title: Yasunobu
text: # Yasunobu
  
  Yasunobu is a masculine Japanese given name.
  
  ## Kanji and meaning
  
  The name Yasunobu is composed of two elements yasu and nobu, each of which could be written with a variety of kanji, for example:
  
  * yasu: 泰 ("great" or "exalted"), 裕 ("abundant"), 康 ("health"), 安 ("peaceful" or "safe")
  * nobu: 伸 ("extend"), 暢 ("smoothly"), 信 ("trust")
  
  The same elements can also be written in the opposite order to form the masculine name Nobuyasu.
  
  ## People
  
  Notable people with the name Yasunobu include:
  
  * Yasunobu Matsuoka (松岡 康暢, born 1986), Japanese footballer
  * Yasunobu Sekikawa (堰川 康信, born 1980), Japanese weightlifter
  * Yasunobu Chiba (千葉 泰伸, born 1971), Japanese footballer
  * Yasunobu Nakamura (中村 泰信, born 1968), Japanese quantum physicist
  * Yasunobu Kanada (金田 裕伸, born 1963), Japanese sprint canoeist
  * Kanō Yasunobu (狩野 安信, 1614–1685), Japanese painter
  * Miyake Yasunobu (三宅 康信, 1563–1632), Japanese daimyō
  