Iwao
# Iwao

Iwao (written: 巖, 巌, 岩夫, 岩尾, 岩生, 岩男 or 岩雄) is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Emma Haruka Iwao, Japanese computer scientist and cloud developer advocate
* Junko Iwao (岩男 潤子, born 1970), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Ken Iwao (岩尾 憲, born 1988), Japanese footballer
* Sachimi Iwao (岩尾 幸美, born 1976), Japanese field hockey player
* Seiichi Iwao (岩生 成一, 1900–1988), Japanese academic, historian and writer
* Sumiko Iwao (岩男 寿美子, 1935–2018), Japanese psychologist, magazine editor and academic

## Given name

* Iwao Ageishi (上石 巌, 1908–1991), Japanese cross-country skier
* Iwao Akiyama (秋山 巌, 1921–2014), Japanese printmaker
* Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢 巌, 1894–1972), Japanese diplomat
* Iwao Hakamada (袴田 巖, born 1936), Japanese boxer
* Iwao Horiuchi (堀内 岩雄, born 1941), Japanese sport wrestler
* Iwao Matsuda (松田 岩夫, born 1937), Japanese politician
* Iwao Matsuda (general) (松田 巌, 1895–1979), Japanese general
* Iwao Nakayama (中山 巌, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
* Ōyama Iwao (大山 巌, 1842–1916), Japanese field marshal
* Iwao Taka (高 巌), Japanese academic
* Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007), Japanese-American animator, television producer and film director
* Iwao Yamane (山根 巌, born 1976), Japanese footballer
* Iwao Yamawaki (山脇 巌, 1898–1987), Japanese photographer

## Fictional characters

* Iwao (Kinnikuman) (イワオ), a character in the manga series Kinnikuman
