Kazuo

Kazuo is a male first name of Japanese origin. ENAMDICT knows over one hundred spellings.

With the kanji和 男or和 夫it means " peace " (Japanese和) and " man " (男or夫). A feminine form to Kazuo is Kazuko. Well-known bearers of the name are:

• Fukumoto Kazuo (1894-1983), Japanese Communist theorist
• Kazuo Inamori ( born 1932 ), Japanese entrepreneurs
• Kazuo Katase ( b. 1947 ), Japanese artist
• Kazuo Shii (born 1954 ), Japanese politician

Bearer of the name Kazuo other spellings and meanings are:

• 一夫 Kazuo Hirai ( born 1960 ), Japanese managers
• Kazuo Koike ( b. 1936 ), Japanese comic and screenwriter

• Kazuo Nakanishi (1922-2003), leader of the Yakuza and Yamaguchi - gumi
• Kazuo Shinohara (1925-2006), Japanese architect of late modernity
• Kazuo Soda ( born 1930 ), Japanese peace activist

• Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954 ), British author of Japanese origin
• Ōno Kazuo (1906-2010), Japanese dancer and co-founder of expressive dance Butoh
• Kazuo Umezu ( b. 1936 ), Japanese manga artist
• Kazuo Taoka (1913-1981), leader of the Yakuza and Yamaguchi - gumi

• Kazuo Ozaki ( born 1960 ), former Japanese football player

• Kazuo Inoue ( born 1981 ), Japanese street racing cyclist