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Jiro (given name)

is a stand-alone Japanese given name along with "Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.

Written forms

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
  • , Japanese engineer
  • Jiro Horikoshi (二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII
  • , Japanese weightlifter
  • Jiro Kamiharako (次郎, born 1966), Japanese ski jumper
  • Jiro Kikkawa (1929–2016), Japanese Australian ornithologist
  • Jiro Manio (born 1992), Filipino actor
  • Jiro Nakano (二郎, 1902–2000), Japanese composer
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese politician
  • Jiro Ono (born 1925), chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant
  • Jiro Ono (politician) (born 1953), Japanese politician of Your Party
  • , Japanese voice actor
  • , Japanese businessman
  • 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 Mochizuki, main protagonist in Black Blood Brothers
  • Jiro Ueda (次郎), the main character in Trick TV series
  • Jiro Shirogane, fantasy persona of Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in '
  • (山田 二郎), the second child of the team called Buster Bros!!! from '
  • , an idol from The Idolmaster SideM

Other uses