Masanori
Masanori is a masculine Japanese given name.Kanji and meaning
The name Masanori is generally written with two kanji, the first read masa and the second read nori, for example:
- Starting with :
- *正規: second kanji means "rule" or "regulation". Also an ordinary word seiki meaning "formal" or "legitimate".
- *正則: second kanji means "rule" or "regulation". Also an ordinary word seisoku meaning "correct" or proper".
- *正紀: second kanji means "historical account". Also used for another masculine given name Seiki.
- *正徳: second kanji means "virtue" or "morality". Also a Japanese era name Shōtoku.
- *正典, 正憲
- Starting with : 政範, 政則, 政矩, 政徳
- Starting with : 昌憲, 昌敬, 昌徳, 昌範
People
People with the name Masanori include:Arts and entertainment
- Masanori Ashida, Japanese photographer
- Masanori Ito , Japanese music critic and radio personality
- Masanori Taki, stage name Pierre Taki, Japanese singer
- Masanori Ishii, Japanese actor and comedian
- Masanori Tominaga, Japanese filmmaker
- Masanori Mark Christianson, American guitarist and songwriter
- Masanori Morita, Japanese manga artist
Government and politics
- Akamatsu Masanori, general of the Hosokawa clan in the Ōnin War
- Fukushima Masanori, daimyō of Hiroshima Domain
- Rokugō Masanori, daimyō of Honjō Domain
- Kamei Masanori, daimyō of Tsuwano Domain
- Inaba Masanori, daimyō of Odawara Domain
- Yonekura Masanori, daimyō of Mutsuura Domain
- Masanori Katsu, Japanese bureaucrat and politician
- Masanori Ito , Japanese journalist and military commentator
- Masanori Tanimoto, governor of Ishikawa prefecture
- Masanori Nishio, mayor of Hakodate
Science
- Masanori Baba, Japanese microbiologist
- Masanori Hata, Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker
- Masanori Ohya, Japanese mathematician
- Masanori Hirasawa, Japanese astronomer
- Masanori Matsuyama, Japanese astronomer
Sport
- Masanori Yusa, Japanese swimmer
- Masanori Tokita, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Aoki, Japanese speed skater
- Tensuiyama Masanori, Japanese sumo wrestler
- Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player
- Masanori Tsuji, Japanese cyclist
- Masanori Toguchi, alias of Kim Duk, Zainichi Korean wrestler
- Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing car driver
- Tamakiyama Masanori, Japanese sumo wrestler
- Masanori Sanada, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Sugiura, Japanese baseball player
- Masanori Suzuki, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Kizawa, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Murakawa, stage name The Great Sasuke, Japanese professional wrestler
- Masanori Taguchi, Japanese baseball catcher
- Hamayoshi Masanori, Japanese football manager
- Masanori Inoue, Japanese hurdler and bobsledder
- Masanori Suda, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Masanori Kobayashi, Japanese golfer
- Masanori Ito , Japanese footballer
- Masanori Kawatsu, Japanese fencer
- Masanori Ishikawa, Japanese baseball pitcher
- Masanori Kanehara, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Masanori Hayashi, Japanese baseball pitcher
- Masanori Fujihara, Japanese baseball pitcher
- Masanori Abe, Japanese footballer
