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:

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  • 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

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