Isamu

Isamu

Pronunciation	Í-sá-m(ú)
Gender	Male
Origin
Region of origin	Japanese

Isamu (いさむ, イサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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 (赤崎 勇, 1929–2021), Japanese scientist
• Isamu Chō (長 勇, 1895–1945), Japanese general
• Isamu Fujisawa (藤澤 勇; born 1987), Japanese racewalker
• Isamu Ihara (井原 勇; 1926–2007), Japanese politician
• Isamu Imakake, director of Captain Tsubasa
• Isamu Imoto (井本 勇; 1925–2018), Japanese politician
• Isamu Jordan (1975–2013) American journalist, musician, and professor
• Isamu Kainoyama (海乃山 勇; 1940–1997), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Isamu Kamikokuryo (上国料 勇; born 1970), Japanese video game artist
• Isamu Kashiide (樫出 勇; 1915–2003), Japanese army aviator and flying ace
• Isamu Kasuya (粕谷 勇; born 1944), Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Isamu Kenmochi (剣持 勇; 1912-1971), Japanese modernist designer
• Isamu Kosugi (小杉 勇; 1904–1983), Japanese actor and film director
• Isamu Masuda (増田 勇; 1872–1945), Japanese physician
• Isamu Matsuura (松浦 勇武; born 1991), Japanese former football player
• Isamu Mita (born 1913) Japanese rower
• Isamu Mochizuki (望月 勇; 1906–1944), Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot
• Isamu Nagato (望月 勇; 1932–2013), Japanese actor
• Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, 1904–1988), Japanese-American artist and landscape architect
• Isamu Osugi (大杉 勇), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Isamu Sekiguchi (関口 勇; born 1910), Japanese skier
• Isamu Shibayama (1930-2018), Peruvian-American civil rights activist
• Isamu Shiina (椎名 勇) Japanese professor
• Isamu Sonoda (園田 勇; born 1946), Japanese retired Olympic champion judoka
• Isamu Sonoyama (園山 勇, 1848–1921), Japanese politician
• Isamu Tajiri (田尻 敢; 1902–1966), Japanese physician
• Isamu Takashima Japanese rower
• Isamu Takeshita (1869–1949), Japanese Imperial Navy admiral
• Isamu Tanonaka (田の中勇, 1932–2010), Japanese voice actor
• Isamu Togawa (戸川 猪佐武; 1923–1983), Japanese writer and political commentator
• Isamu Tsuji (辻 勇; born 1973), Japanese retired football player
• Isamu Ueda (上田 勇; born 1958), Japanese politician
• Isamu Yamada or Knock Yokoyama (山田勇, 1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician
• Isamu Yamamoto (山本 勇, born 2003), Japanese freestyle skateboarder
• Isamu Yokoyama (横山 勇; 1889–1952), Japanese general
• Isamu Yoshii (吉井勇, 1886–1960), Japanese poet and playwright

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 Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne video game
• 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
• Isamu Kenmochi (剣持 勇), a character from The Kindaichi Case Files
• Abe Isamu, a character in Into the Breach
• Isamu, a ninja in the Heroscape board game