Isao
Isao is a masculine Japanese given name which was popular during the Shōwa period.
Written forms
Isao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 功, "achievement"
- 勲, "meritorious"
- 績, "exploits"
- 公, "public"
- 勇男, "brave, man"
- 勇夫, "brave, man"
- 勇雄, "brave, masculine"
- 伊佐夫
- 伊佐雄
- 伊三男
People with the name
- Isao Abe, Japanese hammer thrower
- Isao Aoki, Japanese professional golfer
- Isao Asai, Japanese ice hockey player
- Isao Harimoto, Zainichi Korean professional baseball player
- Isao Hashizume, Japanese actor
- Isao Hayashi, Japanese singer and composer
- Isao Homma, Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata
- Isao Inokuma, Japanese judoka
- Isao Iwabuchi, Japanese Olympic football player
- Isao Kakihara, Japanese ice hockey player
- Isao Kawabuchi, Japanese ice hockey player
- Isao Kikuchi, American graphic designer, painter, carver, illustrator
- Isao Kimura, Japanese actor
- Isao Kubota, Japanese footballer who plays for Samut Songkhram
- Isao Kuraishi, Japanese actor
- Isao Matsumiya, Japanese politician
- Isao Matsuoka, Chairman of Toho
- Isao Morishita, Japanese motorcycle racer
- Isao Nakajima, Japanese swimmer
- Isao Nakauchi, founder of Daiei
- Isao Obata, pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate
- Isao Okano, Japanese judoka
- Isao Okawa, former Chairman of Sega
- Isao Okazaki, Japanese right-wing activist
- Isao Ono, Japanese ice hockey player
- Isao Sasaki,, Japanese anime director
- Isao Tamagawa, Japanese actor
- Isao Tomita, Japanese electronic music composer
- Isao Yamada, Japanese film director
- Isao Yamagata, Japanese film actor
- Isao Yamagishi, Japanese diver
- Isao Yoneda, Japanese gymnast
- Isao Yukisada, Japanese film director
Fictional characters
- Isao, a character in the manga series How to Keep a Mummy
- Isao Iinuma, protagonist of the novel Runaway Horses
- Isao Ohta, a character in the anime and manga series Mobile Police Patlabor
- Kondo Isao, a character in the anime and manga series ''Gin Tama''