Iwao
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Iwao (written: 巖, 巌, 岩夫, 岩尾, 岩生, 岩男 or 岩雄) is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Junko Iwao (岩男 潤子?) (born 1970), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Ken Iwao (岩尾 憲?) (born 1988), Japanese footballer
- Sachimi Iwao (岩尾 幸美?) (born 1976), Japanese field hockey player
- Seiichi Iwao (岩生 成一?) (1900–1988), Japanese academic, historian and writer
Given name:
- Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢 巌?) (1894–1972), Japanese diplomat
- Iwao Hakamada (袴田 巖?) (born 1936), Japanese boxer
- Iwao Horiuchi (堀内 岩雄?) (born 1941), Japanese sport wrestler
- Iwao Matsuda (松田 岩夫?) (born 1937), Japanese politician
- Iwao Matsuda (general) (松田 巌?) (1895–1979), Japanese general
- Ōyama Iwao (大山 巌?) (1842–1916), Japanese field marshal
- Iwao Taka (高 巌?), Japanese academic
- Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007), Japanese-American animator, television producer and film director
- Iwao Yamane (山根 巌?) (born 1976), Japanese footballer
- Iwao Yamawaki (山脇 巌?) (1898–1987), Japanese photographer
Fictional characters:
- Iwao (Kinnikuman) (イワオ?), character in the manga series Kinnikuman
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