title: Yasumasa
text: # Yasumasa
  
  Yasumasa is a masculine Japanese given name.
  
  ## Possible writings
  
  Yasumasa can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
  
  * 康正, "healthy, righteous"
  * 康雅, "healthy, elegant"
  * 康政, "healthy, politics"
  * 康昌, "healthy, clear"
  * 康将, "healthy, commander"
  * 靖正, "peaceful, righteous"
  * 靖雅, "peaceful, elegant"
  * 靖政, "peaceful, politics"
  * 靖昌, "peaceful, clear"
  * 靖将, "peaceful, commander"
  * 安正, "tranquil, righteous"
  * 安政, "tranquil, politics"
  * 安昌, "tranquil, clear"
  * 保正, "preserve, righteous"
  * 保雅, "preserve, elegant"
  * 保政, "preserve, politics"
  * 泰正, "peaceful, righteous"
  * 泰政, "peaceful, politics"
  * 泰将, "peaceful, commander"
  * 易正, "divination, righteous"
  * 易真, "divination, reality"
  
  The name can also be written in hiragana やすまさ or katakana ヤスマサ.
  
  ## Notable people with the name
  
  * Yasumasa Fukushima (福島 安正, 1852–1919), Japanese general
  * Yasumasa Furo (不老 安正, born 1944), Japanese sport shooter
  * Yasumasa Hane (羽根 泰正, born 1944), Japanese Go player
  * Yasumasa Kanada (金田 康正, 1949–2020), Japanese mathematician
  * Yasumasa Kawasaki (川﨑 裕大, born 1992), Japanese footballer
  * Yasumasa Matsudaira (松平 康昌, 1893–1957), Japanese bureaucrat
  * Yasumasa Morimura (森村 泰昌, born 1951), Japanese artist
  * Yasumasa Narasaki (楢崎 泰昌, 1928–2014), Japanese politician
  * Yasumasa Nishino (footballer) (西野 泰正, born 1982), Japanese footballer
  * Yasumasa Nishino (swimmer) (西野 恭正, 1925–2004), Japanese swimmer
  * Yasumasa Sakakibara (榊原 康政, 1548–1606), Japanese daimyō
  * Yasumasa Shigeno (重野 安正, born 1941), Japanese politician
  * Yasumasa Tanida (谷田 康真, born 1994), Japanese curler
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Yasumasa Hirai (平井 保昌), a character in the novel Teito Monogatari
  