Shō (given name)

Shō, Sho or Shou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Akiko Yosano (与謝野 晶子, 1878-1942), Japanese author. Her birth name was "Shō Hō" (鳳 志よう)
 * Sho Araki (荒木 翔), Japanese footballer
 * Sho Endo (遠藤 尚), Japanese freestyle skier
 * Sho Kosugi (ショー・コスギ, born 1948), Japanese martial artist and actor
 * Show Hayami (速水 奨, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and singer
 * Sho Hirano (平野 紫耀), Japanese idol and actor
 * Shō Ishikawa (石川 翔), Japanese baseball player
 * Sho Ito (伊藤 翔), Japanese footballer
 * Sho Kimura (木村 翔), Japanese boxer
 * Sho Nakata (中田 翔, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
 * Sun Yat-sen (孫 逸仙, 1866–1925), a.k.a. "Nakayama Shō" (中山 樵)
 * Sho Sakai (坂井 丞), Japanese diver
 * Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, born 1982), Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, and newscaster
 * Sho Shimada (嶋田 翔), stage name Lien, Japanese idol, member of South Korean boy band Mirae
 * Sho Sotodate (外舘 祥), Japanese swimmer
 * Sho Tanaka (田中 翔), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Sho Yano (矢野 祥, born 1991), American child prodigy
 * Shō Kiryūin (鬼龍院 翔, born 1984) Japanese singer and songwriter, member of Japanese rock band Golden Bomber
 * Sho Yonashiro (與那城 奨, born 1995), Japanese idol, member of JO1
 * Sho Watanabe (渡辺翔), Japanese wheelchair racer

Fictional characters

 * Ginzu the Ninja or Sho, a character in Captain Commando video game
 * Sho, a protagonist of the 2002 video game Crimson Sea
 * Syoh from Tuff E Nuff (Dead Dance)
 * Genocide Jack (Genocider Syo), a character in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
 * Shou Amabane, the player character in Burning Rangers
 * Shou Ashikawa, a character in Machine Robo Rescue
 * Shō Fukamachi, the protagonist character of Bio Booster Armor Guyver
 * Sho Hayate, a character in Dengeki Sentai Changeman
 * Shō Kazamatsuri, the main character in Whistle!
 * Syo Kurusu (来栖 翔), main character in Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% and Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions
 * Sho Marufuji (Syrus Truesdale), a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
 * Sho Minamimoto, an antagonist in The World Ends with You video game
 * Sho Minazuki, a fighter in Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold
 * Sho Shinjo, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
 * Sho Takamatsu, a character from The Drifting Classroom
 * Shou Tatsumi, a character in Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
 * Sho Tsukioka (月岡 彰), a character in the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
 * Shou Tucker, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Shō Utsumi (内海 将), a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
 * Shō Kusakabe, a character from the anime and manga series Fire Force
 * Xiao, a playable Anemo character in Genshin Impact, read as Shō (魈) in Japanese