is a stand-alone
Japanese given name along with "
Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.
Possible writings
Jirō can be written using different
kanji 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 or
katakana.
People
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Jiro (musician) (born 1972), bassist of the Japanese rock band GLAY
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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
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Jirō Akagawa
is a Japanese novelist born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Biography
Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New M ...
(次郎, born 1948), Japanese novelist
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Jiro Akama
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is the Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. A native of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, he gr ...
(二郎, born 1968), Japanese politician
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Jiro Ando (慈朗), Japanese manga artist
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Jirō Asada (次郎, born 1951), Japanese novelist
* , Japanese footballer
* , Japanese engineer
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Jiro Horikoshi (二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII
* , Japanese weightlifter
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Jiro Kamiharako
is a Japanese former ski jumper.
In the World Cup his highest place was number 16 from December 1991 in Sapporo.
He participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics
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(次郎, born 1966), Japanese ski jumper
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Jiro Kikkawa
Professor was a Japanese Australian ornithologist. His early zoological studies were at Tokyo University, Japan and at Oxford University in England. He subsequently spent three years at the University of Otago in New Zealand where he began what ...
(1929–2016), Japanese Australian ornithologist
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Jiro Manio (born 1992), Filipino actor
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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
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Jiro Ono (politician) (born 1953), Japanese politician of Your Party
* , Japanese voice actor
* , Japanese businessman
*
Jiro Wang (born 1981), Taiwanese actor and singer
Characters
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Jiro (''Blue Dragon'') (ジーロ), a character in the ''Blue Dragon'' video game
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Jiro (''Kamen Rider'') (次狼) or Garulu (ガルル), a supporting character in the ''Kamen Rider Kiva'' tokusatsu series
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Jiro (''Kikaider'') (ジロー), the main protagonist in the ''Android Kikaider'' tokusatsu series
*Jiro Mochizuki, main protagonist in ''
Black Blood Brothers''
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Jiro Ueda (次郎), the main character in ''
Trick'' 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 ''
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Other uses
* Jiro (ジロ), the famed
Sakhalin Husky of the 1958 Japanese Antarctica expedition, depicted in the 1983 Japanese film
Nankyoku Monogatari; see
Taro and Jiro
*
Erlang Shen 二郎神 Chinese god
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Japanese masculine given names