Mineo (given name)

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

  • Mineo Ōsumi (大角 岑生, 1876–1941), Japanese politician and Commander of the Japanese Navy during World War II
  • Mineo Yoshikawa (吉川 峰夫, born 1947), Japanese basketball player
  • Mineo Kato (加藤峰男, Katō Mineo, born 27 March 1934) is a Japanese former water polo player
  • Mineo Fujita (born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Mineo Maya (魔夜峰央, Mineo Maya), Japanese manga artist born in 1953
  • Mineo Katagiri (1919 – 2005), Japanese-American social activist for racial equality, and a minister for the United Church of Christ
  • Mineo Higashi (born 1938), Japanese writer
  • Mineo Kaneda Mineo Kaneda (金田 峰生, born 1965), Japanese politician