Tetsuo (given name)

Not to be confused with Tatsuo.

Tetsuo

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

Tetsuo (written: 哲夫, 哲男, 哲雄 or 鉄夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Tetsuo Hara (原 哲夫, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
• Tetsuo Imai (今井 哲夫, 1912–1987), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Tetsuo Inoue (井上 哲夫), Japanese table tennis player
• Tetsuo Kagawa (香川 哲男, born 1969), Japanese astronomer
• Tetsuo Kutsukake (沓掛 哲男, born 1929), Japanese politician
• Tetsuo Najita (奈地田 哲夫, 1936–2021), American historian
• Tetsuo Saito (斉藤 鉄夫, born 1952), Japanese politician
• Tetsuo Sakurai (櫻井 哲夫, born 1957), Japanese jazz fusion bassist
• Tetsuo Sato (rower) (佐藤 哲夫, born 1938), Japanese rower
• Tetsuo Satō (volleyball) (佐藤 哲夫, born 1949), Japanese volleyball player
• Tetsuo Shinohara (篠原 哲雄, born 1962), Japanese film director
• Tetsuo Toyama (当山 哲夫, 1883–1971), Okinawan journalist

Fictional characters

• Tetsuo Kaga (加賀 鉄男), a character in the manga series Hikaru no Go
• Tetsuo Okita, a character in the film The Bullet Train
• Tetsuo Shima (島 鉄雄), a character in the manga series Akira
• Tetsuo Sinkkonen, a character in the film Vares: Private Eye
• Tetsuo Takahashi (高橋 鉄男), protagonist of the manga series Interviews with Monster Girls
• Tetsuo Nikaido, Main Antagonist of Yakuza: Dead Souls
• Tetsuo Takeda, a character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
• Tetsuo Kameyama, a character in the anime and game series Little Battlers Experience