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Yasuo
2026-11-15 21:03:07 · The Daily Ledger
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
, Japanese snowboarder
, the 58th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008
, Japanese film director
, formerly the chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corporation
, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
, Japanese voice actor
, Japanese speed skater
, Japanese swimmer
, Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai
, professional Go player
, Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker
, Japanese children's book author
Yasuo Matsui (ヤスオ・マツイ, 1877–1962), Japanese-American architect
, Japanese sport wrestler
, Japanese racewalker
, Japanese bobsledder
, Japanese animator
, the Ambassador of Japan to the Russian Federation
, Japanese football player
, Japanese swimmer
, former Japanese football player and manager
, founder and former chairman of Takefuji consumer finance group
Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
, Japanese sport wrestler
, Japanese voice actor
, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
, Japanese philosopher of religion
Fictional characters
Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a character from League of Legends
References
Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names