Tatsuo

Tatsuo (written: 龍夫, 龍雄, 龍生, 龍男, 龍勇, 竜夫, 竜雄, 竜男, 達夫, 達雄, 達生, 達男, 達郎, 辰夫, 辰雄, 立男, 立郎 or 剛男) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Tatsuo Endo (遠藤 達雄, 1925–1989), Japanese engineer
• Tatsuo Fujimoto (藤本 達夫, born 1940), Japanese swimmer
• Tatsuo Hasegawa (長谷川 龍雄, 1916–2008), Japanese automotive engineer
• Tatsuo Hirano (平野 達男, born 1954), Japanese politician
• Tatsuo Hori (堀 辰雄, 1904–1953), Japanese writer, poet and translator
• Tatsuo Inagaki (稲垣 立男, born 1962), Japanese artist
• Tatsuo Itoh, American academic
• Tatsuo Jihira (地平 達郎, born 1948), Japanese water polo player
• Tatsuo Kainaka (甲斐中 辰夫, born 1940), Japanese judge
• Tatsuo Kamon (嘉門 達夫, born 1959), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Tatsuo Kawabata (川端 達夫, born 1945), Japanese politician
• Tatsuo Kawai (河相 達夫, 1889–1965), Japanese diplomat and writer
• Tatsuo Kinoshita (木下 達生, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
• Tatsuo Kobayashi (小林 龍生, born 1951), Japanese computer scientist
• Tatsuo Kondō (近藤 龍夫, 1916–1992), Japanese photographer
• Nagai Tatsuo (永井 龍男, 1904–1990), Japanese writer
• Nishida Tatsuo (西田 龍雄, 1928–2012), Japanese linguist
• Tatsuo Sasaki (佐々木 竜雄, born 1942), Japanese sport wrestler
• Tatsuo Satō (director) (佐藤 竜雄, born 1964), Japanese anime director
• Tatsuo Sato (politician) (佐藤 剛男, born 1937), Japanese politician
• Tatsuo Shimabuku (島袋 龍夫, 1908–1975), Japanese karateka
• Tatsuo Sugimoto (杉本 龍勇, born 1970), Japanese sprinter
• Tatsuo Suzuki (鈴木 達夫, born 1935), Japanese cinematographer
• Tatsuo Toki (斎 辰雄, 1904–1967), Japanese decathlete
• Tatsuo Utagawa (宇田川 竜男, born 1917), Japanese ornithologist and academic
• Tatsuo Watanabe (渡部 龍雄, born 1928), Japanese ski jumper
• Tatsuo Yada (矢田 立郎, born 1940), Japanese politician
• Tatsuo Yamada (山田 辰夫, born 1956), Japanese actor
• Yamamoto Tatsuo (politician) (山本 達雄, 1856–1947), Japanese politician
• Tatsuo Yoshida (吉田 竜夫, 1932–1977), Japanese illustrator and character designer

See also

• 2957 Tatsuo, a main-belt asteroid