Masako
Gender | Female |
---|---|
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Masako (written: 雅子, 正子, 真沙子 or まさこ in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Empress Masako of Japan (雅子皇后)
- Princess Masako (恒久王妃昌子内親王), (1888–1940), 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
- Masako Chiba (千葉 真子), Japanese long-distance runner
- (born 1945), Japanese voice actress
- Masako Hachisuka (蜂須賀 正子, born 1941), Japanese linguist
- Masako Hayashi (林 雅子, 1928–2001), Japanese architect
- Hōjō Masako (北条 政子), later known as the "Nun Shogun"
- Masako Hozumi (穂積 雅子, born 1986), Japanese speed skater
- Masako Ikeda (池田 昌子), Japanese voice actress
- Masako Ishida (born 1980), Japanese cross-country skier
- Masako Jō (born 1978), Japanese voice actor
- Masako Katsura (1913–1995), Japanese carom billiards player
- Masako Kato (加藤 雅子), Japanese figure skater
- Masako Katsuki (勝生 真沙子), Japanese voice actress
- Masako Kisaki (木崎 ���子, born 1943), Japanese middle-distance runner
- Minamoto Masako (源 晶子), (1552–1589), posthumous name of Lady Saigō, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Masako Miura (三浦 雅子), a voice actress
- Masako Mori (singer) (森 昌子, born 1958), Japanese enka singer
- Masako Mori (politician) (森 雅子), Japanese politician
- Masako Nakata (中田 正子, 1910–2002), Japanese lawyer
- Princess Nashimoto Masako of Japan (梨本宮方子女王), later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
- Masako Natsume (夏目 雅子), Japanese actress
- Masako Nozawa (野沢 雅子, born 1936), Japanese voice actress
- Masako Okawara (大河原 雅子), Japanese politician
- Masako Sato (field hockey) (佐藤 雅子, born 1987), Japanese field hockey player
- Masako Sato (ice hockey) (佐藤 雅子, born 1973), Japanese ice hockey player
- Masako Seki (関 正子, died 2019), Japanese table tennis player
- Masako Sen (千 容子), former princess of Japan and daughter of Prince Mikasa
- Masako Sugaya (born 1937), Japanese voice actor
- Tokugawa Masako (徳川 和子), 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
- Masako Usui (笛吹 雅子), Japanese announcer
- Masako Watanabe (わたなべ まさこ), Japanese manga artist
- Masako Yoshida (吉田 雅子), Japanese women's footballer
Fictional characters[]
- Masako Kaneko
- Colonel Masako, main antagonist in the video-game Red Faction
- Lady Masako Adachi, a character in the video-game Ghost of Tsushima
- Masako Garmadon, a character from series
See also[]
- MasakoX, Internet personality and voice actor
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese feminine given names