, 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 family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters and can mean:
* 一郎: "first son"
* 一朗: "first clear, bright"
People with the name
*, Japanese judoka
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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 Hatoyam ...
(鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
*, 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 acting in Japan, 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
Nag ...
(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
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
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Ichirō Ozawa
is a Japanese politician and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1969, representing the Iwate 3rd district (Iwate 2nd district prior to the 1996 general election and Iwate 4th district prior to the 2017 general election). H ...
(小沢 一郎, born 1942), a Japanese politician, and Secretary-General of the
Democratic Party of Japan
The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist:
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* to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.
The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic Part ...
*, Japanese fencer
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Ichirō Shimada (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 his ...
(鈴木 一朗, born 1973), a Japanese baseball outfielder
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Ichiro Suzuki (engineer) (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, ...
)
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Ichiro Yoshizawa
was a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. He led the second successful attempt in 1977 to reach the summit of K2 and several other Japanese expeditions. Yoshizawa became a member of the Japanese ...
(吉沢 一郎, 1903–1998), a Japanese
mountaineer
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
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 (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
''No-No Boy'' is a 1957 novel, and the only novel published by the Japanese American writer John Okada. It tells the story of a Japanese-American in the aftermath of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Set in Seattle, Washi ...
''.
* 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