Asano

Asano (written: 浅野, 淺野 or hiragana あさの) is a Japanese language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Asano clan, samurai family in feudal Japan.
  • Asano Naganori, Important historical figure title: Takumi no Kami
  • Asano Nagaakira, samurai
  • Asano Nagamasa, samurai
  • Asano Nagakoto, last daimyō
  • Asano Yukinaga, samurai
  • Asano Naganao, Edo period daimyō
  • Asano Nagatomo, Edo period daimyō
• Aiko Asano, actress and singer
• Atsuko Asano, actress
• Atsuko Asano (writer)
• Inio Asano, manga artist
• Kevin Asano, retired judoka from the United States
• Koji Asano, musician and composer
• Masumi Asano, voice actress
• Mayumi Asano, voice actress
• Noriko Asano (浅野 典子, born 1955), Japanese swimmer
• Shirō Asano (professor), Japanese professor and political commentator
• Sōichirō Asano, businessman
• Tadanobu Asano, actor
• Takuma Asano, footballer
• Asano Yoshiteru (浅野 慶熾, 1836–1858), Japanese daimyō
• Yuya Asano (浅野 雄也, born 1997), Japanese footballer

Asano

Language(s)	Japanese

Fictional characters

• Rin Asano
• Gakushu Asano

See also

• Asano-gumi, yakuza (criminal) gang based in Okayama, Japan

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