# Masataka

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'''Masataka''' (written: 昌孝, 雅孝, 雅隆, 正隆, 正孝, 正崇, 正太, 正貴, 正尚, 政孝, 仁崇, 將貴, 昌隆, 真孝 or 真隆) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Azuma](/source/Masataka_Azuma)|我妻 正崇}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Gōda](/source/Masataka_G%C5%8Dda)|郷田 真隆||born 1971}}, Japanese shogi player
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Ida](/source/Masataka_Ida)|井田 正孝||1912–2004}}, Japanese rebel
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Imai](/source/Masataka_Imai)|今井 雅隆||born 1959}}, Japanese footballer and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Itsumi](/source/Masataka_Itsumi)|逸見 政孝||1945–1993}}, Japanese announcer, singer and writer
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Kawase](/source/Masataka_Kawase)|河瀬 真孝||1840–1919}}, Japanese diplomat
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Kubota](/source/Masataka_Kubota)|窪田 正孝||born 1988}}, Japanese actor
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Matsutoya](/source/Masataka_Matsutoya)|松任谷 正隆||born 1951}}, Japanese musician, composer and singer-songwriter
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Mikami](/source/Masataka_Mikami)|三上 正貴||born 1988}}, Japanese rugby union player
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Morizono](/source/Masataka_Morizono)|森薗 政崇||born 1995}}, Japanese table tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Murata](/source/Masataka_Murata)|村田 正太||1884–1974}}, Japanese physician
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Nashida](/source/Masataka_Nashida)|梨田 昌孝||born 1953}}, Japanese baseball player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Ogawa](/source/Masataka_Ogawa)|小川 正孝||1865–1930}}, Japanese chemist
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Sakamoto](/source/Masataka_Sakamoto)|坂本 將貴||born 1978}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Shimizu](/source/Masataka_Shimizu)|清水 政孝||born 1944}}, Japanese chief executive
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Sugimoto](/source/Masataka_Sugimoto)|杉本 昌隆||born 1968}}, Japanese shogi player
*[Masataka Takayama (disambiguation)](/source/Masataka_Takayama_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Taketsuru](/source/Masataka_Taketsuru)|竹鶴 政孝||1894–1979}}, Japanese businessman
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Yanagida](/source/Masataka_Yanagida)|柳田 真孝||born 1979}}, Japanese racing driver
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Yoshida](/source/Masataka_Yoshida)|吉田 正尚||born 1993}}, Japanese baseball player

==Fictional characters==
*{{Nihongo|[Masataka Takayanagi](/source/Masataka_Takayanagi)|高柳 雅孝}}, a character in the manga series ''Tenjho Tenge''
*Commander Masataka Shima, an [IJN](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Navy) officer and the main antagonist of ''[Medal of Honor: Rising Sun](/source/Medal_of_Honor%3A_Rising_Sun)''

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