Sō

Sō, So or Sou (written: 宗 or 宋) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• {{Nihongo|Shigeru So|宗 茂}} (born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Takeshi
• {{Nihongo|Takeshi So|宗 猛}} (born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Shigeru
• {{Nihongo|Sō Shiseki|宋 紫石}} (1715–1786), Japanese painter
• {{Nihongo|Sō Sukekuni|宗 助国}} (1207–1274), Japanese Deputy Governor
• {{Nihongo|Sō Yoshitoshi|宗 義智}} (1568–1615), Japanese daimyō
• {{Nihongo|Sō Yoshiyori|宗 義和}} (1818–1890), Japanese daimyō
• {{Nihongo|Sō Takeyuki|宗 武志}} (1908–1985), Japanese aristocrat

Sō (written: 壮 or 創) is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• {{Nihongo|So Aono|青野 聰}} (born 1943), Japanese novelist
• {{Nihongo|So Fujitani|藤谷 壮}} (born 1997), Japanese footballer
• {{Nihongo|So Hirao|平尾 壮}} (born 1996), Japanese footballer
• {{Nihongo|Sō Kuramoto|倉本 聰}} (born 1934), Japanese playwright and screenwriter
• {{Nihongo|So Matsuyama|松山 崇}} (1908–1977), Japanese production designer
• {{Nihongo|So Nakagawa|中川 創}} (born 1999), Japanese footballer
• So Nishikawa (born 2001), Japanese-Australian association football player
• {{Nihongo|So Taguchi|田口 壮}} (born 1969), Japanese baseball player
• {{Nihongo|Sō Takei|武井 壮}} (born 1973), Japanese athlete and television personality
• {{Nihongo|So Yamamura|山村聰}} (1910–2000), Japanese actor
• {{Nihongo|So Okuno|奥野 壮}} (born 2000), Japanese actor

Sō is the romanization of the uncommon Japanese surname written {{lang|ja|曹}} in Kanji, which derived from the Chinese surname Cao.