# Iwao

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**Iwao** (written: 巖, 巌, 岩夫, 岩尾, 岩生, 岩男 or 岩雄) is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

- [Emma Haruka Iwao](/source/Emma_Haruka_Iwao), Japanese computer scientist and cloud developer advocate
- [Junko Iwao](/source/Junko_Iwao) (岩男 潤子, born 1970), Japanese voice actress and singer
- [Ken Iwao](/source/Ken_Iwao) (岩尾 憲, born 1988), Japanese footballer
- [Sachimi Iwao](/source/Sachimi_Iwao) (岩尾 幸美, born 1976), Japanese field hockey player
- [Seiichi Iwao](/source/Seiichi_Iwao) (岩生 成一, 1900–1988), Japanese academic, historian and writer
- [Sumiko Iwao](/source/Sumiko_Iwao) (岩男 寿美子, 1935–2018), Japanese psychologist, magazine editor and academic

## Given name

- [Iwao Ageishi](/source/Iwao_Ageishi) (上石 巌, 1908–1991), Japanese cross-country skier
- [Iwao Aizawa](/source/Iwao_Aizawa) (相沢 巌夫, 1906–1945), Japanese sprinter
- [Iwao Akiyama](/source/Iwao_Akiyama) (秋山 巌, 1921–2014), Japanese printmaker
- [Iwao Ayusawa](/source/Iwao_Ayusawa) (鮎沢 巌, 1894–1972), Japanese diplomat
- [Iwao Hakamata](/source/Iwao_Hakamata) (袴田 巖, born 1936), Japanese boxer
- [Iwao Hirose](/source/Iwao_Hirose) (広瀬 巌, born 1970), Japanese philosopher and economist
- [Iwao Horii](/source/Iwao_Horii) (堀井 巌, born 1965), Japanese politician
- [Iwao Horiuchi](/source/Iwao_Horiuchi) (堀内 岩雄, born 1941), Japanese sport wrestler
- [Iwao Masuda](/source/Iwao_Masuda) (増田 礒, 1914–????), Japanese sprinter
- [Iwao Matsuda](/source/Iwao_Matsuda) (松田 岩夫, born 1937), Japanese politician
- [Iwao Matsuda (general)](/source/Iwao_Matsuda_(general)) (松田 巌, 1895–1979), Japanese general
- [Iwao Miyajima](/source/Iwao_Miyajima) (宮嶋 巌, 1914–2005), Japanese ski jumper
- [Iwao Nakayama](/source/Iwao_Nakayama) (中山 巌, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
- [Iwao Ohmura](/source/Iwao_Ohmura) (大村 巌, born 1969), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder
- [Iwao Ojima](/source/Iwao_Ojima) (born 1945), Japanese-American chemist
- [Iwao Ōtani](/source/Iwao_%C5%8Ctani) (大谷 巌, 1919–2017), Japanese recording engineer
- [Iwao Ōyama](/source/%C5%8Cyama_Iwao) (大山 巌, 1842–1916), Japanese field marshal
- [Iwao Taka](/source/Iwao_Taka) (高 巌, born 1956), Japanese academic
- [Iwao Takamoto](/source/Iwao_Takamoto) (高本 厳夫, 1925–2007), Japanese-American animator, television producer and film director
- [Iwao Taki](/source/Iwao_Taki) (瀧 巖, 1901-1984), Japanese malacologist
- [Iwao Tokito](/source/Iwao_Tokito) (時任 巌, 1908–????), Japanese water polo player
- [Iwao Uruma](/source/Iwao_Uruma) (漆間 巌, born 1945), Japanese police officer
- [Iwao Yamane](/source/Iwao_Yamane) (山根 巌, born 1976), Japanese footballer
- [Iwao Yamawaki](/source/Iwao_Yamawaki) (山脇 巌, 1898–1987), Japanese photographer
- [Iwao Yamazaki](/source/Iwao_Yamazaki) (山崎 巌, 1894–1968), Japanese lawyer, politician and cabinet minister

## Fictional characters

- [Iwao (Kinnikuman)](/source/Iwao_(Kinnikuman)) (イワオ), a character in the manga series *Kinnikuman*

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