Masaaki

Masaaki

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Masaaki (written: 正明, 正昭, 正晃, 正亮, 正朗, 正章, 正秋, 正彰, 正亮, 政明, 政昭, 政章, 雅明, 雅昭, 雅章, 真明, 真秋, 昌明, 昌謙, 将明, 将晃, 方明, 良昭, 順昭, 成晃, 誠章 or 祇晶) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Masaaki Akaike (赤池 誠章, born 1961), Japanese politician
• Asukai Masaaki (17th-century poet) (飛鳥井 雅章, 1611–1679), Japanese poet
• Masaaki Daito (大塔 正明, born 1973), Japanese baseball player
• Masaaki Endoh (遠藤 正明, born 1967), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Masaaki Esaka (江坂 政明, born 1967), Japanese baseball player
• Masaaki Fujita (藤田 正明, 1922–1996), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Fukuoka (福岡 政章, born 1984), Japanese judoka
• Masaaki Furukawa (古川 昌明, born 1968), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Goto (後藤 雅明, born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Hatsumi (初見 良昭, born 1931), Japanese ninjutsu practitioner
• Masaaki Higashiguchi (東口 順昭, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Hirano (平野 雅章, 1931–2008), Japanese food historian
• Masaaki Hiyama (日山 正明, born 1959), Japanese drummer
• Masaaki Ideguchi (井手口 正昭, born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Iinuma (飯沼 正明, 1912–1941), Japanese aviator
• Masaaki Ikenaga (池永 正明, born 1946), Japanese baseball player
• Masaaki Imai (今井 正明, born 1930), Japanese business theorist
• Inaba Masaaki (稲葉 正明, 1723–1793), Japanese daimyō
• Masaaki Itokawa (糸川 正晃, born 1974), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Kanagawa (金川 正明, born 1955), Japanese Go player
• Masaaki Kanda (神田 真秋, born 1951), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Kaneko (金子 正明, born 1940), Japanese sport wrestler
• Masaaki Kanno (菅野 将晃, born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
• Masaaki Kato (加藤 正明, born 1958), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Kimura (木村 政昭, born 1940), Japanese academic
• Masaaki Kishibe (岸部 真明, born 1964), Japanese guitarist
• Masaaki Kitaru (木樽 正明, born 1943), Japanese baseball player
• Masaaki Koido (小井土 正亮, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Koike (小池 正晃, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
• Masaaki Koyama (小山 正明, born 1934), Japanese baseball player
• Masaaki Kozu (神津 正昭, born 1974), Japanese cross-country skier
• Masaaki Kukino (久木野 雅昭), Japanese video game producer
• Masaaki Mochizuki (望月 成晃, born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler
• Masaaki Mori (森 正明, born 1961), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Mori (baseball) (森 祇晶, born 1937), Japanese baseball player and manager
• Masaaki Murakami (村上 昌謙, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Nakagawa (中川 政昭, 1943–2005), Japanese photographer
• Masaaki Nishimori (西森 正明, born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Niwa, Japanese engineer
• Masaaki Noiri (野杁 正明, born 1993), Japanese kickboxer
• Oginohana Masaaki (小城ノ花 正昭, 1935–2006), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Masaaki Osaka (大坂 正明, born c. 1950), Japanese communist and murderer
• Masaaki Ōsawa (大沢 正明, born 1946), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Ōsumi (大隅 正秋, born 1934), Japanese anime director
• Masaaki Oyagi (大八木 政明, born 1948), Japanese luger
• Masaaki Sakai (堺 正章, born 1946), Japanese actor and singer
• Masaaki Sakata (坂田 正彰, born 1972), Japanese rugby union player
• Masaaki Satake (佐竹 雅昭, born 1965), Japanese karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Masaaki Sawanobori (澤登 正朗, born 1970), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Shimakawa (島川 正明, 1912–1997), Japanese World War II flying ace
• Masaaki Shirakawa (白川 方明, born 1949), Japanese economist and banker
• Masaaki Suzuki (鈴木 雅明, born 1954), Japanese musician and conductor
• Masaaki Tachihara (立原 正秋, 1926–1980), Japanese writer
• Masaaki Taira ((平 将明, born 1967), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Takada (高田 昌明, born 1973), Japanese footballer
• Masaaki Tanaka (田中 正明, 1911–2006), Japanese writer
• Masaaki Taniai (谷合 正明, born 1973), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Toma (當麻 政明, born 1973), Japanese football referee
• Masaaki Tsukada (塚田 正昭, born 1938), Japanese voice actor
• Masaaki Tsuya (津谷 正明), Japanese businessman
• Masaaki Ueki (植木 政明, orn 1939), Japanese karateka
• Masaaki Yaguchi (柳下 正明, born 1979), Japanese guitarist and DJ
• Masaaki Yamada (山田 雅章, born 1942), Japanese physicist
• Masaaki Yamazaki (山崎 正昭, born 1942), Japanese politician
• Masaaki Yanagishita (柳下 正明, born 1960), Japanese footballer and manager
• Masaaki Yuasa (湯浅 政明, born 1965), Japanese anime director, animator and screenwriter

See also

• Masaki (disambiguation)