# Yasuo

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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Yasuo
| image    = Yasuo Fukuda 200709.jpg
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| caption       = Yasuo Fukuda, the 58th Prime Minister of Japan
| pronunciation = jasɯo ([IPA](/source/International_Phonetic_Alphabet))
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = Different meanings depending on the [kanji](/source/kanji) used
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| origin        = Japanese
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'''Yasuo''' is a masculine Japanese given name.

== Written forms ==
'''Yasuo''' can be written using many different combinations of [kanji](/source/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](/source/hiragana) やすお or [katakana](/source/katakana) ヤスオ.

==People with the name==
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Aiuchi](/source/Yasuo_Aiuchi)|相内 康夫||born 1971}}, Japanese snowboarder
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Fukuda](/source/Yasuo_Fukuda)|福田 康夫||born 1936}}, the 58th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Furuhata](/source/Yasuo_Furuhata)|降旗 康男||1934–2019}}, Japanese film director
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Hamanaka](/source/Yasuo_Hamanaka)|浜中 泰男||born 1950}}, formerly the chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corporation
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Ichikawa](/source/Yasuo_Ichikawa)|一川 保夫||born 1942}}, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Iwata](/source/Yasuo_Iwata)|岩田 安生||1942–2009}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Kawamura](/source/Yasuo_Kawamura)|河村 泰男||1908–1997}}, Japanese speed skater
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Kitamura](/source/Yasuo_Kitamura)|北村 康雄||born 1932}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Kobayashi](/source/Yasuo_Kobayashi)|小林 保雄||born 1936}}, Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Koyama](/source/Yasuo_Koyama)|小山 靖男||1937–2000}}, professional Go player
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Kuniyoshi](/source/Yasuo_Kuniyoshi)|国吉 康雄1893–1953}}, Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Maekawa](/source/Yasuo_Maekawa)|前川 康男||1921–2003}}, Japanese children's book author
*[Yasuo Matsui](/source/Yasuo_Matsui) (ヤスオ・マツイ, 1877–1962), Japanese-American architect
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Nagatomo](/source/Yasuo_Nagatomo)|長友 寧雄||born 1951}}, Japanese sport wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Naito](/source/Yasuo_Naito)|内藤 靖雄||born 1942}}, Japanese racewalker
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Nakamura](/source/Yasuo_Nakamura)|中村 康夫||born 1971}}, Japanese bobsledder
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Otsuka](/source/Yasuo_Otsuka)|大塚 康生||born 1931–2021}}, Japanese animator
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Saitō (diplomat)](/source/Yasuo_Sait%C5%8D_(diplomat))|齋藤 泰雄||born 1948}}, the Ambassador of Japan to the Russian Federation
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Suzuki](/source/Yasuo_Suzuki)|鈴木 保男||1913–2000}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Takada](/source/Yasuo_Takada)|高田 康雄||born 1950}}, Japanese swimmer
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Takamori](/source/Yasuo_Takamori)|高森 泰男||1934–2016}}, former Japanese football player and manager
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Takei](/source/Yasuo_Takei)|武井 保雄||1930–2006}}, founder and former chairman of Takefuji consumer finance group
*[Yasuo Tanaka (disambiguation)](/source/Yasuo_Tanaka_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Tomomichi](/source/Yasuo_Tomomichi)|友道 康夫||born 1963}}, Japanese horse trainer
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Watanabe](/source/Yasuo_Watanabe)|渡辺 保夫||born 1944}}, Japanese sport wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Yamada](/source/Yasuo_Yamada)|山田 康雄||1932–1995}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Yamashita](/source/Yasuo_Yamashita)|山下 八洲夫||born 1942}}, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
*{{Nihongo|[Yasuo Yuasa](/source/Yasuo_Yuasa)|湯浅 泰雄||1925–2005}}, Japanese philosopher of religion

==Fictional characters==
* Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a character from [League of Legends](/source/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>

==References==
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