Nobuo (written: , , , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese basketball player Nobuo Fujita (1911–1997), Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy , Japanese basketball player , Japanese basketball player Nobuo Kojima (1915–2006), writer Kanda Nobuo (1921–2003), historian who specialized in early Nobuo Nakagawa (1905–1984), film director , Japanese actor , Japanese boxer Nobuo Okishio (1927–2003), Japanese economist , Japanese handball player Nobuo Satō (born 1942), former Japanese figure skater and current coach , Japanese sculptor Nobuo Suga, a Japanese biologist, known for hearing research Nobuo Tanaka (born 1950), former executive director of the International Energy Agency Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi (1911–1943), war participant Nobuo Tobita (born 1959), Japanese voice actor Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), composer of video game music Nobuo Yoneda (1930–1996), mathematician and computer scientist See also Ina Nobuo Award, an annual award given by Nikon Salon Japanese masculine given names