title: Masanobu
text: # Masanobu
  
  Masanobu (written: 雅信, 雅伸, 政信, 政伸, 政修, 正信, 正謖, 昌信 or 昌伸) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Minamoto no Masanobu (源 雅信, 920–993), Japanese kugyō
  * Kanō Masanobu (狩野 正信, 1434?–1530?), Japanese painter
  * Kōsaka Masanobu (高坂 昌信, 1527–1578), Japanese samurai
  * Honda Masanobu (本多 正信, 1538–1616), Japanese daimyō
  * Okumura Masanobu (奥村 政信, 1686–1764), Japanese print designer, book publisher and painter
  * Inaba Masanobu (稲葉 正謖, 1749–1806), Japanese daimyō
  * Masanobu Tsuji (辻 政信, 1901–ca.1961), Japanese military leader
  * Masanobu Fukuoka (福岡 正信, 1913–2008), Japanese farmer and philosopher
  * Chiyonoyama Masanobu (千代の山 雅信, 1926–1977), Japanese sumo wrestler
  * Masanobu Shinozuka (born 1930), Japanese engineer
  * Masanobu Deme (出目昌伸, born 1932), Japanese film director
  * Masanobu Izumi (泉 政伸, born 1944), Japanese footballer
  * Masanobu Ohata (大畑 政修, born 1947), Japanese sport shooter
  * Masanobu Yamamoto (山本 真伸, born 1949), Japanese rower
  * Masanobu Endō (遠藤 雅伸, born 1953), Japanese video game designer
  * Masanobu Fuchi (渕 正信, born 1954), Japanese professional wrestler
  * Masanobu Kikukawa (喜久川 政信, born 1954), Japanese karateka
  * Masanobu Kimura (木村 政信, born 1960), Japanese golfer
  * Masanobu Takashima (高嶋 政伸) (born 1966) Japanese actor
  * Masanobu Matsunami (松波 正信, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  * Masanobu Andō (安藤 政信, born 1975), Japanese actor
  