Isamu

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: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 勇, "courage" or "bravery"
 * 勲, "merit"
 * 敢, "gallantry"
 * 武, "war"

People

 * Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, 1929–2021), Japanese scientist
 * Isamu Chō (長 勇, 1895–1945), Japanese general
 * Isamu Fujisawa (藤澤 勇), Japanese racewalker
 * Isamu Imakake, director of Captain Tsubasa
 * Isamu Imoto (井本 勇), Japanese politician
 * Isamu Kosugi (小杉 勇), Japanese actor and film director
 * Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, 1904–1988), Japanese-American artist and landscape architect
 * Isamu Sekiguchi (関口 勇), Japanese skier
 * Isamu Shibayama (1930-2018), Peruvian-American civil rights activist
 * Isamu Sonoyama (園山 勇, 1848–1921), Japanese politician
 * 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
 * Isamu Yamamoto (山本 勇, born 2003), Japanese freestyle skateboarder

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
 * Isamu Kurogane, a character from the Beast King GoLion series
 * Isamu Kenmochi (剣持 勇), a character from The Kindaichi Case Files
 * Abe Isamu, a character in Into the Breach