Famous People with Name Masao

Masao Fujii            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Fujii: was a professional baseball player for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was born in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka and raised in Karatsu, Saga.

Masao Morinaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Morinaka: a former professional baseball player who played for the Yokohama BayStars. He currently works as a batting pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants organization.Morinaka was drafted by the Yokohama BayStars in the second round of the 1996 amateur draft. He was a valuable left-handed reliever, but was dropped after only 7 seasons in 2003. He marked a 2.16 ERA in 41 appearances in 1999, and a 2.38 ERA in 53 appearances in 2000. He hit a home run at the Koshien baseball stadium in his final season.

Masao Yoshida            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Yoshida: was a Japanese amateur pitcher originally from Ichinomiya, Aichi. He had 23 wins at Spring and Summer Koshien. In the National High School Baseball Championship between 1931 and 1933, he won 14 consecutive games at Koshien Stadium and he became the only pitcher to win three consecutive championships.Yoshida entered Chukyo Shogyo. He defeated Yoshiyuki Iwamoto's Koryo in his quarterfinal game of 1931. He won the first championship in 1931. He defeated Masaru Kageura's Matsuyama Shogyo in his final game of 1932. He won the second championship in 1932. He defeated Fumio Fujimura's Taisho in his quarterfinal game of 1933. On August 19, 1933, he pitched a shutout with 336 pitches and 25 innings in his semifinal game against Akashi

Masao Suenaga            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Suenaga: a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for RE Amemiya and Greddy. He is the younger brother of Naoto who both was taught by Nobushige Kumakubo.He began his motorsport career racing minibikes in the Kyushu area, later winning a title. Following this, his motorcycle racing career ended at the age of 20 caused by injuries. As Naoto was involved in the Gowasu hashiriya group, he also became involved which he was taught how to drift by Naoto.[1]

Masao Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Kato: was a famous Japanese professional go player.Kato is the author of The Chinese Opening: The Sure-Win Strategy (published in English by Kiseido Publishing Company) and Kato's Attack and Kill (published by Ishi Press). His name is ordered in these books and in some Anglophone sources as Masao Kato, while many Go-related sources and websites order his name as Kato Masao, in which Kato is the family name, and should be in front of given name according to the order of Japanese name.