Ways to write Masashi

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

雅史

雅elegant, refined史history

Boy, 28 notable people on Wikidata

正志

正right, correct志will, ambition

Boy, 26 notable people on Wikidata

正史

正right, correct史history

Boy, 21 notable people on Wikidata

正

正right, correct

Boy, 14 notable people on Wikidata

雅司

雅elegant, refined司to direct

Boy, 14 notable people on Wikidata

昌志

昌prosperous, bright志will, ambition

Boy, 12 notable people on Wikidata

将司

将general, leader司to direct

Boy, 12 notable people on Wikidata

政志

政government, to govern志will, ambition

Boy, 10 notable people on Wikidata

雅士

雅elegant, refined士gentleman, samurai

Boy, 10 notable people on Wikidata

雅志

雅elegant, refined志will, ambition

Boy, 9 notable people on Wikidata

政司

政government, to govern司to direct

Boy, 8 notable people on Wikidata

昌史

昌prosperous, bright史history

Boy, 7 notable people on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Masashi appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

公志public + willBoy

剛士strong + gentlemanBoy

眞史true + historyBoy

仁史benevolence + historyBoy

Famous people named Masashi

Masashi Kishimoto 岸本 斉史Japanese manga artist (born 1974)

Masashi Nakayama 雅史Japanese association football player and manager

Masashi Oguro 大黒 将志Japanese association football player and manager (1980-)

Masashi Motoyama 本山 雅志Japanese association football player

Masashi Watanabe 正Japanese association football player and manager (1936–1995)

Masashi Miyazawa 宮沢 正史Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.