Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese naval general
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese martial artist
*, Japanese astronomer
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese film director and screenwriter
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Minoru Ito (disambiguation) Minoru Ito may refer to:
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese sport shooter
*, a Japanese mangaka
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
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, multiple people
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Minoru Kawasaki (disambiguation), multiple people
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Minoru Kihara (disambiguation), multiple people
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Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese professional Go player
*, Japanese astronomer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese musician
*, Japanese business executive
*, Japanese composer and artistic director
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese martial artist
*, Japanese businessman
*, Japanese musician
*, Japanese ''
shakuhachi
A is a Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo.
The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the . '' player
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, an abstract sculptor
*, Japanese classical pianist
*, Japanese rear admiral
*, Japanese solo yachtsman
*, Japanese scientist/inventor
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
*, Japanese volleyball player
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Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation) Minoru Tanaka may refer to:
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, birth name of , Japanese actor
*, birth name of , Japanese actor, see Kamen Rider Black RX
*Minoru Tanaka, a character from the ''Death No ...
, multiple people
*, Japanese volleyball player and coach
*, Japanese football referee
*, Japanese mathematician
*, Japanese comedian
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese classical composer
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Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center
*, Japanese politician
*, American lawyer
Fictional characters
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Minoru Edajima
is an anime television series directed by Yasunori Ide, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual. It was later adapted into a manga and light novel and centers on a group of friends and the odd things that happen to the ...
, from the anime Onegai Teacher
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Nico Minoru, from the Marvel Comics series Runaways (comics)
* Minoru “Minnow” Ito, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
* Minoru Kohinata, from the manga Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru by Baba Yasushi
* Minoru, from the
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
* Minoru Mineta (峰田 実), from the manga and anime
My Hero Academia
* Minoru Minorikawa (御法川 実), from the original
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* Minoru Kageno (影野実) (reincarnated as Cid Kagenou (シド・カゲノー) from the light novel, manga and anime
The Eminence in Shadow
is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai. It began serialization online in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who ...
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