Osamu Explained

Osamu
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Origin:	Japanese

is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 治 "reign"
• 修 "discipline"
• 理 "logic"
• 収 "obtain"
• 紀 "chronicle"
• 統 "rule"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• , Japanese baseball player and coach
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese former football player
• , Japanese author
• , Japanese anime director
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese physicist, phonetician and linguist
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese cinematographer
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese former professional baseball player
• , Japanese biochemist, physiologist and military physician
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese television personality
• , Japanese former baseball player
• , Japanese former footballer
• , Mongolian-born Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese director and stuntman
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese musician, producer and composer
• , Japanese animator and animation director
• , Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanical designer and animation director
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese former alpine skier
• , Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot
• , Japanese basketball coach
• , Japanese former football player
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese business executive
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese professional wrestler better known as El Samurai
• , Japanese professional baseball player and manager
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese former professional racing driver
• , Japanese-American photographer
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese kickboxing promoter
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese former rugby union player and coach
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese artist, photographer and composer
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist
• , Japanese economist
• , Japanese comedian and television presenter
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese ceramist
• , Japanese television writer, screenwriter, lyricist and tarento
• , Japanese alpine skier
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese former football player
• , Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator
• , Japanese lawyer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese former football player
• , Japanese freestyle skier
• , Japanese politician
• , Canadian-Japanese professional ice hockey player
• , Japanese retired freestyle wrestler
• , Japanese freestyle skier
• , Japanese lawyer and politician
• , Japanese lyricist

Fictional characters

• , a character in the anime and manga Bungo Stray Dogs
• , a character in the video game series Yakuza
• , a character in the anime series Kamisama Kazoku
• , a character in the tokusatsu series Moero!! Robocon
• Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga Loveless
• , a character in the anime and manga World Trigger
• , a character in the anime and manga Haikyu!!
• , a character in the anime and manga series Ao no Orchestra

See also

• 11930 Osamu, a main-belt asteroid
• "Osamu's Birthday", a 1967 song on The United States of America's album Hard Coming Love