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Masakazu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Imafuku Masakazu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Takeda clan. He was also known as Imafuku Ichizaemon-no-jō (今福市左衛門尉) and held the court title of Chikuzen no kami. Masakazu was the son of Imafuku Jōkansai (今福浄閑斎), the Takeda retainer who had built Kunōzan Castle and served as its warden. Masakazu's landholding, starting in 1563, was in the Suwa District of Shinano province. He was active under both Takeda Shingen and Shingen's son Katsuyori as a commander of infantry samurai-taishō (侍大将). He also served for a time as the warden of Takashima Castle. Masakazu was killed in 1582 while leading a counterattack against Kiso Yoshimasa, a former Takeda vassal who had turned traitor during the Tokugawa/Oda attacks on Shinano and Kai.

Kobori Masakazu daimyo

Kobori Masakazu, better known as Kobori Enshū, was a notable Japanese artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Masakazu Fujiwara Japanese long-distance runner

Masakazu Fujiwara, in Japanese 藤原正和, is Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:08:12 hours for the event. He was the 2013 Japanese champion in the marathon and won the 2010 Tokyo Marathon. He trains at Honda Sports team.

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