Shō (given name) explained
| Shō |
| Gender: | Male (with a few exceptions) |
| Origin: | Japanese |
Shō, Sho or Shou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Akiko Yosano (与謝野 晶子, 1878-1942), Japanese author. Her birth name was "Shō Hō" (鳳 志よう)
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese freestyle skier
- Sho Kosugi (ショー・コスギ, born 1948), Japanese martial artist and actor
- Show Hayami (速水 奨, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and singer
- , Japanese idol and actor
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese boxer
- Sho Nakata (中田 翔, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
- Sun Yat-sen (孫 逸仙, 1866–1925), a.k.a. "Nakayama Shō" (中山 樵)
- , Japanese diver
- Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, born 1982), Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, and newscaster
- , stage name Lien, Japanese idol, member of South Korean boy band Mirae
- , Japanese swimmer
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- Sho Yano (矢野 祥, born 1991), American child prodigy
- Shō Kiryūin (鬼龍院 翔, born 1984) Japanese singer and songwriter, member of Japanese rock band Golden Bomber
- Sho Yonashiro (與那城 奨, born 1995), Japanese idol, member of JO1
- Sho Watanabe (渡辺翔), Japanese wheelchair racer
Fictional characters
- Ginzu the Ninja or Sho, a character in Captain Commando video game
- Sho, a protagonist of the 2002 video game Crimson Sea
- Syoh from Tuff E Nuff (Dead Dance)
- Genocide Jack (Genocider Syo), a character in
- Shou Amabane, the player character in Burning Rangers
- Shou Ashikawa, a character in Machine Robo Rescue
- Shō Fukamachi, the protagonist character of Bio Booster Armor Guyver
- Sho Hayate, a character in Dengeki Sentai Changeman
- Shō Kazamatsuri, the main character in Whistle!
- Syo Kurusu (来栖 翔), main character in , Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% and Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions
- Sho Marufuji (Syrus Truesdale), a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Sho Minamimoto, an antagonist in The World Ends with You video game
- Sho Minazuki, a fighter in
- Sho Shinjo, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- Sho Takamatsu, a character from The Drifting Classroom
- Shou Tatsumi, a character in Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
- Sho Tsukioka (月岡 彰), a character in the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
- Shou Tucker, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist
- , a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
- Shō Kusakabe, a character from the anime and manga series Fire Force
- Xiao, a playable Anemo character in Genshin Impact, read as in Japanese
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