Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008 Masato Amada (born 1974), Japanese voice actor , Japanese actor Masato Hagiwara (born 1971), Japanese actor Masato Harada (born 1949), Japanese film director and actor Masato Hatanaka (born 1975), Japanese musician Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese singer and musician Masato Ichishiki (born 1971), author of the SD Gundam comics , Japanese film director and screenwriter , Japanese anime director and screenwriter , Japanese game developer and scenario writer Masato Kawabata (born 1977), professional drifting driver Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat Masato Kurogi (born 1989), Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka , Japanese judoka Masato Morishige (born 1987), Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo Masato Nakamura (born 1958), member of the band Dreams Come True , Japanese baseball player Masato Nagai a Japanese anime singer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Masato Sakai (born 1973), Japanese actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese weightlifter , Japanese sailor , Japanese baseball player Masato Yokoyama (born 1964), perpetrator of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway Masato Yoshii (born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player Fictional characters Masato (Pokémon), known in English as Max, a character in Pokémon and Ash & Pikachu Masato Inohara, a character in Little Busters! Masato Jin from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Masato Kusaka of Kamen Rider 555 Masato Mishima of Kamen Rider Kabuto Masato Sanjouin from Sailor Moon Masato Wakamatsu of Miyuki Masato Yamanobe, a character in the manga Phoenix (Hi no Tori) Masato Hijirikawa, a character from the Uta no Prince-sama series. Masato Kageura, a character in the manga World Trigger. See also Masato, Peruvian Amazonian regional variation of the fermented beverage chicha Japanese masculine given names