Matsuoka Explained

Matsuoka
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ja/
Meaning:	: Pine tree : Hill
Region:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

Matsuoka (written: or lit. "pine tree hill") is a Japanese surname.

Matsuoka is the 142nd most common name in Japan as of 2014, belonging to approximately 1 out of 865 people, or 141,900 individuals. It is most prevalent in Osaka, with the highest percentage per capita in Kochi and Kumamoto prefectures.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

(Names are listed by field, alphabetically by given name in the western convention of given-name, surname for clarity.)

Academics

• , Japanese philanthropist and cultural ambassador
• Hiroyuki Matsuoka (born c. 1956), Japanese professor of infection and immunity
• , Japanese baron and economics professor
• , birth name of Kunio Yanagita, Japanese scholar and folklorist
• , Japanese computer scientist
• , Japanese noh scholar
• , Japanese naval officer, linguist, and ethnologist
• Japanese Confucianist and herbalist
• Yoko Matsuoka McClain (1924–2011), Japanese-born American professor of language and literature
• Yoky Matsuoka (born 1972), American computer scientist

Arts and entertainment

• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese film studio executive
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese rakugoka known as Danshi Tatekawa
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese mystery writer
• , Japanese television executive
• Kent Matsuoka (born 1974), American film producer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese actress and musician
• , Japanese actor and musician
• , Japanese actress
• Mei Matsuoka (born 1981), Japanese-English illustrator and writer
• , Japanese musician
• Mona Matsuoka (born 1998), American fashion model
• , Japanese musician
• Takashi Matsuoka (born 1954), American writer
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese voice actor
• , better known as Aka Plu, Japanese comedian

Politics

• , Japanese Bakufu loyalist
• , Japanese wife of Eisaku Satō
• , Japanese politician and labor activist
• , Japanese political activist
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese baron and politician
• , Japanese diplomat and politician

Sports and martial arts

• , Japanese cross-country skier
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese martial arts master
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese women's basketball player
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese volleyball player

Others

• , Japanese Go player
• , Japanese Shinto priest
• Japanese Catholic Bishop
• Japanese guitar maker
• Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist
• , Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher
• , Japanese mob boss

Fictional characters

• Kenjiro Matsuoka, a character in the video game Killer7
• , a character in the manga series Strawberry Marshmallow
• , a character in the anime series Free!

Notes and References

1. Web site: Name Search . sijisuru.com . 16 May 2020.