Teruo

Teruo

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Teruo (written: 輝雄, 輝男, 輝夫, 辉夫, 昭雄, 照雄 or 照夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Teruo Abe (安部 輝雄, fl. 1934), Japanese footballer
• Teruo Akiyama (秋山 輝男, 1891–1943), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Teruo Chinen (知念 辉夫, born 1941), Japanese karateka
• Chiyozakura Teruo (千代櫻 輝夫, born 1950), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Teruo Funai (船井 照夫, born 1938), Japanese long-distance runner
• Hata Teruo (秦 テルヲ, 1887–1945), Japanese painter
• Teruo Higa (比嘉 照夫, born 1941), Japanese academic
• Teruo Ishii (石井 輝男, 1924–2005), Japanese film director
• Teruo Itokawa (糸川 照雄, 1940–2000), Japanese shot putter
• Teruo Iwamoto (岩本 輝雄, born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Teruo Kakuta, Japanese manga artist
• Teruo Murakami (村上 輝夫, 1938-2013), Japanese table tennis player
• Teruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, 1919−1979), Taiwanese-born Imperial Japanese Army soldier
• Teruo Nakamura (golfer) (born 1952), Japanese golfer
• Teruo Nakamura (musician) (中村 照夫, born 1942), Japanese jazz musician
• Teruo Nimura (二村 昭雄, born 1943), Japanese footballer
• Teruo Sugihara (杉原 輝雄, 1937–2011), Japanese golfer
• Teruo Yajima (矢島 輝夫, 1939−1999), Japanese writer
• Terry Teruo Kawamura, United States Army soldier

Fictional Characters

• Teruo Suzuki, a young boy who were disguised as Arch Orphnoch/Orphnoch King in Kamen Rider 555

See also

• 5924 Teruo, a main-belt asteroid