, also written Ichiro, Ichirou or Ichiroh is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
. The name is occasionally given to the first-born son in a family.
Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequ ...
characters and can mean:
* 一郎: "first son"
* 一朗: "first clear, bright"
People with the name
*, Japanese judoka
*, Japanese general
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Ichiro Fujiyama (藤山 一郎, 1911–1993), a Japanese singer
*, Japanese discus thrower
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Ichirō Hatoyama
was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. A conservative, Hatoyama helped oversee the 1955 merger of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party to create the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), of which Hatoy ...
(鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th
Prime Minister of Japan
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*, Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese footballer
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Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗, born 1967), a Japanese rock guitarist
*, Japanese diplomat, civil servant and politician
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(三宅 市郎, 1881–1964), a Japanese mycologist
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Ichiro "Aniki" Mizuki (水木 一郎, 1948–2022), a Japanese vocalist
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Ichiro Murakoshi (村越 伊知郎, born 1930), a Japanese voice actor
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Ichirō Nagai
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death.
Career
Nagai played '' GeGeGe no ...
(永井 一郎, born 1931), a Japanese voice actor
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Ichiro Nakagawa
was a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō. He committed suicide at a hotel in Sapporo after he was defeated in the presidency election of the LDP—losing the chance to become prime minister.
Personal life
Nakagawa's eldest son was Shōichi N ...
(中川 一郎, 1925–1983), a Japanese politician from
Hokkaidō
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Ichirō Ozawa (小沢 一郎, born 1942), a Japanese politician, and Secretary-General of the
Democratic Party of Japan
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* to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.
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*, Japanese fencer
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Ichirō Shimada
, also written Ichiro, Ichirou or Ichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. The name is occasionally given to the first-born son in a family.
Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 一 ...
(島田 一郎, 1848–1878), an assassin of
Ōkubo Toshimichi
was a Japanese
statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan.
Ōkubo was a ''samurai'' of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the '' Bak ...
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Ichiro Suzuki
, also known mononymously as , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played professionally for 28 seasons. He played nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), where he began hi ...
(鈴木 一朗, born 1973), a Japanese baseball outfielder
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Ichiro Suzuki (engineer)
is a Japanese automotive engineer who was responsible for the design and construction of the first Lexus LS. Born in 1937, he joined Toyota Motor Corporation shortly after graduating from Nagoya University with a degree in engineering.Dawson, C ...
(鈴木 一郎, born 1937), a Japanese automobile engineer
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Ichiro Yamaguchi
, is a Japanese musician. He is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the Hokkaido rock band Sakanaction.
Biography
Ichiro Yamaguchi was born in Otaru, Hokkaido in 1980. He grew up listening to a wide variety of music, as his father ran a ...
(山口 一郎, born 1980), a Japanese musician (
sakanaction
, stylised as sakanaction, are a Japanese rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaido. Their music is a fusion of alternative rock, electronic, pop, and new wave styles. The band consists of five members: Ichiro Yamaguchi, Motoharu Iwadera, Ami Kusakari, E ...
)
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Ichiro Yoshizawa (吉沢 一郎, 1903–1998), a Japanese
mountaineer
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and expedition leader
Fictional characters
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Ichiro Ogami (大神 一郎), a character in ''Sakura Wars'' video game.
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Ichiro Miyata
This is a list of the fictional characters that appear in the manga and anime series , also known as ''Fighting Spirit''. Characters are grouped by the boxing gym they are a member of.
Kamogawa Gym
Ippo Makunouchi
:Voiced by: Kōhei Kiyasu
I ...
(宮田 一郎), a fictional character in the anime and manga series ''Fighting Spirit''.
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Ichiro Tanaka, character from ''
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun''.
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Ichiro Yamada, character from John Okada’s ''
No-No Boy
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''.
* Ichiro Yamada (山田 一郎), a character in the Japanese multimedia series ''
Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle''.
References
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Japanese masculine given names