Masato

Masato (written: 正人, 雅人, 理人, 眞人, 聖人, 聖仁, 真人, 典人 or 正外) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008
 * Masato Amada (born 1974), Japanese voice actor
 * Masato Furuoya (古尾谷 雅人), Japanese actor
 * Masato Hagiwara (born 1971), Japanese actor
 * Masato Harada (born 1949), Japanese film director and actor
 * Masato Hatanaka (born 1975), Japanese musician
 * Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese singer and musician
 * Masato Ichishiki (born 1971), author of the SD Gundam comics
 * Masato Ishioka (石岡 正人), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Masato Jinbo (神保 昌登), Japanese anime director and screenwriter
 * Masato Kato (加藤 正人), Japanese game developer and scenario writer
 * Masato Kawabata (born 1977), professional drifting driver
 * Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat
 * Masato Kurogi (born 1989), Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka
 * Masato Mihara (三原 正人), Japanese judoka
 * Masato Morishige (born 1987), Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo
 * Masato Nakamura (born 1958), member of the band Dreams Come True
 * Masato Nakamura (baseball) (中村 真人), Japanese baseball player
 * Masato Nagai a Japanese anime singer
 * Masato Osugi (大杉 誠人), Japanese footballer
 * Masato Saito (斉藤 雅人), Japanese footballer
 * Masato Sakai (born 1973), Japanese actor
 * Masato Sasaki (佐々木 雅人), Japanese footballer
 * Masato Tachibana (橘 典人), Japanese weightlifter
 * Masato Takaki (高木 正人), Japanese sailor
 * Masato Watanabe (渡辺 正人), Japanese baseball player
 * Masato Yokoyama (born 1964), perpetrator of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
 * Masato Yoshii (born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player

Fictional characters

 * Masato (Pokémon), known in English as Max, a character in Pokémon and Ash & Pikachu
 * Masato Inohara, a character in Little Busters!
 * Masato Jin from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
 * Masato Kusaka of Kamen Rider 555
 * Masato Mishima of Kamen Rider Kabuto
 * Masato Sanjouin from Sailor Moon
 * Masato Wakamatsu of Miyuki
 * Masato Yamanobe, a character in the manga Phoenix (Hi no Tori)
 * Masato Hijirikawa, a character from the Uta no Prince-sama series.
 * Masato Kageura, a character in the manga World Trigger.