Noboru (written: , , , , in

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) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture *, former professional sumo wrestler and current politician from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia *, Japanese folklorist *, Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher *, Japanese film actor known for his yakuza roles *, animator who was born in Tokyo, Japan *, Japanese biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine *, Japanese manga artist *

Noboru Kikuta Noboru Kikuta (菊田昇) (May 31, 1926 August 21, 1991) was a Japanese gynecologist. He is best known for circumventing Japanese adoption law in the 1970's by falsifying birth certificates so that children could be adopted anonymously. Early li ...

(菊田昇, 19261991), Japanese gynecologist *, Japanese former politician * Noboru Misawa, anime director and storyboard artist in Japan *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, former Japanese football player *, Japanese hammer thrower *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional golfer *, Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics *, Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan (1987 to 1989) *, Japanese film director *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese freestyle swimmer *, prize-winning Japanese author of fiction *, Japanese boxer *, former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese swimmer *, the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan *, male Japanese light novel and game scenario author *, professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia

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*, a character in the ''tokusatsu'' series '' Kamen Rider Blade'' *, a character in the manga/anime series '' Great Teacher Onizuka''

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