Masako

Masako
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Masako is a female Japanese given name. People named Masako include the following:

Living people

• Crown Princess Masako of Japan (雅子皇太子妃殿下, Masako Kōtaishi Hidenka^?)
• Masako Chiba (千葉真子, Chiba Masako^?), a long distance runner
• Masako Ikeda (池田昌子, Ikeda Masako^?), a voice actress
• Masako Kato (加藤雅子, Katō Masako^?), a figure skater
• Masako Katsuki (勝生真沙子, Katsuki Masako^?), a voice actress
• Masako Miura (三浦雅子, Miura Masako^?), a voice actress
• Masako Mori (森雅子, Mori Masako^?), a politician
• Masako Nozawa (野沢雅子, Nozawa Masako^?), a voice actress
• Masako Okawara (大河原雅子, Ōkawara Masako^?), a politician
• Masako Usui (笛吹雅子, Usui Masako^?), a Nippon Television announcer
• Masako Watanabe (わたなべまさこ, Watanabe Masako^?), a manga artist
• Masako Hozumi (born 1986), Japanese Olympic speed skater
• Masako Ishida (born 1980), Japanese cross country skier
• Masako Sugaya (born 1937), Japanese voice actor
• Masako Jō (born 1978), Japanese voice actor

Historic figures

• Princess Nashimoto Masako of Japan (梨本宮方子女王, Nashimono-no miya Masako Joou^?), later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
• Princess Masako (恒久王妃昌子内親王, Tsunehisa ouhi Masako Naishinnō^?), 6th daughter, (30 September 1888–8 March 1940), of the Meiji Emperor
• Lady Hōjō Masako (北条 政子^?), later known as the "Nun Shogun" (尼将軍, Ama shōgun^?)
• Minamoto Masako (源晶子^?), (1552–1589), a posthumously given name to Lady Saigo, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
• Tokugawa Masako (徳川和子^?), 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
• Masako Natsume (夏目雅子, Natsume Masako^?), Japanese actress
• Masako Katsura (1913–1995), carom billiards player

Fictional

• Masako Kaneko

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