Mao (given name)

Mao (written: 真央, 真緒, 真桜, 麻央, 麻緒 or 万桜) is a feminine Japanese given name. People with the name include:


 * Mao Abe (阿部 真央), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Mao Asada (浅田 真央), Japanese figure skater
 * Mao Daichi (大地 真央), Japanese actress
 * Mao Denda (傳田 真央), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Mao Fujita (藤田 真央), Japanese male pianist
 * Mao Hamasaki (浜崎真緒), former Japanese adult actress and discjockey
 * Mao Hosoya (細谷 真大), Japanese male footballer
 * Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央), Japanese actress and voice actress
 * Mao Ichiyama (一山 麻緒), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Mao Inoue (井上 真央), Japanese actress
 * Mao Ishigaki (石垣 真央), Japanese curler
 * Mao Ishikawa (石川 真生), Okinawan photographer and activist
 * Mao Izumi (泉 真生), Japanese judoka
 * Mao Kiyota (清田 真央), Japanese long distance runner
 * Mao Kobayashi (actress) (小林 麻央), Japanese actress
 * Mao Kobayashi (footballer) (小林 真鷹), Japanese football player
 * Mao Kobayashi (Japanese idol) (小林 万桜), Japanese junior idol
 * Mao Kunii (born 1996), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
 * Mao Kurata (倉多まお), Japanese adult actress
 * Mao Miyaji (宮地 真緒), Japanese actress
 * Mao Murakami (村上 真魚), Japanese J-pop dancer
 * Mao Saigo (西郷 真央), Japanese professional golfer
 * Mao Shimada (島田 麻央), Japanese figure skater

Other people

 * Mao Zeming (b. 1963), Papua New Guinean politician

Fictional characters

 * Mao (マオ), a Geass-user in the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
 * Mao Jahana (謝花 真央), a female character in the anime series Blood+
 * Mao (猫（マオ）), a character in the anime and manga series Darker than Black
 * Mao (マオ), a character in the video game Shadow Hearts: From The New World
 * Mao (マオ), a character in the video game Tales of Rebirth
 * Mao (マオ), the main character in the video game Disgaea 3
 * Mao (マオ), a character in the video game Shining Wind
 * Mao, a character in the film Marock, played by Assaad Bouab
 * Mao Mao, a character in the video game Aero Fighters
 * Sadao Mao (真奥 貞夫), aka Satan, the main protagonist of the anime The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
 * Mao Nonosaka (野々坂 まお), a secondary character of the anime "The Future Diary" or also known as "Mirai Nikki".
 * Mao Kamitsuki, a character from the fictional idol group Apricot Regulus
 * Mao Onigawara, a character in the anime series Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan
 * Mao Otoha (音羽 舞桜), the main character from the Data Carddass arcade collectable card game and Anime/Tokusatsu, Aikatsu Planet!