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Jiro (given name)

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Male

Related names
  
TaroSaburo

Word/name
  
Japanese

Meaning
  
It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Jirō or Jiro (じろう, ジロウ) is a stand-alone Japanese given name along with "Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.

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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

  • Jiro (musician) (born 1972), bassist of the Japanese rock band GLAY
  • Jiro Aichi (治郎, born 1969), Japanese politician
  • Jirō Akagawa (次郎, born 1948), Japanese novelist
  • Jiro Akama (二郎, born 1968), Japanese politician
  • Jiro Ando (慈朗), Japanese manga artist
  • Jirō Asada (次郎, born 1951), Japanese novelist
  • Jiro Bevis (次郎), an English illustrator
  • Jiro Horikoshi (二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII
  • Jiro Kamiharako (次郎, born 1966), Japanese ski jumper
  • Jiro Kikkawa (born 1929), Japanese Australian ornithologist
  • Jiro Komaki, a Japanese film director
  • Jiro Manio (born 1992), Filipino actor
  • Jiro Nakano (二郎, 1902–2000), Japanese composer
  • Jiro Ono (politician) (次郎, born 1953), Japanese politician
  • Jiro Ono (chef) (次郎, born 1925), Japanese sushi master, subject of the 2011 film Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  • Jiro Saito (斉藤 次郎), Japanese businessman
  • Jiro Saito (actor) (斉藤 次郎), Japanese voice actor
  • Jiro Vasey (治郎), samurai
  • Jiro Wang (born 1981), Taiwanese actor and singer

    • Characters

  • Jiro (Blue Dragon) (ジーロ), a character in the Blue Dragon video game
  • Jiro (Kamen Rider) (次狼) or Garulu (ガルル), a supporting character in the Kamen Rider Kiva tokusatsu series
  • Jiro (Kikaider) (ジロー), the main protagonist in the Android Kikaider tokusatsu series
  • Jiro Ueda (次郎), the main character in Trick TV series

    • Other uses

  • Jiro (ジロ), the famed Sakhalin Husky of the 1958 Japanese Antarctica expedition, depicted in the 1958 Japanese film Nankyoku Monogatari
  • Erlang Shen 二郎神 Chinese god

    • References

    Jiro (given name) Wikipedia
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