title: Sō
text: # Sō
  
  Sō, So or Sou (written: 宗 or 宋) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Shigeru So (宗 茂) (born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Takeshi
  * Takeshi So (宗 猛) (born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Shigeru
  * Sō Shiseki (宋 紫石) (1715–1786), Japanese painter
  * Sō Sukekuni (宗 助国) (1207–1274), Japanese Deputy Governor
  * Sō Yoshitoshi (宗 義智) (1568–1615), Japanese daimyō
  * Sō Yoshiyori (宗 義和) (1818–1890), Japanese daimyō
  * Sō Takeyuki (宗 武志) (1908–1985), Japanese aristocrat
  
  Sō (written: 壮 or 創) is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * So Aono (青野 聰) (born 1943), Japanese novelist
  * So Fujitani (藤谷 壮) (born 1997), Japanese footballer
  * So Hirao (平尾 壮) (born 1996), Japanese footballer
  * Sō Kuramoto (倉本 聰) (born 1934), Japanese playwright and screenwriter
  * So Matsuyama (松山 崇) (1908–1977), Japanese production designer
  * So Nakagawa (中川 創) (born 1999), Japanese footballer
  * So Nishikawa (born 2001), Japanese-Australian association football player
  * So Taguchi (田口 壮) (born 1969), Japanese baseball player
  * Sō Takei (武井 壮) (born 1973), Japanese athlete and television personality
  * So Yamamura (山村聰) (1910–2000), Japanese actor
  * So Okuno (奥野 壮) (born 2000), Japanese actor
  
  Sō is the romanization of the uncommon Japanese surname written 曹 in Kanji, which derived from the Chinese surname Cao.
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * So Inuoka (犬岡 走), a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of (originally middle blocker) wing spiker from Nekoma High
  * Sou Hiyori (日和 颯), a character from the game Kimi ga Shine -Tasuuketsu Death Game-
  