Tadao

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Tadao
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used

Tadao (written: 忠雄, 忠夫, 忠男, 忠生, 忠郎 or 理男) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, born 1941), Japanese architect
  • Aoyama Tadao (青山 忠雄, 1651–1685), Japanese daimyō
  • Tadao Baba (馬場 忠雄, born 1944), Japanese motorcycle engineer
  • Tadao Chino (千野 忠男, 1934–2008), Japanese banker
  • Tadao Higuchi (樋口 忠男, 1916–1992), Japanese photographer
  • Tadao Horie (堀江 忠男, 1913–2003), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Tadao Ikeda (池田 忠雄, 1905–1964), Japanese screenwriter and film director
  • Tadao Kasami (嵩 忠雄, 1930–2007), Japanese information theorist
  • Tadao Kikumoto (菊本忠男), Japanese inventor and engineer
  • Tadao Kitajima (北島 忠雄, born 1966), Japanese shogi player
  • Tadao Kobayashi (小林 忠生, born 1930), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Tadao Mitome (三留 理男, born 1938), Japanese photographer
  • Tadao Nagahama (長浜 忠夫, 1936–1980), Japanese anime director
  • Tadao Nakamura (born 1947), Japanese golfer
  • Tadao Oda (小田 忠雄, born 1940), Japanese mathematician
  • Tadao Onishi (大西 忠生, 1943–2006), Japanese footballer
  • Tadao Sato (佐藤 忠男, born 1930), Japanese film critic and theorist
  • Tadao Sawai (沢井 忠夫, 1938–1997), Japanese musician
  • Shizuki Tadao (志筑 忠雄, 1760–1806), Japanese astronomer and translator
  • Tadao Takayama (高山 忠雄, 1904–1980), Japanese footballer
  • Tadao Tannaka (淡中 忠郎, 1908–1986), Japanese mathematician
  • Tadao Tominari (冨成 忠夫, 1919–1992), Japanese photographer
  • Tadao Tomomatsu, American actor
  • Tadao Tosa (土佐 忠雄, born 1942), Japanese diver
  • Tadao Uchikoshi (打越 忠夫, born 1965), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Tadao Uesako (上迫 忠夫, 1921–1986), Japanese gymnast
  • Tadao Umesao (梅棹 忠夫, 1920–2010), Japanese anthropologist
  • Tadao Watanabe (渡辺 忠雄, 1898–1980), Japanese politician
  • Tadao Yanaihara (矢内原 忠雄, 1893–1961), Japanese economist and academic
  • Tadao Yasuda (安田 忠夫, born 1963), Japanese sumo and professional wrestler

Fictional characters

  • Tadao Hiiragi (柊 ただお), a character in the manga series Lucky Star
  • Tadao Yokoshima (横島 忠夫), a character in the manga series Ghost Sweeper Mikami