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Osamu
	Osamu Tezuka, a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist and animator
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Osamu (おさむ, オサム) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

治 "reign"
修 "discipline"
理 "logic"
収 "obtain"
紀 "chronicle"
統 "rule"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

Osamu Abe (baseball) (安部理, born 1962), Japanese baseball player and coach
Osamu Abe (rower) (安部収, born 1913), Japanese rower
Osamu Adachi (足立理, born 1987), Japanese actor
Osamu Akimoto (秋本治, born 1952), Japanese manga artist
Osamu Annen (安念治, 1934–2021), Japanese sumo wrestler
Osamu Ashitomi (安次富修, born 1956), Japanese politician
Osamu Chiba (千葉修, born 1968), Japanese former football player
Osamu Dazai (太宰治, 1909–1948), Japanese author
Osamu Dezaki (出﨑統, 1943–2011), Japanese anime director
Osamu Fujimura (藤村修, born 1949), Japanese politician
Osamu Fujimura (scientist) (藤村靖, 1927–2017), Japanese physicist, phonetician and linguist
Osamu Fukutani (福谷修, born 1967), Japanese film director
Osamu Furuya (古谷伸, 1920–2000), Japanese cinematographer
Osamu Hagiwara (萩原修, born 1960), Japanese racing driver
Osamu Hamanaka (濱中治, born 1978), Japanese former professional baseball player
Osamu Hayaishi (早石修, 1920–2015), Japanese biochemist, physiologist and military physician
Osamu Hayasaki (早崎治, 1933–1993), Japanese photographer
Osamu Hayashi (林修, born 1965), Japanese television personality
Osamu Higashio (東尾修, born 1950), Japanese former baseball player
Osamu Hirose (広瀬治, born 1965), Japanese former footballer
Osamu Hokuseihō (北青鵬治, born 2001), Mongolian-born Japanese sumo wrestler
Osamu Hosoi (細井治, born 1964), Japanese voice actor
Osamu Inoue (井上治, born 1932), Japanese long-distance runner
Osamu Ishiguro (石黒修, 1936–2016), Japanese tennis player
Osamu Ishiwata (石渡治, born 1959), Japanese manga artist
Osamu Henry Iyoha (イヨハ理ヘンリー, born 1998), Japanese footballer
Osamu Kaneda (金田治, born 1949), Japanese director and stuntman
Osamu Kanemura (金村修, born 1964), Japanese photographer
Osamu Kido (木戸修, born 1950), Japanese professional wrestler
Osamu Kitajima (喜多嶋修, born 1949), Japanese musician, producer and composer
Osamu Kobayashi (animation director) (小林治, born 1945), Japanese animator and animation director
Osamu Kobayashi (illustrator) (小林治, 1964–2021), Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanical designer and animation director
Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor) (小林治, 1934–2011), Japanese voice actor
Osamu Kodama (児玉修, born 1956), Japanese former alpine skier
Osamu Kudō (工藤修, 1915–1942), Japanese officer and ace fighter pilot
Osamu Kuraishi (倉石平, born 1956), Japanese basketball coach
Osamu Maeda (前田治, born 1965), Japanese former football player
Osamu Mandai (万代治, born 1942), Japanese rower
Osamu Masuko (益子修, 1949–2020), Japanese business executive
Osamu Matsubara (松原治, 1917–2012), Japanese businessman
Osamu Matsuda (松田納, born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler better known as El Samurai
Osamu Mihara (三原脩, 1911–1984), Japanese professional baseball player and manager
Osamu Miyazaki (宮崎敦, born 1966), Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Osamu Mukai (向井理, born 1982), Japanese actor
Osamu Muramatsu (村松修, born 1949), Japanese astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets
Osamu Nagayama (永山治, born 1947), Japanese businessman
Osamu Naito (内藤修, born 1949), Japanese speed skater
Osamu Nakako (中子修, born 1954), Japanese former professional racing driver
Osamu James Nakagawa (オサムジェームス中川, born 1962), Japanese-American photographer
Osamu Nakajima (中嶋修, 1958–2012), Japanese racing driver

Osamu Nakamura (中村修, born 1962), Japanese shogi player
Osamu Nishimura (西村修, born 1971), Japanese professional wrestler
Osamu Noguchi (野口修, 1934–2016), Japanese kickboxing promoter
Osamu Ochiai (落合治, born 1931), Japanese sport shooter
Osamu Ota (太田治, born 1965), Japanese former rugby union player and coach
Osamu Saito (斎藤修, born 1938), Japanese rower
Osamu Saka (阪脩), Japanese actor and voice actor
Osamu Sakata (坂田おさむ), Japanese actor
Osamu Sato (佐藤理, born 1960), Japanese artist, photographer and composer
Osamu Sato (boxer) (佐藤修, born 1976), Japanese boxer
Osamu Shiihara (椎原治, 1905–1974), Japanese photographer
Osamu Shimomura (下村脩, 1928–2018), Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist
Osamu Shimomura (economist) (下村治, 1910–1989), Japanese economist
Osamu Shitara (設楽統, born 1973), Japanese comedian and television presenter
Osamu Sumida (住田修, born 1969), Japanese cyclist
Osamu Suzuki (businessman) (鈴木修, 1930–2024), Japanese businessman
Osamu Suzuki (ceramist) (鈴木治, 1926–2001), Japanese ceramist
Osamu Suzuki (screenwriter) (鈴木収, born 1972), Japanese television writer, screenwriter, lyricist and tarento
Osamu Tada (多田修, born 1935), Japanese alpine skier
Osamu Takechi (武知治, 1914–unknown), Japanese field hockey player
Osamu Takizawa (滝沢修, 1906–2000), Japanese actor
Osamu Taninaka (谷中治, born 1964), Japanese former football player
Osamu Tezuka (手塚治, 1928–1989), Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator
Osamu Tsuno (津野修, born 1938), Japanese lawyer
Osamu Tsurumine (鶴峯治, 1941–2015), Japanese swimmer
Osamu Umeyama (梅山修, born 1973), Japanese former football player
Osamu Ueno (上野修, born 1983), Japanese freestyle skier
Osamu Uno (宇野治, born 1947), Japanese politician
Osamu Wakabayashi (若林修, 1944–2015), Canadian-Japanese professional ice hockey player
Osamu Watanabe (渡辺長武, born 1940), Japanese retired freestyle wrestler
Osamu Yamazaki (山崎修, born 1964), Japanese freestyle skier
Osamu Yatabe (矢田部理, 1932–2021), Japanese lawyer and politician
Osamu Yoshioka (吉岡治, 1934–2010), Japanese lyricist

Fictional characters

Osamu Dazai (太宰治), a character in the anime and manga Bungo Stray Dogs
Osamu Kashiwagi (柏木修), a character in the video game series Yakuza
Osamu Kamiyama (神山治), a character in the anime series Kamisama Kazoku
Osamu Kurihara (栗原オサム), a character in the tokusatsu series Moero!! Robocon
Osamu Kimizuka, a character in the shōnen-ai manga Loveless
Osamu Mikumo (三雲修), a character in the anime and manga World Trigger
Osamu Miya (宮治), a character in the anime and manga Haikyu!!
Osamu Shibata (柴田修), a character in the anime and manga series Ao no Orchestra