is a stand-alone

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along with " Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.

Possible writings

Jirō 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: * 次郎, "next, son" * 次朗, "next, melodious" * 二郎, "second, son" * 二朗, "second, melodious" * 治郎, "reign, son" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

People

Jiro (musician) , better known by his stage name JIRO, is a Japanese musician best known as the bassist of the rock band Glay. He is also the bassist in the sideband The Predators. Biography History Jiro grew up the only son out of four children, his father a ...

(born 1972), bassist of the Japanese rock band GLAY *

Jiro Aichi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native of Sendai, Miyagi and graduate of Chuo University, he was ...

(治郎, born 1969), Japanese politician * Jirō Akagawa (次郎, born 1948), Japanese novelist * Jiro Akama (二郎, born 1968), Japanese politician *

Jiro Ando is a Japanese manga artist notable as being the artist of the manga '' Shion no Ō''. He also created the manga version of ''Bushido Sixteen''.Jirō Asada is the pen name of , a Japanese writer. Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He c ...

(次郎, born 1951), Japanese novelist * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese engineer *

Jiro Horikoshi was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. Early life Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1903. Horikoshi graduated from the new ...

(二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII * , Japanese weightlifter * Jiro Kamiharako (次郎, born 1966), Japanese ski jumper * Jiro Kikkawa (1929–2016), Japanese Australian ornithologist *

Jiro Manio Jiro Manio (born , 9 May 1992) is a Filipino actor who started acting at the age of seven in the film ''Pamana'' in 1999. Early life and education Manio was born to a Filipina mother Joylene Santos (died August 8, 2006) and Japanese father . ...

(born 1992), Filipino actor *

Jiro Nakano Jiro Nakano (中野二郎 = Nakano Jirō) (10 April 1902 – 10 June 2000) was a Japanese composer, Conducting, conductor and arranger from Aichi Prefecture. He composed works for solo guitar, solo mandolin and Mandolin orchestra. Works Mandolin ...

(二郎, 1902–2000), Japanese composer * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese politician *

Jiro Ono (chef) is a Japanese chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a Japanese sushi restaurant in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Ono is regarded by his contemporaries as one of the greatest living sushi craftsmen and is credited with innovating me ...

(born 1925), chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant *

Jiro Ono (politician) is a Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors, formerly a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in t ...

(born 1953), Japanese politician of Your Party * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese businessman *

Jiro Wang Jiro Wang (; born 24 August 1981) is a Taiwanese singer and actor, who started his career as a model. Wang is a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band Fahrenheit. Life Jiro Wang was born August 24, 1981, in Taiwan. He graduated fr ...

(born 1981), Taiwanese actor and singer

Characters

* Jiro (''Blue Dragon'') (ジーロ), a character in the ''Blue Dragon'' video game * Jiro (''Kamen Rider'') (次狼) or Garulu (ガルル), a supporting character in the ''Kamen Rider Kiva'' tokusatsu series * Jiro (''Kikaider'') (ジロー), the main protagonist in the ''Android Kikaider'' tokusatsu series *Jiro Mochizuki, main protagonist in ''

Black Blood Brothers ''Black Blood Brothers'', also known as ''BBB'', is a light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Yuuya Kusaka. In 2006, Studio Live and Group TAC produced an anime based on the series. It is directed by Hiroaki Yoshikawa. ...

'' * Jiro Ueda (次郎), the main character in ''

Trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and universi ...

'' TV series *Jiro Shirogane, fantasy persona of Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' * Jiro Yamada (山田二郎), the second child of the team called Buster Bros!!! from '' Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima''

Other uses

* Jiro (ジロ), the famed

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Husky of the 1958 Japanese Antarctica expedition, depicted in the 1983 Japanese film

Nankyoku Monogatari is a 1983 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the re ...

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Taro and Jiro Taro (タロ; 1955–1970) and Jiro (ジロ; 1955–1960) were two Sakhalin Huskies which survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Due to poor weather conditions, the exp ...

Erlang Shen Erlang Shen () or Erlang, also known as the Lord of Sichuan (), is a Chinese god with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead. Erlang Shen may be a deified version of several semi-mythical folk heroes who helped regulate China's ...

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