Nobuo

Nobuo
Gender	Male
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

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