Kunio

Kunio
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used

Kunio (written: 邦夫, 邦男, 邦雄, 邦生, 國男, 國士, 国男, 国夫, 州男 or 久仁生) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Kunio Busujima (毒島 邦雄, 1925–2016), Japanese businessman
  • Kunio Egashira (江頭 邦雄, 1937–2008), Japanese businessman
  • Kunio Hamada (濱田 邦夫, born 1936), Japanese judge
  • Kunio Hatoyama (鳩山 邦夫, 1948–2016), Japanese politician
  • Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, born 1948), Japanese mayor
  • Kunio Ishii (石井 邦生, born 1941), Japanese Go player
  • Kunio Iwahashi (岩橋 邦雄, born 1939), Japanese field hockey player
  • Kunio Katō (加藤 久仁生, born 1977), Japanese animator
  • Kunio Kishida (岸田 國士, 1890–1954), Japanese dramatist and writer
  • Kunio Kitamura (北村 邦夫, born 1968), Japanese footballer
  • Kunio Kobayashi (小林 國雄, born 1948), Japanese bonsai artist
  • Kunio Kobayashi (小林 邦雄, born 1967), Japanese karateka
  • Kunio Lemari (1942–2008), Marshallese politician and President of the Marshall Islands
  • Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男, 1905–1986), Japanese architect
  • Kunio Maruyama (丸山 邦雄, 1903–1981), Japanese businessman, adventurer, and college professor
  • Kunio Masaoka (正岡 国男, 1908–1978), Japanese photographer
  • Kunio Mikuriya (御厨 邦雄, born 1954), Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
  • Kunio Murai (村井 國夫, born 1944), Japanese actor and voice actor (not to be confused with the manga character of the same name)
  • Kunio Nakagaki (中垣 國男, 1911–1987), Japanese politician
  • Kunio Nakagawa (中川 州男, 1898–1944), Japanese general
  • Kunio Nakamura (中村 邦夫, 1939–2022), Japanese businessman
  • Kunio Nagayama (永山 邦夫, born 1970), Japanese footballer
  • Kunio Naitō (内藤 國雄, born 1939), Japanese shogi player
  • Kunio Ogawa (小川 国夫, 1927–2008), Japanese writer
  • Kunio Okawara (大河原 邦男, born 1947), Japanese mechanical designer
  • Kunio Shibata (柴田 国男, born 1948), Japanese cross-country skier
  • Kunio Shimizu (清水 邦夫, 1936–2021), Japanese playwright
  • Kunio Shiota (塩田 邦郎, born 1950), Japanese life scientist
  • Kunio Tsuji (辻 邦生, 1925–1999), Japanese writer
  • Kunio Yamazaki (died 2013), Japanese biologist
  • Kunio Yanagita (柳田 國男, 1875–1962), Japanese folklorist and ethnologist
  • Kunio Yonehara (米原 邦夫, born 1941), Japanese water polo player
  • Kunio Yonenaga (米長 邦雄, born 1943–2012), Japanese shogi player

Fictional characters

  • Kunio Yamagata, a character in the manga series Miss Machiko
  • Kunio Murai (村井 國男), a character in the manga/anime Great Teacher Onizuka (not to be confused with the actor of the same name)
  • Kunio, the title character of Kunio-kun, a Japanese video game franchise
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