# Osamu

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, 1971–2025), 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