{{Infobox given name | name = Yasuo | image = Yasuo Fukuda 200709.jpg | image_size = | caption = Yasuo Fukuda, the 58th Prime Minister of Japan | pronunciation = jasɯo (IPA) | gender = Male | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }}
'''Yasuo''' is a masculine Japanese given name.
== Written forms == '''Yasuo''' can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*安雄, "tranquil, male" *安男, "tranquil, man" *安夫, "tranquil, husband" *安生, "tranquil; life" *保夫, "preserve, husband" *康郎, "healthy, son" *靖男, "peaceful, man" *泰雄, "peaceful, male" *八洲夫, "eight, continent, husband."
The name can also be written in hiragana やすお or katakana ヤスオ.
==People with the name== *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Aiuchi|相内 康夫||born 1971}}, Japanese snowboarder *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Fukuda|福田 康夫||born 1936}}, the 58th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008 *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Furuhata|降旗 康男||1934–2019}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Hamanaka|浜中 泰男||born 1950}}, formerly the chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corporation *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Ichikawa|一川 保夫||born 1942}}, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Iwata|岩田 安生||1942–2009}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Kawamura|河村 泰男||1908–1997}}, Japanese speed skater *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Kitamura|北村 康雄||born 1932}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Kobayashi|小林 保雄||born 1936}}, Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Koyama|小山 靖男||1937–2000}}, professional Go player *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Kuniyoshi|国吉 康雄1893–1953}}, Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Maekawa|前川 康男||1921–2003}}, Japanese children's book author *Yasuo Matsui (ヤスオ・マツイ, 1877–1962), Japanese-American architect *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Nagatomo|長友 寧雄||born 1951}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Naito|内藤 靖雄||born 1942}}, Japanese racewalker *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Nakamura|中村 康夫||born 1971}}, Japanese bobsledder *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Otsuka|大塚 康生||born 1931–2021}}, Japanese animator *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Saitō (diplomat)|齋藤 泰雄||born 1948}}, the Ambassador of Japan to the Russian Federation *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Suzuki|鈴木 保男||1913–2000}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Takada|高田 康雄||born 1950}}, Japanese swimmer *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Takamori|高森 泰男||1934–2016}}, former Japanese football player and manager *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Takei|武井 保雄||1930–2006}}, founder and former chairman of Takefuji consumer finance group *Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Tomomichi|友道 康夫||born 1963}}, Japanese horse trainer *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Watanabe|渡辺 保夫||born 1944}}, Japanese sport wrestler *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Yamada|山田 康雄||1932–1995}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Yamashita|山下 八洲夫||born 1942}}, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan *{{Nihongo|Yasuo Yuasa|湯浅 泰雄||1925–2005}}, Japanese philosopher of religion
==Fictional characters== * Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a character from League of Legends<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/champion/yasuo/|title = Yasuo - Biography - Universe of League of Legends}}</ref>
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