three"
• 哲蔵, "philosophy, store up"
• 哲造, "philosophy, create"
• 徹三, "penetrate, three"

The name can also be written in hiragana てつぞう or katakana テツゾウ.

Notable people with the name

• Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (冬柴 鉄三) (1936–2011), Japanese politician
• Tetsuzo Iwamoto (岩本 徹三) (1916–1955), Japanese World War II flying ace
• Tetsuzo Shirai (白井 鐵造, 1900–1983), Japanese theatre director
• Tetsuzo Tanikawa (谷川 徹三) (1895–1989), Japanese philosopher