Ichirō (name)

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

Ichirō

Ichiro Suzuki, a Japanese professional baseball player
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	first son but it can have other meanings depending on the kanji characters used
Region of origin	Japan

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

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

People with the name

• Ichiro Abe (安部 一郎, 1922-2022), Japanese judoka
• Ichirō Banzai (坂西 一良, 1891–1945), Japanese general
• Ichiro Fujiyama (藤山 一郎, 1911–1993), a Japanese singer
• Ichiro Furuyama (古山 一郎, 1907–?), Japanese discus thrower
• Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Prime Minister of Japan
• Ichirō Hiura (日浦 市郎, born 1966), Japanese shogi player
• Ichiro Hosotani (細谷 一郎, born 1946), Japanese footballer
• Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗, born 1967), a Japanese rock guitarist
• Ichirō Komatsu (小松 一郎, 1951–2014), Japanese diplomat, civil servant and politician
• Ichiro Miyake (三宅 市郎, 1881–1964), a Japanese mycologist
• Ichiro "Aniki" Mizuki (水木 一郎, 1948–2022), a Japanese vocalist
• Ichiro Murakoshi (村越 伊知郎, 1930-2007), a Japanese voice actor
• Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎, 1931-2014), 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
• Ichiro Serizawa (芹沢 一郎, born 1945), Japanese fencer
• 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
• Ichiro Suzuki (engineer) (鈴木 一郎, born 1937), a Japanese automobile engineer
• Ichiro Yamaguchi (山口 一郎, born 1980), a Japanese musician (sakanaction)
• Ichiro Yoshizawa (吉沢 一郎, 1903–1998), a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader

Fictional 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.
• Ichiro Yamada, character from John Okada’s No-No Boy.
• Ichiro Yamada (山田 一郎), a character in the Japanese multimedia series Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle.