Shō (given name)

Shō, Sho or Shou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Akiko Yosano (与謝野 晶子, 1878-1942), Japanese author. Her birth name was "Shō Hō" (鳳 志よう)
• Sho Araki (荒木 翔; born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Sho Endo (遠藤 尚; born 1990), Japanese freestyle skier
• Sho Kosugi (ショー・コスギ, born 1948), Japanese martial artist and actor
• Show Hayami (速水 奨, born 1958), Japanese voice actor and singer
• Sho Hirano (平野 紫耀; born 1997), Japanese idol and actor
• Shō Ishikawa (石川 翔; born 1999), Japanese baseball player
• Sho Ito (伊藤 翔; born 1988), Japanese footballer
• Sho Kimura (木村 翔; born 1988), Japanese boxer
• Sho Nakata (中田 翔, born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Sun Yat-sen (孫 逸仙, 1866–1925), a.k.a. "Nakayama Shō" (中山 樵)
• Sho Sakai (坂井 丞; born 1992), Japanese diver
• Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, born 1982), Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, and newscaster
• Sho Shimada (嶋田 翔; born 1998), stage name Lien, Japanese idol, member of South Korean boy band Mirae
• Sho Sotodate (外舘 祥; born 1991), Japanese swimmer
• Sho Tanaka (田中 翔; born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler
• Sho Yano (矢野 祥, born 1991), American child prodigy
• Shō Kiryūin (鬼龍院 翔, born 1984) Japanese singer and songwriter, member of Japanese rock band Golden Bomber
• Sho Yonashiro (與那城 奨, born 1995), Japanese idol, member of JO1
• Sho Watanabe (渡辺翔), Japanese wheelchair racer

Shō

Gender	Male (with a few exceptions)
Origin
Word/name	Japanese

Fictional characters

• Ginzu the Ninja or Sho, a character in Captain Commando video game
• Sho, a protagonist of the 2002 video game Crimson Sea
• Syoh from Tuff E Nuff (Dead Dance)
• Genocide Jack (Genocider Syo), a character in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Shou Amabane, the player character in Burning Rangers
• Shou Ashikawa, a character in Machine Robo Rescue
• Shō Fukamachi, the protagonist character of Bio Booster Armor Guyver
• Sho Hayate, a character in Dengeki Sentai Changeman
• Shō Kazamatsuri, the main character in Whistle!
• Syo Kurusu (来栖 翔), the main character in the Uta no Prince-sama franchise
• Sho Marufuji (Syrus Truesdale), a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Sho Minamimoto, an antagonist in The World Ends with You video game
• Sho Minazuki, a fighter in Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold
• Sho Shinjo, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
• Sho Takamatsu, a character from The Drifting Classroom
• Shou Tatsumi, a character in Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
• Shou Toramaru, a character in Undefined Fantastic Object from the Touhou Project series
• Sho Tsukioka (月岡 彰), a character in the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
• Shou Tucker, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist
• Shō Utsumi (内海 将), a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
• Shō Kusakabe, a character from the anime and manga series Fire Force
• Xiao, a playable Anemo character in Genshin Impact, read as Shō (魈) in Japanese

See also

• Masatoshi Ono (小野 正利, born 1967), Japanese rock/heavy metal singer, nicknamed "Sho"
• Sho (disambiguation)