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Isao Pronunciation í-sá-ó Gender Male Language(s)
Japanese Meaning It can have many different meanings depending on the
kanji used.
Isao (いさお, イサオ ) is a masculine
Japanese given name which was popular during the
Shōwa period .
Possible writings
Isao can be written using different
kanji characters and can mean:
功, "achievement"
勲, "meritorious"
績, "exploits"
公, "public"
勇男, "brave, man"
勇夫, "brave, man"
勇雄, "brave, masculine"
伊佐夫
伊佐雄
伊三男
The name can also be written in
hiragana or
katakana .
People with the name
Isao Abe (阿部 功 , 1912–1980) , Japanese hammer thrower
Isao Aoki (功, born 1942), Japanese professional golfer
Isao Asai (浅井 功 , born 1942) , Japanese ice hockey player
Isao Harimoto (勲, born 1940), Zainichi Korean professional baseball player
Isao Hashizume (功, born 1941), Japanese actor
Isao Hayashi (林 伊佐緒 , 1912–1995) , Japanese singer and composer
Isao Homma (born 1981), Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata
Isao Inokuma (功, 1938–2001), Japanese judoka
Isao Iwabuchi (born 1933), Japanese Olympic football player
Isao Kakihara (垣原 功 , born 1944) , Japanese ice hockey player
Isao Kawabuchi (河淵 勲 , born 1936) , Japanese ice hockey player
Isao Kikuchi (born 1921), American graphic designer, painter, carver, illustrator
Isao Kimura (功, 1923–1981), Japanese actor
Isao Kubota (born 1983), Japanese footballer who plays for Samut Songkhram
Isao Kuraishi (倉石 功 , born 1944) , Japanese actor
Isao Matsumiya , Japanese politician
Isao Matsuoka (功, born 1934), Chairman of Toho
Isao Morishita (森下 勲 ) , Japanese motorcycle racer
Isao Nakajima (中島 功 , born 1941) , Japanese swimmer
Isao Nakauchi (功, 1922–2005), founder of Daiei
Isao Obata (1904–1976), pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate
Isao Okano (功, born 1944), Japanese judoka
Isao Okawa (功, 1926–2001), former Chairman of Sega
Isao Okazaki (功, 1920–2006), Japanese right-wing activist
Isao Ono (小野 悳 , born 1933) , Japanese ice hockey player
Isao Sasaki , (功, Japanese anime singer, actor, and voice actor
Isao Shinohara , (篠原 功), Japanese voice actor
Isao Takagi (高木 功 , born 1961) , Japanese professional wrestler
Isao Takahata (勲, 1935–2018), Japanese anime director
Isao Tamagawa (伊佐男, 1922–2004), Japanese actor
Isao Tomita (勲, born 1932), Japanese electronic music composer
Isao Yamada (山田 勇男 , born 1952) , Japanese film director
Isao Yamagata (1915–1996), Japanese film actor (fl. 1951 and 1984)
Isao Yamagishi (山岸 勲 , born 1966) , Japanese diver
Isao Yoneda (功, born 1977), Japanese gymnast
Isao Yukisada (勲, born 1968), Japanese film director
Fictional characters
Isao, a character in the manga series
How to Keep a Mummy
Isao Iinuma , protagonist of the novel Runaway Horses
Isao Ohta (功), a character in the anime and manga series Mobile Police Patlabor
Kondo Isao, a character in the anime and manga series
Gin Tama