Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
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Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor
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Minoru Fujita (藤田 ミノル, born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler
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Minoru Genda (源田 実, 1904–1989), Japanese naval general
*, Japanese footballer
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Minoru Hirai (1903–1998), Japanese martial artist
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Minoru Honda
was a Japanese astronomer. Starting in 1937, Honda worked for Issei Yamamoto at the Zodiacal Light Observatory in Hiroshima.
He discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968, including the periodic comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková.
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(本田 実, 1913–1990), Japanese astronomer
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Minoru Inaba (稲葉 実, born 1951), Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese film director and screenwriter
*, Japanese sport shooter
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Minoru Kawasaki (河崎 実, born 1958), Japanese film director, screenwriter and produce
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Minoru Kawasaki (川崎 稔, born 1961), Japanese politician
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Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
*, Japanese handball player
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Minoru Kitani (木谷 実, 1909–1975), Japanese professional Go player
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Minoru Kizawa
is a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
Between 1986 and 1991, he has discovered or co-discovered 16 of asteroids at the Nihondaira Observatory in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shimizu, Japan. He is credited as sole discoverer of , a ...
(鬼沢 稔), Japanese astronomer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
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Minoru Kojima (born 1968), Japanese musician
*, Japanese business executive
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Minoru Miki (三木 稔, 1930–2011), Japanese composer and artistic director
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Minoru Mochizuki
was a Japanese martial artist who founded the dojo Yoseikan. He was a 10th dan in Aikido, 9th dan in Jujutsu, 8th dan in Iaido, 8th dan in Judo, 8th dan in Kobudo, 5th dan in Kendo, 5th dan in Karate, and a 5th dan in Jojutsu.
Mochizuki was ...
(望月 稔, 1907–2003), Japanese martial artist
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Minoru Mori (森 稔, born 1934), Japanese businessman
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Minoru Mukaiya (向谷 実, born 1956), Japanese musician
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Minoru Nojima
was a Japanese classical pianist. At the time of his death he was President of the Tokyo College of Music.
Biography
Minoru Nojima was a child prodigy in Japan, won a major nationwide competition there as a teenager, studied with Lev Oborin in ...
, Japanese classical pianist
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Minoru Ota (大田 実, 1919–1945) Japanese rear admiral
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Minoru Saito
Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
*Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor
*Minoru Fujita ( ...
(born 1934), Japanese solo yachtsman
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Dr. Minoru Shirota (代田 稔, 1899–1982), Japanese scientist/inventor
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Minoru Shiraishi (白石 稔, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
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Minoru Suzuki (鈴木 実, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
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Minoru Takeuchi (born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
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Minoru Tanaka (wrestler) (田中 稔, born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
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Minoru Tanaka (actor)
was a Japanese actor born in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. He was a graduate of the :ja:東京都立雪谷高等学校, Tokyo metropolitan Yukigaya high school, Mumeijuku and was represented by JVC Entertainment Networks at the time of his death.
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(田中 実, born 1966), Japanese actor
*, Japanese volleyball player and coach
*, Japanese football referee
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Minoru Torihada (鳥肌実), Japanese comedian
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese actor
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Minoru Yada (矢田 稔), Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese classical composer
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Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center
*, American lawyer
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Minoru Niizuma
was a Japanese abstract sculptor.
Biography
Minoru Niizuma (新妻 実, Niizuma Minoru, Tokyo JP September 29, 1930 – East Hampton USA September 5, 1998) was a Japanese abstract sculptor.
Minoru Niizuma graduated from the Tokyo National Univ ...
, an abstract sculptor
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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Japanese masculine given names