Shō (given name)

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Shō, Sho or Shou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Akiko Yosano (与謝野 晶子, 1878-1942), Japanese author. Her birth name was "Shō Hō" (鳳 志よう)
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Araki|荒木 翔||born 1995}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Endo|遠藤 尚||born 1990}}, Japanese freestyle skier
  • Sho Kosugi (ショー・コスギ, born 1948), Japanese martial artist and actor
  • Show Hayami (速水 奨, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and singer
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Hirano|平野 紫耀||born 1997}}, Japanese idol and actor
  • {{Nihongo|Shō Ishikawa|石川 翔||born 1999}}, Japanese baseball player
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Ito|伊藤 翔||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Kimura|木村 翔||born 1988}}, Japanese boxer
  • Sho Nakata (中田 翔, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
  • Sun Yat-sen (孫 逸仙, 1866–1925), a.k.a. "Nakayama Shō" (中山 樵)
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Sakai|坂井 丞||born 1992}}, Japanese diver
  • Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, born 1982), Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, and newscaster
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Shimada|嶋田 翔||born 1998}}, stage name Lien, Japanese idol, member of South Korean boy band Mirae
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Sotodate|外舘 祥||born 1991}}, Japanese swimmer
  • {{Nihongo|Sho Tanaka|田中 翔||born 1989}}, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Sho Yano (矢野 祥, born 1991), American child prodigy
  • Shō Kiryūin (鬼龍院 翔, born 1984) Japanese singer and songwriter, member of Japanese rock band Golden Bomber
  • Sho Yonashiro (與那城 奨, born 1995), Japanese idol, member of JO1
  • Sho Watanabe (渡辺翔), Japanese wheelchair racer

Fictional characters

See also

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Category:Japanese masculine given names

Category:Masculine given names