Tetsuo (given name)

Tetsuo (written: 哲夫, 哲男, 哲雄 or 鉄夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Tetsuo Hara (原 哲夫), Japanese manga artist
 * Tetsuo Imai (今井 哲夫), Japanese middle-distance runner
 * Tetsuo Inoue (井上 哲夫), Japanese table tennis player
 * Tetsuo Kagawa (香川 哲男), Japanese astronomer
 * Tetsuo Kutsukake (沓掛 哲男), Japanese politician
 * Tetsuo Najita (奈地田 哲夫), American historian
 * Tetsuo Saito (斉藤 鉄夫), Japanese politician
 * Tetsuo Sakurai (櫻井 哲夫), Japanese jazz fusion bassist
 * Tetsuo Sato (rower) (佐藤 哲夫), Japanese rower
 * Tetsuo Satō (volleyball) (佐藤 哲夫), Japanese volleyball player
 * Tetsuo Shinohara (篠原 哲雄), Japanese film director
 * Tetsuo Toyama (当山 哲夫, 1883–1971), Okinawan journalist

Fictional characters

 * Tetsuo Kaga (加賀 鉄男), a character in the manga series Hikaru no Go
 * Tetsuo Okita, a character in the film The Bullet Train
 * Tetsuo Shima (島 鉄雄), a character in the manga series Akira
 * Tetsuo Sinkkonen, a character in the film Vares: Private Eye
 * Tetsuo Takahashi (高橋 鉄男), protagonist of the manga series Interviews with Monster Girls
 * Tetsuo Nikaido, Main Antagonist of Yakuza: Dead Souls
 * Tetsuo Takeda, a character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal