Yasumasa

Yasumasa Sakakibara (1548–1606), Japanese daimyo

Pronunciation| jasɯmasa (IPA)
Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Yasumasa is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

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Yasumasa can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

* 康正, "healthy, righteous"
* 康雅, "healthy, elegant"
* 康政, "healthy, politics"
* 康昌, "healthy, clear"
* 康将, "healthy, commander"
* 靖正, "peaceful, righteous"
* 靖雅, "peaceful, elegant"
* 靖政, "peaceful, politics"
* 靖昌, "peaceful, clear"
* 靖将, "peaceful, commander"
* 安正, "tranquil, righteous"
* 安政, "tranquil, politics"
* 安昌, "tranquil, clear"
* 保正, "preserve, righteous"
* 保雅, "preserve, elegant"
* 保政, "preserve, politics"
* 泰正, "peaceful, righteous"
* 泰政, "peaceful, politics"
* 泰将, "peaceful, commander"
* 易正, "divination, righteous"
* 易真, "divination, reality"

The name can also be written in hiragana やすまさ or katakana ヤスマサ.

## Notable people with the name

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* Yasumasa Fukushima (福島 安正; 1852–1919), Japanese general
* Yasumasa Furo (不老 安正; born 1944), Japanese sport shooter
* Yasumasa Hane (羽根 泰正; born 1944), Japanese Go player
* Yasumasa Kanada (金田 康正; 1949–2020), Japanese mathematician
* Yasumasa Kawasaki (川﨑 裕大; born 1992), Japanese footballer
* Yasumasa Matsudaira (松平 康昌; 1893–1957), Japanese bureaucrat
* Yasumasa Morimura (森村 泰昌; born 1951), Japanese artist
* Yasumasa Narasaki (楢崎 泰昌; 1928–2014), Japanese politician
* Yasumasa Nishino (footballer) (西野 泰正; born 1982), Japanese footballer
* Yasumasa Nishino (swimmer) (西野 恭正; 1925–2004), Japanese swimmer
* Yasumasa Sakakibara (榊原 康政; 1548–1606), Japanese daimyō
* Yasumasa Shigeno (重野 安正; born 1941), Japanese politician
* Yasumasa Tanida (谷田 康真; born 1994), Japanese curler

## Fictional characters

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* Yasumasa Hirai (平井 保昌), a character in the novel Teito Monogatari

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