Masanobu (written: 雅信, 雅伸, 政信, 政伸, 政修, 正信, 正謖, 昌信 or 昌伸) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Minamoto no Masanobu (源 雅信, 920–993), Japanese kugyō
Kanō Masanobu (狩野 正信, 1434?–1530?), Japanese painter
Kōsaka Masanobu (高坂 昌信, 1527–1578), Japanese samurai
Honda Masanobu (本多 正信, 1538–1616), Japanese daimyō
Okumura Masanobu (奥村 政信, 1686–1764), Japanese print designer, book publisher and painter
Inaba Masanobu (稲葉 正謖, 1749–1806), Japanese daimyō
Masanobu Tsuji (辻 政信, 1901–ca.1961), Japanese military leader
Masanobu Fukuoka (福岡 正信, 1913–2008), Japanese farmer and philosopher
Chiyonoyama Masanobu (千代の山 雅信, 1926–1977), Japanese sumo wrestler
Masanobu Shinozuka (1930-2018), Japanese engineer
Masanobu Deme (出目昌伸, born 1932), Japanese film director
Masanobu Izumi (泉 政伸, born 1944), Japanese footballer
Masanobu Ohata (大畑 政修, born 1947), Japanese sport shooter
Masanobu Yamamoto (山本 真伸, born 1949), Japanese rower
Masanobu Endō (遠藤 雅伸, born 1953), Japanese video game designer
Masanobu Fuchi (渕 正信, born 1954), Japanese professional wrestler
Masanobu Kikukawa (喜久川 政信, born 1954), Japanese karateka
Masanobu Kimura (木村 政信, born 1960), Japanese golfer
Masanobu Takashima (高嶋 政伸) (born 1966) Japanese actor
Masanobu Matsunami (松波 正信, born 1974), Japanese footballer
Masanobu Andō (安藤 政信, born 1975), Japanese actor
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Honda Masanobu (本多 正信, 1538 – July 20, 1616) was a commander and daimyō in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods...
Masanobu Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡 正信, Hepburn: Fukuoka Masanobu, 2 February 1913 – 16 August 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his...
Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975) is a Japanese actor. Ando has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return (1996), Kinji...
Masanobu Tsuji (辻 政信, Tsuji Masanobu, 11 October 1902 – went missing in 1961) was a Japanese army officer and politician. During World War II, he was an...
Masanobu "Masa" Takayanagi (高柳 雅暢, Takayanagi Masanobu, born 17 February 1974) is a Japanese cinematographer whose works include Silver Linings Playbook...
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and...
Masanobu Fuchi (渕 正信, Fuchi Masanobu, born January 14, 1954) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where...
Masanobu Takashima (高嶋政伸, Takashima Masanobu) is a Japanese film and television actor. Takashima appeared as Daisuke Matoba in the 2008 film L: Change...
Masanobu Shinozuka (December 23, 1930 – November 5, 2018) was a Japanese applied mechanics expert in earthquake and structural engineering. Shinozuka's...
Masanobu Deme (出目昌伸, Deme Masanobu, 2 October 1932 – 13 March 2016) was a Japanese film director. Born in Shiga Prefecture, Deme graduated from Waseda...
Masanobu Matsufuji (松藤 正伸, Matsufuji Masanobu, born April 27, 1992) is a former Japanese football player. He last played for Azul Claro Numazu. Masanobu...
Masanobu Ogura (小倉將信, Masanobu Ogura, born May 30, 1981) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives belonging to the Liberal...
Masanobu Ohata (大畑 政修, Ōhata Masanobu, born 19 September 1947) is a Japanese sport shooter who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Where he placed 28th...
Masanobu Komaki (小牧成亘, Komaki Masanobu, born 28 April 1992 in Kikuyō, Kumamoto) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vanraure Hachinohe. Updated to 23...
Chiyonoyama Masanobu (Japanese: 千代の山 雅信, June 2, 1926 – October 29, 1977) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaidō. He was the...
Masanobu Izumi (泉 政伸, Izumi Masanobu, born April 8, 1944) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Izumi was...
Masanobu Okubo (大久保 勝信; born September 13, 1976, in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. Career statistics...
Masanobu Kimura (木村 政信, Kimura Masanobu, born 23 January 1960) is a Japanese professional golfer. Kimura played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times...
farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka. The technique for creating seed balls was rediscovered by Japanese natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka. The technique...
Masanobu Matsunami (松波 正信, Matsunami Masanobu, born November 21, 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager and currently academy manager...
Masanobu Kikukawa (喜久川 政信) is a Japanese martial artist and chairman of the Shorin-ryu Shinkokai style of Okinawan Karate. Kikukawa was a longtime student...
"do-nothing farming", is an ecological farming approach established by Masanobu Fukuoka (1913–2008). Fukuoka, a Japanese farmer and philosopher, introduced...
Masanobu Yamamoto (山本 真伸, Yamamoto Masanobu, born 27 June 1949) is a Japanese optical engineer, inventor, business executive, and olympian. After graduating...
Matsumoto Bizen-no-kami Masanobu (松本備前守正元) was a semi-legendary Japanese warrior and founder of the Kashima Shin-ryū school of swordsmanship and a member...
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