Osamu

Osamu

Osamu Tezuka, a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist and animator
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Osamu (おさむ, オサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 治 "reign"
• 修 "discipline"
• 理 "logic"
• 収 "obtain"
• 紀 "chronicle"
• 統 "rule"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Osamu Abe (baseball) (安部 理; born 1962), Japanese baseball player and coach
• Osamu Abe (rower) (安部 収; born 1913), Japanese rower
• Osamu Adachi (足立 理; born 1987), Japanese actor
• Osamu Akimoto (秋本 治; born 1952), Japanese manga artist
• Osamu Annen (安念 治; 1934–2021), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Osamu Ashitomi (安次富 修; born 1956), Japanese politician
• Osamu Dazai (太宰 治; 1909–1948), Japanese author
• Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統; 1943–2011), Japanese anime director
• Osamu Fujimura (藤村 修; born 1949), Japanese politician
• Osamu Fujimura (scientist) (藤村靖; 1927–2017), Japanese physicist, phonetician and linguist
• Osamu Fukutani (福谷 修; born 1967), Japanese film director
• Osamu Furuya (古谷 伸; 1920–2000), Japanese cinematographer
• Osamu Hagiwara (萩原修; born 1960), Japanese racing driver
• Osamu Hamanaka (濱中 治; born 1978), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Osamu Hayaishi (早石 修; 1920–2015), Japanese biochemist, physiologist and military physician
• Osamu Hayasaki (早崎 治; 1933–1993), Japanese photographer
• Osamu Hayashi (林 修; born 1965), Japanese television personality
• Osamu Higashio (東尾 修; born 1950), Japanese former baseball player
• Osamu Hirose (広瀬 治; born 1965), Japanese former footballer
• Osamu Hokuseihō (北青鵬 治; born 2001), Mongolian-born Japanese sumo wrestler
• Osamu Hosoi (細井 治; born 1964), Japanese voice actor
• Osamu Inoue (井上 治; born 1932), Japanese long-distance runner
• Osamu Ishiguro (石黒 修; 1936–2016), Japanese tennis player
• Osamu Ishiwata (石渡 治; born 1959), Japanese manga artist
• Osamu Henry Iyoha (イヨハ 理 ヘンリー; born 1998), Japanese footballer
• Osamu Kaneda (金田 治; born 1949), Japanese director and stuntman
• Osamu Kanemura (金村 修; born 1964), Japanese photographer
• Osamu Kido (木戸 修; born 1950), Japanese professional wrestler
• Osamu Kitajima (喜多嶋 修; born 1949), Japanese musician, producer and composer
• Osamu Kobayashi (animation director) (小林 治; born 1945), Japanese animator and animation director
• Osamu Kobayashi (illustrator) (小林 治; 1964–2021), Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanical designer and animation director
• Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor) (小林 治; 1934–2011), Japanese voice actor
• Osamu Kodama (児玉 修; born 1956), Japanese former alpine skier
• Osamu Kudō (工藤 修; 1915–1942), Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot
• Osamu Kuraishi (倉石 平; born 1956), Japanese basketball coach
• Osamu Maeda (前田 治; born 1965), Japanese former football player
• Osamu Mandai (万代 治; born 1942), Japanese rower
• Osamu Masuko (益子 修; 1949–2020), Japanese business executive
• Osamu Matsubara (松原 治; 1917–2012), Japanese businessman
• Osamu Matsuda (松田 納; born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler better known as El Samurai
• Osamu Mihara (三原 脩; 1911–1984), Japanese professional baseball player and manager
• Osamu Miyazaki (宮崎 敦; born 1966), Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Osamu Mukai (向井 理; born 1982), Japanese actor
• Osamu Muramatsu (村松 修; born 1949), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets
• Osamu Nagayama (永山 治; born 1947), Japanese businessman
• Osamu Naito (内藤 修; born 1949), Japanese speed skater
• Osamu Nakako (中子修; born 1954), Japanese former professional racing driver
• Osamu James Nakagawa (オサム ジェームス 中川; born 1962), Japanese-American photographer
• Osamu Nakajima (中嶋 修; 1958–2012), Japanese racing driver

• Osamu Nakamura (中村 修; born 1962), Japanese shogi player
• Osamu Nishimura (西村 修; 1971–2025), Japanese professional wrestler
• Osamu Noguchi (野口 修; 1934–2016), Japanese kickboxing promoter
• Osamu Ochiai (落合 治; born 1931), Japanese sport shooter
• Osamu Ota (太田 治; born 1965), Japanese former rugby union player and coach
• Osamu Saito (斎藤 修; born 1938), Japanese rower
• Osamu Saka (阪 脩), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Osamu Sakata (坂田 おさむ), Japanese actor
• Osamu Sato (佐藤 理; born 1960), Japanese artist, photographer and composer
• Osamu Sato (boxer) (佐藤 修; born 1976), Japanese boxer
• Osamu Shiihara (椎原 治; 1905–1974), Japanese photographer
• Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩; 1928–2018), Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist
• Osamu Shimomura (economist) (下村 治; 1910–1989), Japanese economist
• Osamu Shitara (設楽 統; born 1973), Japanese comedian and television presenter
• Osamu Sumida (住田 修; born 1969), Japanese cyclist
• Osamu Suzuki (businessman) (鈴木 修; 1930–2024), Japanese businessman
• Osamu Suzuki (ceramist) (鈴木 治; 1926–2001), Japanese ceramist
• Osamu Suzuki (screenwriter) (鈴木 収; born 1972), Japanese television writer, screenwriter, lyricist and tarento
• Osamu Tada (多田 修; born 1935), Japanese alpine skier
• Osamu Takechi (武知 治; 1914–unknown), Japanese field hockey player
• Osamu Takizawa (滝沢 修; 1906–2000), Japanese actor
• Osamu Taninaka (谷中 治; born 1964), Japanese former football player
• Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治; 1928–1989), Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator
• Osamu Tsuno (津野 修; born 1938), Japanese lawyer
• Osamu Tsurumine (鶴峯 治; 1941–2015), Japanese swimmer
• Osamu Umeyama (梅山 修; born 1973), Japanese former football player
• Osamu Ueno (上野 修; born 1983), Japanese freestyle skier
• Osamu Uno (宇野 治; born 1947), Japanese politician
• Osamu Wakabayashi (若林 修; 1944–2015), Canadian-Japanese professional ice hockey player
• Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武; born 1940), Japanese retired freestyle wrestler
• Osamu Yamazaki (山崎 修; born 1964), Japanese freestyle skier
• Osamu Yatabe (矢田部 理; 1932–2021), Japanese lawyer and politician
• Osamu Yoshioka (吉岡 治; 1934–2010), Japanese lyricist

Fictional characters

• Osamu Dazai (太宰 治), a character in the anime and manga Bungo Stray Dogs
• Osamu Kamiyama (神山 治), a character in the anime series Kamisama Kazoku
• Osamu Kashiwagi (柏木 修), a character in the video game series Yakuza
• Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga Loveless
• Osamu Kurihara (栗原 オサム), a character in the tokusatsu series Moero!! Robocon
• Osamu Mikumo (三雲 修), a character in the anime and manga World Trigger
• Osamu Miya (宮 治), a character in the anime and manga Haikyu!!
• Osamu Shibata (柴田 修), a character in the anime and manga series Ao no Orchestra

See also

• 11930 Osamu, a main-belt asteroid
• "Osamu's Birthday", a 1967 song released as a B-side on a 2004 single from the United States of America