Ichiro
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, also written Ichiro, is a Japanese given name
. It is a Japanese name occasionally given to a first son.
Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji
characters and can mean:
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
. It is a Japanese name occasionally given to a first son.
Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
characters and can mean:
- 一郎: "first son"
- 一朗: "first clear, bright"
People
- Ichiro FujiyamaIchiro Fujiyama, born as , was a popular Japanese singer and composer, known for his contribution to Japanese popular music called ryūkōka by his Western classical music skills. He was born in Chūō, Tokyo, and graduated from the Tokyo Music School. Although he was regarded as a tenor singer in Japanese popular...
(藤山 一郎, 1911–1993), a Japanese singer - Ichirō HatoyamaIchiro Hatoyamawas a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through March 19, 1955, from then to November 22, 1955, and from then through December 23, 1956.-Personal life:...
(鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and former Prime Minister - Ichiro ItoIchiro Itois a guitarist in the Japanese rock band Every Little Thing. He is also known as Ikkun by fans.Ichiro also works in composition and, sometimes, arrangement of some of ELT's songs.-External links:*...
(伊藤 一朗, born 1967), a Japanese rock guitarist - Ichiro MiyakeIchiro Miyakewas a Japanese mycologist.-References:...
, a Japanese mycologist - Ichiro "Aniki" MizukiIchirou Mizuki, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese vocalist, lyrist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 40 years, he has recorded over 1200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He is referred to by fans and...
(水木 一郎 born 1948), a Japanese vocalist - Ichirō NagaiIchiro Nagaiis a male seiyū from Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture. He was formerly represented by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, but is now represented by Aoni Production.-Television animation:*Akuma-kun *Bikkuriman...
(永井 一郎, born 1931), a Japanese seiyū - Ichiro NakagawaIchiro Nakagawawas a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō. He committed suicide at a hotel in Sapporo on January 9, 1983. Former House of Representatives member Shōichi Nakagawa was his eldest son. His younger brother is Yoshio Nakagawa....
(中川 一郎, 1925–1983), a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō - Ichirō OzawaIchiro Ozawais a Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party , he later defected from the LDP. He was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan , from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal, and secretary general of the...
(小沢 一郎, born 1942), a Japanese politician, Secretary-General of Democratic Party of Japan - Ichirō ShimadaShimada Ichirowas a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period through early Meiji period. The son of an ashigaru of the Kaga domain, he was famous as the lead assassin of the powerful politician Ōkubo Toshimichi on May 14, 1878. Following the assassination, he and the other assassins turned themselves in and all...
(島田 一郎, 1848–1878), an assassin of Ōkubo Toshimichi - Ichiro Shimakura, (嶋倉 一朗), a Japanese video game music composer
- Ichiro SuzukiIchiro Suzuki, usually known simply as is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including the sport's single-season record for hits with 262...
(鈴木 一朗, born 1973), a Japanese baseball player - Ichiro Suzuki (engineer)Ichiro Suzuki (engineer)is a Japanese automotive engineer who was responsible for the design and construction of the first Lexus LS. Born in 1937, he joined Toyota Motor Corporation shortly after graduating from Nagoya University with a degree in engineering...
(鈴木一郎, born 1937), a Japanese automobile engineer - Ichiro YoshizawaIchiro Yoshizawawas a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. Led the second successful attempt in 1977 to reach the summit of K2 and several other Japanese expeditions. Member of the Japanese Alpine Club in 1925 and later also member of the American Alpine...
(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 SunMedal of Honor: Rising SunMedal of Honor: Rising Sun is the fifth installment of the Medal of Honor series, released by Electronic Arts in November 2003. Like its predecessors, Rising Sun is a first-person shooter set in World War II. Unlike predecessors,Rising Sun is set during the Pacific War. It features single-player...
Other
- Ichiro (Internet bot), a Japanese web spider for the search engine gooGoo (search engine)goo is an internet search engine and web portal based in Japan, which crawls and indexes primarily Japanese language websites. goo is operated by the Japanese NTT Resonant, a subsidiary of NTT Communications.-External links:* *...
, operated by NTT Resonant Inc.NTT Resonant Inc.NTT Resonant is a subsidiary of NTT Communications. Its main activity is the web portal goo. Other activities include video-based e-learning, and other application packages based on video communications and broadband portal....