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Ichirō (いちろう, イチロー), also written Ichiro, is a masculine Japanese given name. The name is occasionally given to the first-born son in a family.

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Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 一郎: "first son"
  • 一朗: "first clear, bright"

    • When written as イチロー, Ichirō refers specifically to Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki.

    People

  • Ichiro Fujiyama (藤山 一郎, 1911–1993), a Japanese singer
  • Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Prime Minister of Japan
  • Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗, born 1967), a Japanese rock guitarist
  • Ichiro Miyake (三宅 市郎, 1881–1964), a Japanese mycologist
  • Ichiro "Aniki" Mizuki (水木 一郎, born 1948), a Japanese vocalist
  • Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎, born 1931), a Japanese voice actor
  • Ichiro Nakagawa (中川 一郎, 1925–1983), a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō
  • Ichirō Ozawa (小沢 一郎, born 1942), a Japanese politician, and Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan
  • Ichirō Shimada (島田 一郎, 1848–1878), an assassin of Ōkubo Toshimichi
  • Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, born 1973), a Japanese baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins
  • Ichiro Suzuki (engineer) (鈴木 一郎, born 1937), a Japanese automobile engineer
  • Ichiro Yoshizawa (吉沢 一郎, 1903–1998), a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader

    • Characters

  • Ichiro Ogami (大神 一郎), a character in Sakura Wars video game
  • Ichiro Miyata (宮田 一郎), a fictional character in the anime and manga series Fighting Spirit
  • Ichiro Tanaka, character from Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

    • Other

  • Ichiro (Internet bot), a Japanese web spider for the search engine goo, operated by NTT Resonant Inc.

    • References

    Ichirō Wikipedia
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