Yasuo

Yasuo is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yasuo can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 安雄, "tranquil, male"
 * 安男, "tranquil, man"
 * 安夫, "tranquil, husband"
 * 安生, "tranquil; life"
 * 保夫, "preserve, husband"
 * 康郎, "healthy, son"
 * 靖男, "peaceful, man"
 * 泰雄, "peaceful, male"
 * 八洲夫, "eight, continent, husband."

The name can also be written in hiragana やすお or katakana ヤスオ.

People with the name

 * Yasuo Aiuchi (相内 康夫), Japanese snowboarder
 * Yasuo Fukuda (福田 康夫), the 58th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008
 * Yasuo Furuhata (降旗 康男), Japanese film director
 * Yasuo Hamanaka (浜中 泰男), formerly the chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corporation
 * Yasuo Ichikawa (一川 保夫), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
 * Yasuo Iwata (岩田 安生), Japanese voice actor
 * Yasuo Kawamura (河村 泰男), Japanese speed skater
 * Yasuo Kitamura (北村 康雄), Japanese swimmer
 * Yasuo Kobayashi (小林 保雄), Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai
 * Yasuo Koyama (小山 靖男), professional Go player
 * Yasuo Kuniyoshi (国吉 康雄1893–1953), Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker
 * Yasuo Maekawa (前川 康男), Japanese children's book author
 * Yasuo Matsui (ヤスオ・マツイ, 1877–1962), Japanese-American architect
 * Yasuo Nagatomo (長友 寧雄), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Yasuo Naito (内藤 靖雄), Japanese racewalker
 * Yasuo Nakamura (中村 康夫), Japanese bobsledder
 * Yasuo Otsuka (大塚 康生), Japanese animator
 * Yasuo Saito (diplomat) (齋藤 泰雄), the Ambassador of Japan to the Russian Federation
 * Yasuo Suzuki (鈴木 保男), Japanese football player
 * Yasuo Takada (高田 康雄), Japanese swimmer
 * Yasuo Takamori (高森 泰男), former Japanese football player and manager
 * Yasuo Takei (武井 保雄), founder and former chairman of Takefuji consumer finance group
 * Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yasuo Watanabe (渡辺 保夫), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Yasuo Yamada (山田 康雄), Japanese voice actor
 * Yasuo Yamashita (山下 八洲夫), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
 * Yasuo Yuasa (湯浅 泰雄), Japanese philosopher of religion

Fictional characters

 * Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a character from League of Legends