Ichirō
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.
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
