Masako Explained

Masako (written:,,, or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• • , (1888–1940), 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese linguist
• , Japanese architect
• , later known as the "Nun Shogun"
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese cross-country skier
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese figure skater
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese carom billiards player
• , Japanese middle-distance runner
• , (1552–1589), posthumous name of Lady Saigō, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu
• , a voice actress
• Masako Miwada (三輪田真佐子, 1943–1927), Japanese educator
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese enka singer and former 1970s idol
• , Japanese novelist
• , Japanese lawyer
• , later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese table tennis player
• , former princess of Japan and daughter of Prince Mikasa
• , Japanese voice actress
• , 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
• , Japanese announcer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese women's footballer

Fictional characters

• Masako Kaneko
• Colonel Masako, main antagonist in the video-game Red Faction
• Lady Masako Adachi, a character in the video-game Ghost of Tsushima
• Masako Garmadon, a character from LEGO Ninjago series

See also

• MasakoX, Internet personality and voice actor