Nobuo

Nobuo (written: 信男, 信雄, 伸郎, 伸夫, 宣生, のぶお in hiragana or ノブオ in katakana) is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Nobuo Amayake (天宅 信雄, born 1934), Japanese professional Go player
• Nobuo Aoyagi (青柳 信雄, 1903–1976), Japanese film director and film producer
• Nobuo Chigusa (千種 信雄, born 1948), Japanese basketball player
• Nobuo Fujita (藤田 信雄, 1911–1997), Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Nobuo Hattori (服部 信雄, born 1947), Japanese basketball player
• Nobuo Ikeda (池田 信夫, born 1953), Japanese economist
• Nobuo Kaiho (海保 宣生, 1941–2015), Japanese basketball player
• Nobuo Kaneko (金子 信雄, 1923–1995), Japanese actor
• Nobuo Kawai (川合 伸旺, 1932–2006), Japanese actor
• Nobuo Kishi (岸 信夫, born 1959), Japanese politician
• Nobuo Kojima (小島 信夫, 1915–2006), Japanese writer
• Nobuo Kyo (姜 暢雄, born 1979), Japanese actor
• Nobuo Matsuno (松野 信夫, born 1951), Japanese politician
• Nobuo Mii (三井 信雄, 1931–2015), Japanese computer pioneer
• Nobuo Kanda (神田 信夫, 1921–2003), Japanese historian
• Nobuo Nakagawa (中川 信夫, 1905–1984), Japanese film director
• Nobuo Nakamura (中村 伸郎, 1908–1991), Japanese actor
• Nobuo Nashiro (名城 信男, born 1981), Japanese boxer
• Nobuo Noda (野田 信夫, 1893–1993), Japanese business scholar
• Nobuo Okishio (置塩 信雄, 1927–2003), Japanese economist
• Nobuo Sasaki (佐々木 信男, born 1956), Japanese handball player
• Nobuo Satō (佐藤 信夫, born 1942), former Japanese figure skater and current coach
• Nobuo Sekine (関根 伸夫, 1942–2019), Japanese sculptor
• Nobuo Suga (born 1933), Japanese biologist, known for hearing research
• Nobuo Tanaka (田中 伸男, born 1950), former executive director of the International Energy Agency
• Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi (1911–1943), war participant
• Nobuo Tobita (飛田 展男, born 1959), Japanese voice actor
• Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, born 1959), Japanese composer of video game music
• Nobuo Yana (八名 信夫, born 1935), Japanese film actor
• Nobuo Yoneda (米田 信夫, 1930–1996), Japanese mathematician and computer scientist

• Ina Nobuo Award, an annual award given by Nikon Salon

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