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

• Susumu Akagi (born 1972) Japanese voice actor
• Susumu Aoyagi (青柳 進, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
• Susumu Chiba (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
• Susumu Esashika (江刺家 進; born 1937), Japanese bobsledder
• Susumu Fujita (1912–1991), Japanese actor
• Susumu Fukui (born 1947), Japanese Go player
• Susumu Hani (born 1928), Japanese film director
• Susumu Hirano (平野 進; 1910–?), Japanese ice hockey player
• Susumu Hirasawa (born 1954), Japanese progressive-electronic artist
• Susumu Ishii (1924–1991), Japanese criminal
• Susumu Kagawa (香川 征; 1944–2021), Japanese urologist
• Susumu Kajiyama (born around 1950), Japanese criminal
• Susumu Katsumata (disambiguation), multiple people
• Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), Japanese chemist
• Susumu Kobayashi (小林 晋; born 1973), Japanese sport shooter
• Susumu Kuno (born 1933), Japanese linguist and author
• Susumu Kurobe (born 1939), Japanese actor
• Susumu Matsushima (1913–2009), Japanese photographer
• Susumu Matsushita (born 1950), Japanese manga artist.
• Susumu Mochizuki (born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
• Susumu Nikaido (二階堂 進; 1909–2000), Japanese politician
• Susumu Noguchi (1908–1961), Japanese professional boxer
• Susumu Ohno (1928–2000), Japanese American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
• Susumu Ojima (born 1953), Japanese entrepreneur
• Susumu Ōno (1919–2008), Japanese linguist
• Susumu Sugiyama (杉山進, 1932–2025), Japanese alpine skier
• Susumu Tabuchi (田渕 晋; born 1980), Japanese swimmer
• Susumu Tachi (born 1946), Japanese academic
• Susumu Taira (平良進; 1934–2024), Japanese actor
• Susumu Takahashi (高橋 進; 1920–2001), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Susumu Takano (高野 進; born 1961), Japanese sprinter
• Susumu Terajima (born 1963), Japanese actor
• Tōki Susumu (born 1974), Japanese former sumo wrestler
• Susumu Tonegawa (born 1939), Japanese scientist
• Susumu Watanabe (渡邉 晋; born 1973), Japanese footballer and manager
• Yamazaki Susumu (circa 1833-1868), Japanese spy
• Susumu Yamaguchi (山口 益; 1895–1976), Japanese Buddhist scholar
• Susumu Yanase (born 1950), Japanese politician
• Susumu Yokota (21st century), Japanese composer
• Susumu Yoshikawa (よしかわ 進; born 1950), Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Susumu Gondawara, a minor character from Yakuza 2 / Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Susumu Hori (堀進 or ホリ・ススム), main character from Mr. Driller
• Susumu Kodai, main character from Space Battleship Yamato
• Susumu Utada, a character from Machine Robo Rescue

See also

• 6925 Susumu, a main-belt asteroid

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