title: Masahide
text: # Masahide
  
  Masahide (written: 正秀, 正英, 昌秀, 政秀, 政英 or 雅英) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Hirate Masahide (平手 政秀, 1492–1553), Japanese samurai
  * Masahide Jinno (神野 正英, born 1948), Japanese sprinter
  * Masahide Kanayama (金山 政英, 1909–1997), Japanese diplomat
  * Masahide Kawamoto (川元 正英, born 1971), Japanese footballer
  * Masahide Kobayashi (小林 雅英, born 1974), Japanese baseball player
  * Mizuta Masahide (水田 正秀, aya, 1657–1723), Japanese poet and samurai
  * Masahide Ōta (大田 昌秀, born 1925), Japanese academic and politician
  