Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter *

Hideo Fujimoto (also known as Hideo Nakagami) (May 10, 1918 – April 26, 1997) was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73), as well as best all-time winning percentage (.697). During his ...

(藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player *

Hideo Fukui is an athlete from Japan. He competes in triathlon. Fukui competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This sporting event was held at ...

(福井英郎, born 1977), Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon *

Hideo Fukuyama is a retired Japanese racing driver. A former competitor at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he attempted to compete in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in the early 2000s, but only qualified for four races before leaving the series. He was the first Japan ...

(福山英朗, born 1955), Japanese NASCAR driver *

Hideo Gosha was a Japanese director and screenwriter. He was the first Japanese director to make the transition from television to theatrical films, and is best known for his ''jidaigeki'' and yakuza films. Beginning with '' Three Outlaw Samurai'' in 196 ...

(五社英雄, 1929–1992), Japanese film director *

Hideo Hagiwara was a Japanese artist who worked mainly with woodblock prints. He was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. Between 1921 and 1929 he lived in Korea and Manchuria. He studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he graduated at the Oil Painting Section in ...

(萩原英雄, 1913–2007), Japanese artist *, Japanese marathon runner *

Hideo Hashimoto is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Hashimoto was born in Osaka on 21 May 1979. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 1998. He played many matches as right-side midfielder and ...

(橋本英郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer *

Hideo Higashikokubaru is a Japanese politician. He originally rose to fame as a comedian and actor under the stage name , and was known for his role in the popular game show ''Takeshi's Castle''. He served as the governor of Miyazaki Prefecture from 2007 to 2011, r ...

(東国原英夫, born 1957), Japanese comedian, best known for his role in ''Takeshi's Castle'' and the current governor of Miyazaki Prefecture * Hideo Hiraoka (平岡秀夫, born 1954), Japanese politician *, Japanese sprinter and baseball player *

Hideo Ishikawa is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production He is known for being the voice of Kicchō Fukuda in ''Slam Dunk'', Jūshirō Ukitake in ''Bleach'', Auron in '' Final Fantas ...

(石川英郎, born 1969), Japanese voice actor *

Hideo Itokawa was a pioneer of Japanese rocketry, popularly known as "Dr. Rocket," and described in the media as the father of Japan's space development. The near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa was named in honor of Itokawa, and is notable as the target of th ...

(糸川英夫, 1912–1999), Japanese aerospace engineer *

Hideo Iwakuro was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He is also known as one of the founders of the Kyoto Sangyo University. Biography Early career Iwakuro was born on Kurahashi-jima in the Inland Sea (then part of Aki Co ...

(岩畔豪雄, 1897–1970), World War II Imperial Japanese Army general *

Hideo Jinpu is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Koga, Ibaraki and graduate of Hosei University, he ran unsuccessfully for the ...

(神風英男, born 1961), Japanese politician *

Hideo Kanaya was a Japanese professional motorcycle racer and motorcycle racing team manager. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world championships from 1967 to 1975. He dominated Japanese road racing in the early 1970s and was the first ...

(金谷秀夫, born 1945), former Grand Prix motorcyclist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese rugby union player *

Hideo Kanze was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojō VII, a descendant of Kan'ami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brot ...

(観世栄夫, 1927–2007), Japanese actor *, Japanese writer *, Japanese sprint canoeist *

Hideo Kojima is a Japanese video game designer. Regarded as one of the pioneering auteurs of video games, he developed a strong passion for film and literature during his childhood and adolescence, which in turn has had a significant influence on his game ...

(小島秀夫, born 1963), Japanese video game director *

Hideo Levy is an United States, American-born Japanese language author. Levy was born in California and educated in Taiwan, the US, and Japan. He is one of the first Americans to write modern literature in Japanese, and his work has won the Noma Literary ...

(リービ英雄, born 1950), American-born Japanese language author *

Hideo Mizumori Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * ...

(水森英夫), Japanese singer *, Japanese weightlifter *

Hideo Murai Hideo Murai (村井秀夫 ''Murai Hideo'', December 5, 1958 – April 23, 1995) was a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the perpetrators responsible for the Sakamoto family murder. He also helped plan the Tokyo subway sarin attack. Murai ...

(村井秀夫, 1958-1995), Japanese scientist *

Hideo Murata was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer. He took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 27 times. Murata was born as a son of rōkyoku singer and . However, he was immediately adopted by and became his stepfather. His real name was . He studied rōk ...

(村田英雄, 1929–2002), Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer * Hideo Muraoka (村田英雄, 1929–2002), Brazilian-Japanese model *

Hideo Murota was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in ''Origi ...

(室田日出男, 1937–2002), Japanese actor * Hideo Nagata (長田秀雄, 1885–1949), Japanese poet and playwright *

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as ''Ring'' (1998), ''Ring 2'' (1999) and '' Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these ...

(中田秀夫), Japanese film director *, American artist *

Hideo Nomo is a Japanese former baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from to . He then exploited a ...

(野茂英雄), Japanese baseball player * Hideo Ochi (越智秀男, born 1940), Japanese Karate master *, Japanese rower *

Hideo Ogata was a producer and planner in Japan. He was also the founding editor of '' Animage'' magazine, the second largest anime and manga magazine in Japan, and the editor of the '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' manga series. Ogata assisted in the ...

(尾形英夫, 1934–2007), Japanese anime film producer *

Hideo Oguma was a Japanese poet for the Proletarian literature movement and was noted for writing children's stories, comic books and literary criticism. A Hideo Oguma poetry prize is awarded for new poetry writers. Selected paintings File:OgumaHideo-193 ...

(小熊秀雄, 1901–1940), Japanese author *

Hideo Ohba was a Japanese aikido and judo teacher and the Second Director of Japan Aikido Association after the death of Kenji Tomiki. He was born as Hideo Tozawa in a village called Nakagawa in Akita prefecture. In 1936, he adopted his wife's name upo ...

(大庭英雄, 1910–1986), Japanese martial artist *, Japanese rower *

Hideo Ōshima is a Japanese football manager and former footballer who is the manager of club Yokohama F. Marinos. Playing career Oshima was born in Isesaki on March 7, 1980. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Flügels in ...

(大島秀夫, born 1980), Japanese football player *

Hideo Otake is a retired Japanese professional Go (board game), Go player. Biography Otake was born in Kitakyūshū City, Japan. He joined the legendary Kitani Minoru school when he was 9, and quickly rose up the ranks to turn professional in 1956, when ...

(大竹英雄, born 1942), Japanese Go player *

Hideo Sakaki (born June 4, 1970) is a Japanese actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films '' Versus'', ''Battlefield Baseball'', and '' Alive''. He is a close friend of director Ryuhei Kitamura and appears in several of his film ...

(榊英雄, born 1970), Japanese actor * Hideo Sakamaki, president of Nomura Securities between 1991–1997 *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Hideo Sasaki Hideo Sasaki (25 November 1919 – 30 August 2000) was a Japanese American landscape architect. Biography Hideo Sasaki was born in Reedley, California, on 25 November 1919. He grew up working on his family's California truck farm, and harvesting ...

(1919–2000), American landscape architect *, Japanese sport wrestler *

Hideo Seaver Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * ...

, American voice actor *, Japanese engineer * Hideo Suzuki, several people * Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), several people *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Hideo Tokoro Hideo Tokoro (born August 22, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2000, Tokoro has also formerly competed for Vale Tudo Japan, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 He ...

(born 1977), Japanese martial artist *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Hideo Usui is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many count ...

(born 1939) (臼井日出男), Japanese politician *

Hideo Watanabe was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who was a member of the House of Representatives and House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) from 1976 to 1993 and 1998 to 2010 respectively. Life and career A native of ...

(渡辺秀央, born 1934), Japanese politician *, Japanese jazz musician *

Hideo Yamamoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series '' Ichi the Killer'', which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and ''Homunculus''. Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual devi ...

(山本英夫, born 1968), Japanese manga artist * Hideo Yoritaka (頼高英雄, born 1963), Japanese politician * Hizeo Yoshimura (1922-1995), better known as Pops Yoshimura, Japanese motorcycle tuner and factory Suzuki team owner * Hideo Yoshino (吉野秀雄, 1902–1967), Japanese tanka poet *

Hideo Yoshizawa born September 2, 1960, is a Japanese video game director, screenwriter, and producer, most famous for his work on the ''Ninja Gaiden'' and ''Klonoa'' series of video games. Prior to being employed by Namco, he worked for Tecmo and was involve ...

(吉沢秀雄), Japanese video game developer and director *, Japanese footballer and manager

Fictional characters

Hideo Kuze This is a list of fictional characters in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' media franchise created by Masamune Shirow. Public Security Section 9 members Section Chief Directors Chief Daisuke Aramaki :Voiced by: Tamio Oki (Japanese, films), Osa ...

, character from the anime ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' * Hideo Minagawa, character from the anime ''Initial D Fifth Stage''

Fictional characters

See also