Isamu
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is a masculine Japanese given name
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...

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Possible writings

Isamu can be written using different kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...

 characters and can mean:
  • 勇, "courage" or "bravery"
  • 勲, "exploit"
  • 敢, "gallantry"
  • 武, "war"

The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...

 or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...

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People

  • Isamu Akasaki
    Isamu Akasaki
    is a Japanese scientist, best known for inventing p-n junction blue LEDs using gallium nitride as early as 1989.-Blue LEDs:Akasaki was born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1929, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1952 from Kyoto University. He received his PhD degree in Electronics from...

     (赤崎 勇, born 1929), Japanese scientist
  • Isamu Chō
    Isamu Cho
    - Notes :...

     (長 勇, 1895–1945), Japanese general
  • Isamu Imakake, director of Captain Tsubasa
  • Isamu Noguchi
    Isamu Noguchi
    was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces,...

     (野口 勇, 1904–1988), Japanese-American artist and landscape architect
  • Isamu Takeshita
    Isamu Takeshita
    was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was also a diplomat whose accomplishments included helping end the Russo-Japanese War favorably for Japan and obtaining former German possessions in the Pacific for Japan following World War I...

     (1869–1949), Japanese Imperial Navy admiral
  • Isamu Tanonaka
    Isamu Tanonaka
    was a Japanese seiyū from Taitō, Tokyo. During his life he has been attached to Gekidan Tōgei and then Theatre Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death...

     (田の中勇, 1932–2010), Japanese voice actor
  • Yoshii Isamu
    Yoshii Isamu
    was a Japanese tanka poet and playwright writer active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. Attracted to European romanticism in his youth, his later works were more subdued.-Early life:Yoshii Isamu was born in the elite Takanawa district Tokyo...

     (吉井勇, 1886–1960), Japanese poet and playwright
  • Isamu Yamada or Knock Yokoyama
    Knock Yokoyama
    Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese comedian and politician.Born Isamu Yamada in Kobe, he adopted his current stage name while directing the Manga Trio manzai troupe from 1959 to 1968...

     (山田勇, 1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician
  • Isamu Sonoda
    Isamu Sonoda
    is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division.-Biography:Sonoda was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. He attended the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, and won a gold medal at the 1969 World Judo Championships along with his older brother, Yoshio, who won the gold medal in the...

     (born 1946), retired judoka who competed in the middleweight (-80 kg) division

Fictional characters

  • Isamu Alva Dyson, a character in Macross anime
  • Isamu Ozu, a character in tokusatsu show Mahou Sentai Magiranger
    Mahou Sentai Magiranger
    , is Toei Company's twenty-ninth production of the Super Sentai television series. The action footage was used in Power Rangers Mystic Force and both shows had scenes simultaneously shot in New Zealand...

  • Isamu Nitta, a character in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
    Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
    is a role-playing game for the PlayStation 2. It is the third main game in the Megami Tensei series. Shin Megami Tensei III was released nine years after Shin Megami Tensei II, and was the first Megami Tensei game in the series to be released into the United States using the "Megami Tensei" name...

    video game
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