Matsuoka (written: 松岡 or 松丘 lit. "pine tree hill") is a Japanese surname.

Matsuoka
PronunciationJapanese: [matsɯꜜoka]
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
MeaningMatsu () : Pine tree
oka () : Hill
Region of originJapan

Matsuoka is the 142nd most common name in Japan as of 2014, belonging to approximately 1 out of 865 people, or 141,900 individuals. It is most prevalent in Osaka, with the highest percentage per capita in Kochi and Kumamoto prefectures.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

(Names are listed by field, alphabetically by given name in the western convention of given-name, surname for clarity.)

Academics

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  • Asa Matsuoka (松岡朝, 1893–1980), Japanese philanthropist and cultural ambassador
  • Hiroyuki Matsuoka (born c. 1956), Japanese professor of infection and immunity
  • Kinpei Matsuoka (松岡 均平, 1876–1960), Japanese baron and economics professor
  • Kunio Matsuoka (松岡 國男, 1875–1962), birth name of Kunio Yanagita, Japanese scholar and folklorist
  • Satoshi Matsuoka (松岡 聡, born 1964), Japanese computer scientist
  • Shinpei Matsuoka (松岡心平, born 1954), Japanese noh scholar
  • Shizuo Matsuoka (松岡 静雄, 1878–1936), Japanese naval officer, linguist, and ethnologist
  • Shoan Matsuoka (松岡 恕庵, 1668-1756) Japanese Confucianist and herbalist
  • Yoko Matsuoka McClain (1924–2011), Japanese-born American professor of language and literature
  • Yoky Matsuoka (born 1972), American computer scientist

Arts and entertainment

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Politics

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Sports and martial arts

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Others

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Fictional characters

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  • Kenjiro Matsuoka, a character in the video game Killer7
  • Miu Matsuoka (松岡 美羽), a character in the manga series Strawberry Marshmallow
  • Rin Matsuoka (松岡 凛), a character in the anime series Free!

References

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  1. ^ "Name Search". sijisuru.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.