{{other uses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Minoru | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used | region = | language = | origin = Japanese | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }} {{Wiktionary|Minoru}} '''Minoru''' is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*{{Nihongo|Minoru Arakawa|荒川 實||born 1946}}, Japanese former president of Nintendo of America *{{Nihongo|Minoru Araki|荒木 實||1928–2010}}, Japanese painter and industrial designer *Minoru Asada (born 1953), Japanese engineer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Betsuyaku|別役 実||1937–2020}}, Japanese postwar playwrights, novelists, and essayists *{{Nihongo|Minoru Chiaki|千秋 実||1917–1999}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Fujita|藤田 ミノル||born 1977}}, Japanese professional wrestler *{{Nihongo|Minoru Furuya|古谷 実||born 1972}}, Japanese manga artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Genda|源田 実||1904–1989}}, Japanese naval general *{{Nihongo|Minoru Hanafusa|花房 稔||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Hara|原 實||1930–2021}}, Japanese writer, Indologist, philologist, and a scholar *{{Nihongo|Minoru Harada|原田 稔||born 1941}}, Japanese Buddhist leader *{{Nihongo|Minoru Hata|畑 実||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer *Minoru Hatashita (1919-1996), Canadian judoka *{{Nihongo|Minoru Higa|比嘉 稔||born 1941}}, Japanese president and Grandmaster of the Kyudokan School *{{Nihongo|Minoru Hirai|平井 稔 ||1903–1998}}, Japanese martial artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Honda|本田 実||1913–1990}}, Japanese astronomer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Iizuka|飯塚 実||1933–2022}}, Japanese wrestler *{{Nihongo|Minoru Inaba|稲葉 実||born 1951}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Inuzuka|犬塚 稔||1901–2007}}, Japanese film director and screenwriter *Minoru Ito (disambiguation), multiple people *{{Nihongo|Minoru Iwata|岩田 稔||born 1983}}, Japanese baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Minoru Iwata (volleyball)|岩田 稔||born 1957}}, Japanese former volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kamata|鎌田 實||born 1948}}, Japanese physician, writer, and humanitarian *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kamata (baseball)|鎌田 実||1939–2019}}, Japanese professional baseball second baseman *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kanehisa|金久 實||born 1948}}, Japanese bioinformatician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kawabata|川端 実||1911-2001}}, Japanese artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kawasaki (director)|河崎 実||born 1958}}, Japanese filmmaker *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kawasaki (politician)|川崎 稔||born 1961}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kawawada|川和田 実||born 1952}}, Japanese master of Shotokan karate *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kihara|木原 稔||born 1969}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kihara (television personality)|木原 実||born 1960}}, Japanese actor, voice actor, and weather forecaster *Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kino|木野 実||born 1945}}, Japanese handball player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kitamura|北村 稔||born 1948}}, Japanese historian *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kitani|木谷 実||1909–1975}}, Japanese professional Go player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kiuchi|城内 実||born 1965}}, Japanese politician and former Ministry of Foreign Affairs *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kizawa|鬼沢 稔||born 1947}}, Japanese astronomer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kobata|小畑 穣||born 1946}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kobayashi|小林 稔||born 1976}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Koga|古賀 穂||born 1996}}, Japanese badminton player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kojima|室姫 深||born 1968}}, Japanese musician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kubota|窪田 登||1930–2017}}, Japanese weightlifter *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kunizawa|国沢 実||born 1964}}, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Kushibiki|櫛引 実||born 1967}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Makihara|槙原 稔||1930–2020}}, Japanese business executive *{{Nihongo|Minoru Matsuya|松谷 穣||1910–1995}}, Japanese jazz pianist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Miki|三木 稔||1930–2011}}, Japanese composer and artistic director *{{Nihongo|Minoru Miki (cinematographer)|三木 稔||1902–1968}}, Japanese cinematographer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Minami|南 実||1887–1948}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Misawa|三沢 実||born 1949}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Mochizuki|望月 稔||1907–2003}}, Japanese martial artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Mori|森 稔||1934–2012}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Minoru Mukaiya|向谷 実||born 1956}}, Japanese musician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Muraoka|村岡 実||1923–2014}}, Japanese ''shakuhachi'' player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Murata|村田 實||1894–1937}}, Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Nagata|永田 実||1906-????}}, Japanese cross-country skier *{{Nihongo|Minoru Nakamura|中村 稔||1938–2021}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Nakano|中野 稔||born 1936}}, Japanese ice hockey player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Niizuma|新妻 実||1930-1998}}, Japanese abstract sculptor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Nojima|野島 稔||1945–2020}}, Japanese classical pianist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Ohira||born 1950}}, Japanese artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Ōki|大木 実||1927–2009}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Okidoi|沖土居 稔||born 1965}}, Japanese rugby union player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Okita||born 1951}}, Japanese sailor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Ota|大田 実||1891–1945}}, Japanese rear admiral *{{Nihongo|Minoru Onoda|小野田 實||born 1937}}, Japanese important member of the Gutai Group's younger generation *{{Nihongo|Minoru Ozima||born 1930}}, Japanese geochemist and Professor Emeritus *{{Nihongo|Minoru Saito|斉藤 実||born 1934}}, Japanese solo yachtsman *{{Nihongo|Minoru Sakata|坂田 稔||1902–1974}}, Japanese photographer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Sano (chef)|佐野 実||1951–2014}}, Japanese celebrity chef *{{Nihongo|Minoru Sano (figure skater)|佐野 稔||born 1955}}, Japanese former competitive figure skater *{{Nihongo|Minoru Sasaki|佐々木 登||1893–1961}}, Japanese Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army *{{Nihongo|Minoru Shibuya|渋谷 実||1907–1980}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Minoru Shiraishi|白石 稔||born 1978}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Shirota |代田 稔||1899–1982}}, Japanese scientist/inventor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Suganuma|菅沼 実||born 1985}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Suzuki|鈴木 実||born 1968}}, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Suzuki|鈴木 登||1893-????}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Takarakuni|高野 実||born 1956}}, Japanese former sumo wrestle *{{Nihongo|Minoru Takano|高野 実||1901-1974}}, Japanese trade union leader *{{Nihongo|Minoru Takase|高勢 実乗||1890–1947}}, Japanese comedian and actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Takeuchi|竹内 実||born 1971}}, Japanese volleyball player *{{Nihongo|Minoru Takita|滝田 実||1912–2000}}, Japanese trade union leader *{{Nihongo|Minoru N. Tamura|田村 実||1964}}, Japanese botanist *Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people *{{Nihongo|Minoru Tatsukawa|達川 実||born 1952}}, Japanese volleyball player and coach *{{Nihongo|Minoru Terada|寺田 稔||born 1958}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Tōjō|東城 穣||born 1976}}, Japanese football referee *{{Nihongo|Minoru Tomita|冨田 稔||1924–2015}}, Japanese mathematician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Torihada|鳥肌 実||born 1970}}, Japanese comedian *{{Nihongo|Minoru Uchida|内田 稔||1927–2018}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Umewaka Minoru I|初世 梅若 実||1828–1909}}, Japanese eading actor in the Kanze school of Noh *Minoru Wada, American citizen who was educated in Japan, who served as an Imperial Japanese Army junior officer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Wakasa|若狭 実||born 1951}}, Japanese ski jumper *{{Nihongo|Minoru Watanabe|渡辺 実||born 1962}}, Japanese actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yada|矢田 稔||born 1931}}, Japanese voice actor *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yamamoto|山本 秀||1912/1913–1996}}, Japanese classical composer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yamasaki|山崎 實||1912–1986}}, American architect who designed the World Trade Center *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yanagida|柳田 稔||born 1954}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yano|矢野 実}}, Japanese officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yasui|安井 稔||1916–1986}}, American lawyer *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yoneyama|米山 稔||1924–2019}}, Japanese businessman *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yoshida|ヨシダ ミノル||1935–2010}}, Japanese painter, sculptor, and performance artist *{{Nihongo|Minoru Yoshimura|吉村 実||born 1945}}, Japanese field hockey player
==Fictional characters== *Minoru Edajima, from the anime Onegai Teacher *Nico Minoru, from the Marvel Comics series Runaways (comics) * Minoru “Minnow” Ito, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee * Minoru Kohinata, from the manga Karate Shōkōshi Kohinata Minoru by Baba Yasushi * Minoru, from the anime film Fireworks (2017 film) * Minoru Mineta (峰田 実), from the manga and anime My Hero Academia * Minoru Minorikawa (御法川 実), from the original 428: Shibuya Scramble * Minoru Kageno (影野実) (reincarnated as Cid Kagenou (シド・カゲノー) from the light novel, manga and anime The Eminence in Shadow
==See also== *{{Nihongo|Tokino Minoru|トキノミノル||1948–1951}}, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse *{{Nihongo|Reine Minoru|レーヌミノル||born 2014}}, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare
{{given name}}
Category:Japanese masculine given names Category:Masculine given names