Ichirō (name)
Ichirō, 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:
- 一郎: "first son"
- 一朗: "first clear, bright"
People with the name
- Ichiro Abe, Japanese judoka
- Ichirō Banzai, Japanese general
- Ichiro Fujiyama, a Japanese singer
- Ichiro Furuyama, Japanese discus thrower
- Ichirō Hatoyama, a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Prime Minister of Japan
- Ichirō Hiura, Japanese shogi player
- Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer
- Ichiro Ito, a Japanese rock guitarist
- Ichirō Komatsu, Japanese diplomat, civil servant and politician
- Ichiro Miyake, a Japanese mycologist
- Ichiro "Aniki" Mizuki, a Japanese vocalist
- Ichiro Murakoshi, a Japanese voice actor
- Ichirō Nagai, a Japanese voice actor
- Ichiro Nakagawa, a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō
- Ichirō Ozawa, a Japanese politician, and Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan
- Ichiro Serizawa, Japanese fencer
- Ichirō Shimada, an assassin of Ōkubo Toshimichi
- Ichiro Suzuki, a Japanese baseball outfielder
- Ichiro Suzuki (engineer), a Japanese automobile engineer
- Ichiro Yamaguchi, a Japanese musician
- Ichiro Yoshizawa, a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader
Fictional characters
- Ichiro Ogami, a character in Sakura Wars video game.
- Ichiro Miyata, a fictional character in the anime and manga series ''Hajime no Ippo''