Kazuo

Japanese

"first son or harmonious man"

Kazuo Origin and Meaning

The name Kazuo is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning "first son or harmonious man".

Kazuo is a boys' name well-used in Japan though not well-known in the U.S. Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. The emphasis is on the first syllable.

Kazuo Rank in US Top 1000

# 970 in the US

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Famous People Named Kazuo

• Kazuo Ishiguro Japanese,British novelist
• Kazuo Koike Japanese manga writer
• Kazuo Aoki Japanese government minister during the Second Sino,Japanese War, and into World War II
• Kazuo Chiba (born 1940) aikido
• Kazuo Harada (died 1998) anime producer, audio director, and sound effects director
• Kazuo Hirai (平井一夫 born 1964), President/CEO of Sony Computer
• Kazuo Hashimoto late Japanese inventor of Caller ID and the telephone answering machine, including the ansafone.
• Kazuo Hirotsu (1891–1968) Japanese novelist and literary critic active in the Showa period of Japan
• Kazuo Ichinohe (born 1941) Japanese voice actor (stage name Shin Aomori)
• Kazuo Inamori (born 1932) Japanese businessman
• Kazuo Kitagawa (北側一雄 born 1953), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi
• Kazuo Komizu (born 1946) Japanese film director
• Kazuo Kubokawa (窪川一雄 1903–1943), astronomer
• Kazuo Matsui (松井稼頭央 born 1975), baseball player
• Kazuo Misaki (born 1976) Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former judoka
• Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川一夫 1908–1999), cinematographer
• Kazuo Mizutani (水谷和夫) Chief of Staff of Japanese Imperial Guard during the close of World War II
• Kazuo Nakanishi (1922–2003) briefly the leader of the Yamaguchi,gumi yakuza syndicate in the chaotic years of the Yama,Ichi War
• Kazuo Ohno (1906–2010) Japanese dancer associated with Butoh
• Kazuo Oka (born 1948) Japanese voice actor
• Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男 1918–1999), first prisoner of war held by the USA in World War II
• Kazuo Sakurada (born 1948) known as Mr. Sakurada) retired Japanese professional wrestler.
• Kazuo Taoka (田岡一雄 1913–1981), Godfather of the Yamaguchi,gumi yakuza syndicate
• Kazuo Umezu (楳図かずお born 1936), horror manga author
• Kazuo Watanabe (渡辺和郎 born 1955), astronomer
• Kazuo Yamada (1912–1991) Japanese conductor

Kazuo in Pop Culture

• Kazuo Sakurai character from "Ajin: Demi,Human"
• Kazuo Kiriyama character in book/film Battle Royale
• Kazuo Nakano character in manga series Kinnikuman
• Kazuo Saki brother of Shredder in animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Kazuo Uzuki fictional baseball player that Topps created as an April Fools' Day hoax