Hirokazu

Hirokazu

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Hirokazu is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

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

• 弘和, "vast, harmony"
• 博一, "command, one"
• 宏和, "wide, harmony"
• 裕和, "abundant, harmony"
• 宏一, "wide, one"
• 弘多, "vast, many"
• 洋一, "ocean, one"
• 博和, "command, harmony"
• 寛和, "tolerant, harmony"
• 広和, "broad, harmony"

The name can also be written in hiragana (ひろかず) or katakana (ヒロカズ).

People with the name

• Hirokazu Goshi (郷司 弘和, born 1966), Japanese former football player
• Hirokazu Hasegawa (長谷川 博一, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Hirokazu Hisayuki (久行 宏和), Japanese character designer and animation director for Sunrise
• Hirokazu Ibata (井端 弘和, born 1975), Japanese professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball
• Hirokazu Kanazawa (金澤 弘和, 1931–2019), world-renowned Japanese master of Shotokan karate
• Hirokazu Kobayashi (aikidoka) (小林 裕和, 1929–1998), Japanese aikido teacher, student of the founder of aikido Morihei Ueshiba
• Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝 裕和, born 1962), Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
• Hirokazu Matsuno (松野 博一, born 1962), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Hirokazu Nakaima (仲井眞 弘多, born 1939), Japanese bureaucrat, a business leader, and a politician
• Hirokazu Ninomiya (二宮 洋一, 1917–2000), Japanese football player and manager
• Hirokazu Ota (太田 裕和, born 1971), Japanese former football player
• Hirokazu Otsubo (大坪 博和, born 1979), Japanese football player
• Hirokazu Sasaki (佐々木 博和, born 1962), Japanese former football player
• Hirokazu Shiba (芝 博一, born 1950), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
• Hirokazu Tanaka (田中 宏和, born 1957), Japanese composer and musician who has written music for video games produced by Nintendo
• Hirokazu Ueno (上野 裕和, born 1977), Japanese shogi player
• Hirokazu Ueyonabaru (上与那原 寛和, born 1971), Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 long distance events
• Hirokazu Usami (宇佐美 宏和, born 1987), Japanese football player
• Hirokazu Yagi (八木 弘和, born 1959), Japanese former ski jumper who competed between 1979 and 1984
• Hirokazu Yasuhara (安原 広和, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and Sonic Team's 2nd Assistant President
• Hirokazu Yoshikawa (吉川博和), American psychologist