Masakazu Yoshizawa
 Masakazu Yoshizawa (吉沢 政和 September 10 1950 – October 24 2007) was a Japanese American flutist and musician known for his mastery of the bamboo flute specifically the shakuhachi. Yoshizawa also mastered several other traditional Japanese flutes in addition to other Japanese and Western musical instruments. He was also considered a scholar of ancient and modern Japanese traditional music.