Masahiro Explained

Masahiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• , Japanese councillor (Rōjū)
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese artist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese guitarist and composer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , American-Japanese wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese politician
• actor
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese video game artist
• , Japanese voice actor and singer
• , Japanese footballer
• Masahiro Kamiya born 1963, Japanese actor
• , Japanese murderer
• Masahiro Kaneko (born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Masahiro Kano (born 1977), Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese musician and composer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese watchmaker
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese astronomer
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese weightlifter
• , Japanese rugby union player and coach
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese film director
• Masahiro Matsunaga (born 1960), Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese drummer and actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese ceramic designer
• , Japanese roboticist
• , Japanese philosopher
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese director
• , Japanese singer, actor and host
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Masahiro Ota (born 1970), Japanese footballer
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese video game designer
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese pianist
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese motorcycle racer
• Masahiro Shimmyo (born 1972), Japanese footballer
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese court noble
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese screenwriter and poet
• , Japanese sociologist
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese kickboxer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese scholar
• , Japanese swimmer

Swordsmiths

One of several historical Katana swordsmiths (and the swords crafted by them), including:

• , a disciple of ^[1]
• , latter half 17th century^[2]
• , a.k.a. Hizen Masahiro I; a disciple of .^[3] See List of Wazamono for this and the preceding swordmaker

See also

• , a kitchen knife manufacturer based in Seki, Gifu, and its Masahiro (正広) line of knives.^[4]
• , a trade brand of inexpensive katana for the North American market, manufactured by several Chinese workshops.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: 小笠原, 信夫. 刀剣. カラーブックス. 1969. 1999. 4-586-50175-8., p.131
2. Book: Sinclaire, Clive. Samurai: The Weapons And Spirit Of The Japanese Warrior. Globe Pequot. 2004. 9781592287208. 83., with 4 plates, 1 color
3. , p.132-2
4. Web site: 正弘 MASAHIRO (ホームページ). 株式会社マサヒロ. 2007-08-23 . YouTube upload. 27 June 2012.
5. Web site: Dan D. Manitoba, Canada. Masahiro Cherry Blossom Katana Review. Sword Buyers Guide. 2007-08-23 . YouTube upload. 27 June 2012.