All over the world, マサノブ (Masanobu 
, マサノブ ) is a rare male forename. The given name マサノブ is characteristic of Japan, where it is a rare masculine name, the United States, where it is an extremely rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. More prevalently, マサノブ is the last name as well as the forename.