Isamu
Isamu is a masculine Japanese given name.Possible writings
Isamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 勇, "courage" or "bravery"
- 勲, "merit"
- 敢, "gallantry"
- 武, "war"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.People
- Isamu Akasaki, Japanese scientist
- Isamu Chō, Japanese general
- Isamu Fujisawa, Japanese racewalker
- Isamu Imakake, director of Captain Tsubasa
- Isamu Imoto, Japanese politician
- Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and film director
- Isamu Noguchi, Japanese-American artist and landscape architect
- Isamu Sekiguchi, Japanese skier
- Isamu Sonoyama, Japanese politician
- Isamu Takeshita, Japanese Imperial Navy admiral
- Isamu Tanonaka, Japanese voice actor
- Yoshii Isamu, Japanese poet and playwright
- Isamu Yamada or Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
- Isamu Sonoda, retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division
Fictional characters
- Isamu Nakane, a character in Obasan
- Isamu Alva Dyson, a character in Macross anime
- Isamu Ozu, a character in tokusatsu show Mahou Sentai Magiranger
- Isamu Nitta, a character in video game
- Take Isamu, the protagonist of the manga Buyuden
- Doll Isamu, a character in Super Doll Licca-chan
- Isamu Akai, a character from the Pocket Monsters manga
- Isamu Kurogane, a character from the Beast King GoLion series
