Masakazu

Masakazu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Imafuku Masakazu (died 1582), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Takeda clan
 * Kobori Masakazu (1579–1647), artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Masakazu Fujiwara (born 1981), Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon
 * Masakazu Fukuda (1972–2000), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Masakazu Imanari (born 1976), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter best known for his leglocks
 * Masakazu Ishiguro (born 1977), Japanese manga artist
 * Masakazu Ito (伊藤 雅和), Japanese cyclist
 * Masakazu Kagiyama (born 1971), Japanese figure skater who is now a coach
 * Masakazu Katsura (born 1962), Japanese manga artist
 * Masakazu Kawabe (1886–1965), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Masakazu Koda (born 1969), former Japanese football player
 * Masakazu Kondō, Japanese shogi player
 * Masakazu Konishi (1933–2020), Japanese biologist
 * Masakazu Morita (born 1972), Japanese voice actor and actor
 * Masakazu Nakai (1900–1952), Japanese aesthetician, film theorist, librarian, and social activist
 * Masakazu Obara (小原 正和), Japanese anime director
 * Masakazu Sekiguchi (born 1953), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
 * Shinagawa Masakazu (1544–1565), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Mōri clan
 * Masakazu Suzuki, retired Japanese football player and manager
 * Masakazu Tamura (born 1943), Japanese film and theatre actor
 * Masakazu Tashiro (born 1988), Japanese football player
 * Masakazu Yoshizawa (1950–2007), Japanese American flautist and musician, known for his mastery of the shakuhachi
 * Masakazu Watanabe, Japanese shogi player
 * Masakazu Yamaguchi (山口 譲司), Japanese manga artist
 * Masakazu Yamazaki (山崎 正和), Japanese writer, literary critic and philosopher

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