Famous People with Name Masao

Masao Urino            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Urino: He has written lyrics for many musical groups and individual artists, sometimes under the pseudonym Reiji Aso (?? ??, Aso Reiji?).[2]After graduating from Tochigi Prefectural Ashikaga High School, he graduated in 1974 with a degree in literature from Sophia University. After graduating, he worked as a copy writer for the advertising firm Mannensha (????), which went bankrupt in 1999. Due to missing an error in an advertisement in a national newspaper, though, he was forced to do other work. While working at Tokyu Agency International (now Frontage), he made his lyricist debut with the 1981 Chanels song Hoshi Kuzu no Dance Hall.[2][3]

Masao Kume            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masao Kume: was a popular playwright, novelist and haiku poet (under the pen-name of Santei) in late Taisho period and early Showa period Japan.Kume exhibited a talent for haiku poetry even in elementary school. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University under Natsume Soseki (together with classmates Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Kikuchi Kan, he joined a literary group that published a magazine called (Shinshicho (???, New Currents of Thought ?)).

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