Masato is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masato (kickboxer), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008 Masato Furuoya , Japanese actor Masato Hagiwara, Japanese actor Masato Harada, Japanese film director and actor Masato Hatanaka, Japanese musician Masato Hayakawa, Japanese singer and musician Masato Ichishiki, author of the SD Gundam comics Masato Ishioka , Japanese film director and screenwriter Masato Kato , Japanese game developer and scenario writer Masato Kawabata, professional drifting driver Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat Masato Kurogi, Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka Masato Mihara , Japanese judoka Masato Morishige, Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo Masato Nakamura, member of the band Dreams Come True Masato Nakamura (baseball) , Japanese baseball player Masato Osugi , Japanese footballer Masato Saito , Japanese footballer Masato Sakai, Japanese actor Masato Sasaki , Japanese footballer Masato Tachibana , Japanese weightlifter Masato Takaki , Japanese sailor Masato Watanabe , Japanese baseball player Masato Yokoyama, perpetrator of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway Masato Yoshii, Japanese professional baseball player
