Nobuo

NobuoGender| Male

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Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| Different meanings depending on the kanji used

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

## See also

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

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