Osamu

{{Infobox given name | name = Osamu | image = Tezuka Osamu.JPG | image_size = | caption = Osamu Tezuka, a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist and animator | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = }}

{{nihongo|'''Osamu'''|おさむ, オサム}} is a masculine Japanese given name. {{TOC right}}

== Written forms == Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *治 "reign" *修 "discipline" *理 "logic" *収 "obtain" *紀 "chronicle" *統 "rule" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

==People with the name== *{{Nihongo|Osamu Abe (baseball)|安部理||born 1962}}, Japanese baseball player and coach *{{Nihongo|Osamu Abe (rower)|安部収||born 1913}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Osamu Adachi|足立理||born 1987}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Akimoto|秋本治||born 1952}}, Japanese manga artist *{{nihongo|Osamu Annen|安念治||1934–2021}}, Japanese sumo wrestler *{{nihongo|Osamu Ashitomi|安次富修||born 1956}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Osamu Dazai|太宰治||1909–1948}}, Japanese author *{{Nihongo|Osamu Dezaki|出﨑統||1943–2011}}, Japanese anime director *{{Nihongo|Osamu Fujimura|藤村修||born 1949}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Osamu Fujimura (scientist)|藤村靖||1927–2017}}, Japanese physicist, phonetician and linguist *{{Nihongo|Osamu Fukutani|福谷修||born 1967}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Osamu Furuya|古谷伸||1920–2000}}, Japanese cinematographer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hagiwara|萩原修||born 1960}}, Japanese racing driver *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hamanaka|濱中治||born 1978}}, Japanese former professional baseball player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hayaishi|早石修||1920–2015}}, Japanese biochemist, physiologist and military physician *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hayasaki|早崎治||1933–1993}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hayashi|林修||born 1965}}, Japanese television personality *{{Nihongo|Osamu Higashio|東尾修||born 1950}}, Japanese former baseball player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hirose|広瀬治||born 1965}}, Japanese former footballer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hokuseihō|北青鵬治||born 2001}}, Mongolian-born Japanese sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Osamu Hosoi|細井治||born 1964}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Inoue|井上治||born 1932}}, Japanese long-distance runner *{{Nihongo|Osamu Ishiguro|石黒修||1936–2016}}, Japanese tennis player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Ishiwata|石渡治||born 1959}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Osamu Henry Iyoha|イヨハ理ヘンリー||born 1998}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kaneda|金田治||born 1949}}, Japanese director and stuntman *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kanemura|金村修||born 1964}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kido|木戸修||born 1950}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kitajima|喜多嶋修||born 1949}}, Japanese musician, producer and composer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kobayashi (animation director)|小林治||born 1945}}, Japanese animator and animation director *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kobayashi (illustrator)|小林治||1964–2021}}, Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanical designer and animation director *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor)|小林治||1934–2011}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kodama|児玉修||born 1956}}, Japanese former alpine skier *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kudō|工藤修||1915–1942}}, Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kuraishi|倉石平||born 1956}}, Japanese basketball coach *{{Nihongo|Osamu Maeda|前田治||born 1965}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Mandai|万代治||born 1942}}, Japanese rower *{{nihongo|Osamu Masuko|益子修||1949–2020}}, Japanese business executive *{{nihongo|Osamu Matsubara|松原治||1917–2012}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Osamu Matsuda|松田納||born 1966}}, Japanese professional wrestler better known as El Samurai *{{Nihongo|Osamu Mihara|三原脩||1911–1984}}, Japanese professional baseball player and manager *{{Nihongo|Osamu Miyazaki|宮崎敦||born 1966}}, Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Mukai|向井理||born 1982}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Muramatsu|村松修||born 1949}}, Japanese astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets *{{Nihongo|Osamu Nagayama|永山治||born 1947}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Osamu Naito|内藤修||born 1949}}, Japanese speed skater *{{Nihongo|Osamu Nakako|中子修||born 1954}}, Japanese former professional racing driver *{{Nihongo|Osamu James Nakagawa|オサムジェームス中川||born 1962}}, Japanese-American photographer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Nakajima|中嶋修||1958–2012}}, Japanese racing driver

*{{Nihongo|Osamu Nakamura|中村修||born 1962}}, Japanese shogi player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Nishimura|西村修||1971–2025}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Osamu Noguchi|野口修||1934–2016}}, Japanese kickboxing promoter *{{Nihongo|Osamu Ochiai|落合治||born 1931}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Osamu Ota|太田治||born 1965}}, Japanese former rugby union player and coach *{{Nihongo|Osamu Saito|斎藤修||born 1938}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Osamu Saka|阪脩}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Sakata|坂田おさむ}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Sato|佐藤理||born 1960}}, Japanese artist, photographer and composer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Sato (boxer)|佐藤修||born 1976}}, Japanese boxer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Shiihara|椎原治||1905–1974}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Shimomura|下村脩||1928–2018}}, Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist *{{Nihongo|Osamu Shimomura (economist)|下村治||1910–1989}}, Japanese economist *{{Nihongo|Osamu Shitara|設楽統||born 1973}}, Japanese comedian and television presenter *{{Nihongo|Osamu Sumida|住田修||born 1969}}, Japanese cyclist *{{Nihongo|Osamu Suzuki (businessman)|鈴木修||1930–2024}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Osamu Suzuki (ceramist)|鈴木治||1926–2001}}, Japanese ceramist *{{Nihongo|Osamu Suzuki (screenwriter)|鈴木収||born 1972}}, Japanese television writer, screenwriter, lyricist and tarento *{{Nihongo|Osamu Tada|多田修||born 1935}}, Japanese alpine skier *{{Nihongo|Osamu Takechi|武知治||1914–unknown}}, Japanese field hockey player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Takizawa|滝沢修||1906–2000}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Osamu Taninaka|谷中治||born 1964}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Tezuka|手塚治||1928–1989}}, Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator *{{Nihongo|Osamu Tsuno|津野修||born 1938}}, Japanese lawyer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Tsurumine|鶴峯治||1941–2015}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Osamu Umeyama|梅山修||born 1973}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Ueno|上野修||born 1983}}, Japanese freestyle skier *{{Nihongo|Osamu Uno|宇野治||born 1947}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Osamu Wakabayashi|若林修||1944–2015}}, Canadian-Japanese professional ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Osamu Watanabe|渡辺長武||born 1940}}, Japanese retired freestyle wrestler *{{Nihongo|Osamu Yamazaki|山崎修||born 1964}}, Japanese freestyle skier *{{nihongo|Osamu Yatabe|矢田部理||1932–2021}}, Japanese lawyer and politician *{{Nihongo|Osamu Yoshioka|吉岡治||1934–2010}}, Japanese lyricist

==Fictional characters== *{{Nihongo|Osamu Dazai|太宰治}}, a character in the anime and manga ''Bungo Stray Dogs'' *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kamiyama|神山治}}, a character in the anime series ''Kamisama Kazoku'' *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kashiwagi|柏木修}}, a character in the video game series ''Yakuza'' *Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga ''Loveless'' *{{Nihongo|Osamu Kurihara|栗原オサム}}, a character in the ''tokusatsu'' series ''Moero!! Robocon'' *{{Nihongo|Osamu Mikumo|三雲修}}, a character in the anime and manga ''World Trigger'' *{{Nihongo|Osamu Miya|宮治}}, a character in the anime and manga ''Haikyu!!'' *{{Nihongo|Osamu Shibata|柴田修}}, a character in the anime and manga series ''Ao no Orchestra''

==See also== *11930 Osamu, a main-belt asteroid *"Osamu's Birthday", a 1967 song released as a B-side on a 2004 single from the United States of America

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