Osamu

Osamu (おさむ, オサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 治 "reign"
• 修 "discipline"
• 理 "logic"
• 収 "obtain"
• 紀 "chronicle"
• 統 "rule"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Osamu Adachi (理, born 1987), Japanese actor and a member of the acting group D-BOYS
• Osamu Akimoto (秋本 治, born 1952), Japanese manga artist
• Osamu Dazai (治, 1909–1948), Japanese author
• Osamu Dezaki (統, born 1943), Japanese anime director
• Osamu Fukutani (修, born 1967), Japanese film director
• Osamu Inoue (井上 治, born 1932), Japanese long-distance runner
• Osamu Jinguuji (治), drummer of the Japanese band Remioromen
• Osamu Matsuda or El Samurai (納, born 1966), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Osamu Mukai (理, born 1982), Japanese actor
• Osamu Muramatsu (修), Japanese astronomer, and a prolific discoverer of asteroids
• Osamu Nagayama (born 1947), Japanese CEO of Chugai Pharmaceutical and Chairman of Sony Corporation
• Osamu Nakamura (中村 修, born 1962), Japanese shogi player
• Osamu Saito (斎藤 修, born 1938), Japanese rower
• Osamu Sato (理, born 1960), Japanese artist, photographer and composer
• Osamu Sato (boxer) (修, born 1976), Japanese boxer
• Osamu Tada (多田 修, born 1935), Japanese alpine skier
• Osamu Tezuka (治虫, 1928–1989), Japanese manga artist often credited as the "Father of Anime"

Fictional characters

• Osamu Kamiyama (治), a character in the anime series Kamisama Kazoku
• Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga Loveless
• Osamu Ichijouji (治), a character in the anime, Digimon
• Osamu Mikumo (修), a character in the anime and manga World Trigger
• Osamu Miya (宮修), a character in the manga Haikyū!!
• Osamu Dazai (治), a character in the anime and manga Bungou Stray Dogs
• Osamu Kashiwagi (柏木 修), a character in the video game series Yakuza

See also

• 11930 Osamu, a main-belt asteroid
• "Osamu's Birthday", a 1967 song on The United States of America's album Hard Coming Love