Masako

Masako (written: 雅子, 正子, 真沙子, 真子 or まさこ in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Empress Masako of Japan (雅子皇后)
 * Princess Masako (恒久王妃昌子内親王), (1888–1940), 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
 * Masako Chiba (千葉 真子), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Masako Ebisu (恵比寿 まさ子), Japanese voice actress
 * Masako Hachisuka (蜂須賀 正子), Japanese linguist
 * Masako Hayashi (林 雅子), Japanese architect
 * Hōjō Masako (北条 政子), later known as the "Nun Shogun"
 * Masako Hozumi (穂積 雅子), Japanese speed skater
 * Masako Ikeda (池田 昌子), Japanese voice actress
 * Masako Ishida (石田 正子), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Masako Jō (城 雅子), Japanese voice actress
 * Masako Kato (加藤 雅子), Japanese figure skater
 * Masako Katsuki (勝生 真沙子), Japanese voice actress
 * Masako Katsura (桂 マサ子), Japanese carom billiards player
 * Masako Kisaki (木崎 正子), Japanese middle-distance runner
 * Minamoto Masako (源 晶子), (1552–1589), posthumous name of Lady Saigō, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Masako Miura (三浦 雅子), a voice actress
 * Masako Mori (politician) (森 まさこ), Japanese politician
 * Masako Mori (singer) (森 昌子), Japanese enka singer and former 1970s idol
 * Masako Mori (writer) (森 真沙子), Japanese novelist
 * Masako Nakata (中田 正子), Japanese lawyer
 * Princess Nashimoto Masako of Japan (梨本宮方子女王), later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
 * Masako Natsume (夏目 雅子), Japanese actress
 * Masako Nozawa (野沢 雅子), Japanese voice actress
 * Masako Okawara (大河原 雅子), Japanese politician
 * Masako Sato (field hockey) (佐藤 雅子), Japanese field hockey player
 * Masako Sato (ice hockey) (佐藤 雅子), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Masako Seki (関 正子), Japanese table tennis player
 * Masako Sen (千 容子), former princess of Japan and daughter of Prince Mikasa
 * Masako Sugaya (菅谷 政子), Japanese voice actress
 * Tokugawa Masako (徳川 和子), 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
 * Masako Usui (笛吹 雅子), Japanese announcer
 * Masako Watanabe (わたなべ まさこ), Japanese manga artist
 * Masako Yoshida (吉田 雅子), Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

 * Masako Kaneko
 * Colonel Masako, main antagonist in the video-game Red Faction
 * Lady Masako Adachi, a character in the video-game Ghost of Tsushima
 * Masako Garmadon, a character from LEGO Ninjago series