Masato
title: "Masato" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["japanese-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Masato |
| gender | Male |
| origin | Japanese |
| :: |
| name = Masato | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008
- Masato Amada (born 1974), Japanese voice actor
- Masato Furuoya, Japanese actor
- Masato Hagiwara (born 1971), Japanese actor
- Masato Harada (born 1949), Japanese film director and actor
- Masato Hatanaka (born 1975), Japanese musician
- Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese singer and musician
- Masato Ichishiki (born 1971), author of the SD Gundam comics
- Masato Ishioka, Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Masato Jinbo, Japanese anime director and screenwriter
- Masato Kato, Japanese game developer and scenario writer
- Masato Kawabata (born 1977), professional drifting driver
- Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat
- Masato Kurogi (born 1989), Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka
- Masato Mihara, Japanese judoka
- Masato Morishige (born 1987), Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo
- Masato Nakamura (born 1958), member of the band Dreams Come True
- Masato Nakamura (baseball), Japanese baseball player
- Masato Nagai a Japanese anime singer
- Masato Osugi, Japanese footballer
- Masato Saito, Japanese footballer
- Masato Sakai (born 1973), Japanese actor
- Masato Tachibana, Japanese weightlifter
- Masato Takaki, Japanese sailor
- Masato Watanabe, Japanese baseball player
- Masato Yokoyama (born 1964), perpetrator of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
- Masato Yoshii (born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player
Fictional characters
- Masato (Pokémon), known in English as Max, a character in Pokémon and Ash & Pikachu
- Masato Inohara, a character in Little Busters!
- Masato Jin from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- Masato Kusaka of Kamen Rider 555
- Masato Mishima of Kamen Rider Kabuto
- Masato Sanjouin from Sailor Moon
- Masato Wakamatsu of Miyuki
- Masato Yamanobe, a character in the manga Phoenix (Hi no Tori)
- Masato Hijirikawa, a character from the Uta no Prince-sama series.
- Masato Kageura, a character in the manga World Trigger.
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