title: Hideo
text: # Hideo
  
  Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Hideo Den (田 英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter
  * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本 英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player
  * Hideo Fukui (福井 英郎, born 1977), Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon
  * Hideo Fukuyama (福山 英朗, born 1955), Japanese NASCAR driver
  * Hideo Gosha (五社 英雄, 1929–1992), Japanese film director
  * Hideo Hagiwara (萩原 英雄, 1913–2007), Japanese artist
  * Hideo Hamamura (浜村 秀雄, 1928–2000), Japanese marathon runner
  * Hideo Hashimoto (橋本 英郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer
  * Hideo Higashikokubaru (東国原 英夫, born 1957), Japanese comedian, best known for his role in Takeshi's Castle and the current governor of Miyazaki Prefecture
  * Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫, born 1954), Japanese politician
  * Hideo Iijima (飯島 秀雄, born 1944), Japanese sprinter and baseball player
  * Hideo Ishikawa (石川 英郎, born 1969), Japanese voice actor
  * Hideo Itokawa (糸川 英夫, 1912–1999), Japanese aerospace engineer
  * Hideo Iwakuro (岩畔 豪雄, 1897–1970), World War II Imperial Japanese Army general
  * Hideo Jinpu (神風 英男, born 1961), Japanese politician
  * Hideo Kanaya (金谷 秀夫, born 1945), former Grand Prix motorcyclist
  * Hideo Kanekawa (金川 英雄, born 1936), Japanese basketball player
  * Hideo Kaneshiro (金城 秀雄), Japanese rugby union player
  * Hideo Kanze (観世 栄夫, 1927–2007), Japanese actor
  * Hideo Kobayashi (小林 秀雄, 1902–1983), Japanese writer
  * Hideo Kobayashi (canoeist) (小林 英男, born 1943), Japanese sprint canoeist
  * Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, born 1963), Japanese video game director
  * Hideo Levy (リービ 英雄, born 1950), American-born Japanese language author
  * Hideo Mizumori (水森 英夫), Japanese singer
  * Hideo Mizuno (水野 英郎, born 1970), Japanese weightlifter
  * Hideo Murai (村井 秀夫, 1958-1995), Japanese scientist
  * Hideo Murata (村田英雄, 1929–2002), Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer
  * Hideo Muraoka (村田英雄, 1929–2002), Brazilian-Japanese model
  * Hideo Murota (室田 日出男, 1937–2002), Japanese actor
  * Hideo Nagata (長田秀雄, 1885–1949), Japanese poet and playwright
  * Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫), Japanese film director
  * Hideo Noda (野田 英夫, 1908-1939), American artist
  * Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄), Japanese baseball player
  * Hideo Ochi (越智秀男, born 1940), Japanese Karate master
  * Hideo Oe (大江 英雄, born 1944), Japanese rower
  * Hideo Ogata (尾形英夫, 1934–2007), Japanese anime film producer
  * Hideo Oguma (小熊秀雄, 1901–1940), Japanese author
  * Hideo Ohba (大庭 英雄, 1910–1986), Japanese martial artist
  * Hideo Okamoto (岡本 秀雄, born 1948), Japanese rower
  * Hideo Ōshima (大島 秀夫, born 1980), Japanese football player
  * Hideo Otake (大竹 英雄, born 1942), Japanese Go player
  * Hideo Sakaki (榊 英雄, born 1970), Japanese actor
  * Hideo Sakamaki, president of Nomura Securities between 1991–1997
  * Hideo Sakurai (桜井 秀男, born 1948), Japanese ice hockey player
  * Hideo Sasaki (1919–2000), American landscape architect
  * Hideo Sasayama (笹山 秀雄, born 1966), Japanese sport wrestler
  * Hideo Seaver, American voice actor
  * Hideo Shima (島 秀雄, 1901–1998), Japanese engineer
  * Hideo Suzuki (鈴木 秀夫, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
  * Hideo Tanaka (disambiguation), several people
  * Hideo Tanifuji (谷藤 秀夫, born 1949), Japanese cross-country skier
  * Hideo Tokoro (born 1977), Japanese martial artist
  * Hideo Urabe (浦辺 秀夫, born 1951), Japanese ice hockey player
  * Hideo Usui (born 1939) (臼井 日出男), Japanese politician
  * Hideo Watanabe (渡辺 秀央, born 1934), Japanese politician
  * Hideo Yamaki (山木 秀夫, born 1952), Japanese jazz musician
  * Hideo Yamamoto (山本 英夫, born 1968), Japanese manga artist
  * Hideo Yoritaka (頼高 英雄, born 1963), Japanese politician
  * Hizeo Yoshimura (1922-1995), better known as Pops Yoshimura, Japanese motorcycle tuner and factory Suzuki team owner
  * Hideo Yoshino (吉野 秀雄, 1902–1967), Japanese tanka poet
  * Hideo Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀雄), Japanese video game developer and director
  * Hideo Yoshizawa (footballer) (吉澤 英生, born 1971), Japanese footballer and manager
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Hideo Kuze, character from the anime Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
  * Hideo Minagawa, character from the anime Initial D Fifth Stage
  