Masako


Masako is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  • Empress Masako of Japan
  • Princess Masako Takeda,, 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
  • Masako Asada, Japanese diver
  • Masako Bandō, Japanese novelist
  • Masako Chiba, Japanese long-distance runner
  • Masako Doi, Japanese judoka
  • Masako Ebisu, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Eguchi, Japanese luger
  • Masako Furuichi, Japanese freestyle wrestler
  • Masako Ganaha, Japanese freelance journalist and JSDF reservist
  • Masako Hachisuka, Japanese linguist
  • Masako Hayashi, Japanese architect
  • Hōjō Masako, later known as the "Nun Shogun"
  • Masako Hozumi, Japanese speed skater
  • Masako Ikeda, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Imai, Japanese windsurfer
  • Masako Ishida, Japanese cross-country skier
  • Masako Izumi, Japanese actress, singer and adventurer
  • Masako Jō, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Kato, Japanese figure skater
  • Masako Katsuki, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Katsura, Japanese carom billiards player
  • Masako Kisaki, Japanese middle-distance runner
  • Masako Kondo, Japanese volleyball player
  • Minamoto Masako,, posthumous name of Lady Saigō, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Masako Miura, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Miwada, Japanese educator and writer
  • Masako Mori, Japanese politician
  • Masako Mori, Japanese enka singer and former 1970s idol
  • Masako Mori, Japanese novelist
  • Masako Morishita, Japanese executive chef
  • Masako Nakata, Japanese lawyer
  • Yi Bangja, later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
  • Masako Natsume, Japanese actress
  • Masako Nozawa, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Ogawa, Japanese medical doctor
  • Masako Okawara, Japanese politician
  • Masako Okōchi, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Ono, Japanese Odissi dancer
  • Masako Sakamoto, Japanese badminton player
  • Masako Sato, Japanese field hockey player
  • Masako Sato, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Masako Seki, Japanese table tennis player
  • Masako Sen, former princess of Japan and daughter of Prince Mikasa
  • Masako Shinpo, Japanese track and field athlete
  • Masako Shirasu, Japanese author and collector of fine arts
  • Masako Sugaya, Japanese voice actress
  • Masako Tachibana, Japanese synchronized swimmer
  • Masako Togawa, Japanese Chanson singer/songwriter, actress, feminist and novelist
  • Tokugawa Masako, 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
  • Masako Usui, Japanese announcer
  • Masako Wada, Japanese hibakusha as a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki
  • Masako Watanabe, Japanese manga artist
  • Masako Watanabe, Japanese softball player
  • Masako Yanagi, Japanese former women's singles tennis and doubles tennis player
  • Masako Yashiro, Japanese manga artist

    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 LEGO Ninjago series