Iwao

Iwao (written: 巖, 巌, 岩夫, 岩尾, 岩生, 岩男 or 岩雄) is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Emma Haruka Iwao, Japanese computer scientist and cloud developer advocate
 * Junko Iwao (岩男 潤子), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Ken Iwao (岩尾 憲), Japanese footballer
 * Sachimi Iwao (岩尾 幸美), Japanese field hockey player
 * Seiichi Iwao (岩生 成一), Japanese academic, historian and writer
 * Sumiko Iwao (岩男 寿美子), Japanese psychologist, magazine editor and academic

Given name

 * Iwao Ageishi (上石 巌), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Iwao Akiyama (秋山 巌), Japanese printmaker
 * Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢 巌), Japanese diplomat
 * Iwao Hakamada (袴田 巖), Japanese boxer
 * Iwao Horiuchi (堀内 岩雄), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Iwao Matsuda (松田 岩夫), Japanese politician
 * Iwao Matsuda (general) (松田 巌), Japanese general
 * Iwao Nakayama (中山 巌), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Ōyama Iwao (大山 巌), Japanese field marshal
 * Iwao Taka (高 巌), Japanese academic
 * Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007), Japanese-American animator, television producer and film director
 * Iwao Uruma (杉田 和博), Japanese police officer
 * Iwao Yamane (山根 巌), Japanese footballer
 * Iwao Yamawaki (山脇 巌), Japanese photographer

Fictional characters

 * Iwao (Kinnikuman) (イワオ), a character in the manga series Kinnikuman