Matsuo (name)

Matsuo (written: 松尾) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Akiko Matsuo (松尾 亜紀子, born 1964), Japanese engineer
• Ayumu Matsuo (松尾 歩, born 1980), Japanese shogi player
• Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644–1694), the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan.
• Ginzō Matsuo (松尾 銀三, 1951–2001), a Japanese voice actor
• Hayato Matsuo (松尾 早人, born 1965), a Japanese video game and anime composer, arranger and orchestrator
• Kaoru Matsuo (松尾 薫, born 1951), Japanese sport shooter
• Kayo Matsuo (松尾 嘉代, born 1943), a Japanese actress
• Kazumi Matsuo (松尾 和美, born 1974), a Japanese female marathon runner
• Kinoaki Matsuo (松尾 樹明), a Foreign Affairs Officer and Navy Admiralty Liaison, Black Dragon Society member, writer, and Japanese Navy strategizer
• Seijiro Matsuo (松尾 誠次郎), the second president of the Dojin-kai
• Shinji Matsuo (松尾 慎治), Japanese engineer
• Shizuka Matsuo (松尾 静香, born 1986), a Japanese female badminton player
• Yoshihiko Matsuo (松尾 良彦, 1934–2020), a Japanese automobile designer
• Yukimi Matsuo (松尾 幸実, born 1987), a Japanese beauty pageant

Matsuo (written: 松夫, 松男) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Matsuo Fujimoto (藤本 松夫, 1922–1962), a Japanese man charged for a 1952 murder and executed by hanging in 1962
• Matsuo Sugano (菅野 松男, born 1939), a Japanese astronomer
• Matsuo Yokoyama (横山 松夫, born 1927), former president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan