Yōjirō, Yojiro or Youjirou is a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
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Written forms
Yōjirō can be written using different combinations of
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...
characters. Some examples:
The characters used for "jiro" (二郎 or 次郎) literally means "second son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the second child. The "yo" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("洋" for ocean, "陽" for sunshine, "楊" and so on).
*洋二郎, "ocean, second son"
*洋次郎, "ocean, second son"
*陽二郎, "sunshine, second son"
*陽次郎, "sunshine, second son"
*楊二郎, "willow, second son"
*楊次郎, "willow, second son"
*庸二郎, "common, second son"
*庸次郎, "common, second son"
Other combinations...
*洋治郎, "ocean, to manage/cure, son"
*洋次朗, "ocean, next, clear"
*陽治郎, "sunshine, to manage/cure, son"
*陽次朗, "sunshine, next, clear"
*曜次朗, "weekday, next, clear"
The name can also be written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
ようじろう or
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 ...
ヨウジロウ.
Notable people with the name
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Yojiro Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, 1900–1986), influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan
*, Japanese botanist
*, Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
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Yojiro Takahagi
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as a attacking-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Albirex Niigata (S), whom he vice-captains and the Japan national team. Mainly an attacking-midfielder, he is also capable ...
(髙萩 洋次郎, born 1986), Japanese football player currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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Yojiro Takita (滝田 洋二郎, born 1955), Academy Award-winning Japanese filmmaker
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Yojiro Terada (寺田 陽次郎, born 1947), Japanese racing driver from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
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Yojiro Uetake (上武 洋次郎, born 1943), Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling
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Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names