Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- , Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
- , Japanese painter and industrial designer
- Minoru Asada (born 1953), Japanese engineer
- , Japanese postwar playwrights, novelists, and essayists
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- , Japanese manga artist
- , Japanese naval general
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese writer, Indologist, philologist, and a scholar
- , Japanese Buddhist leader
- , Japanese footballer
- Minoru Hatashita (1919-1996), Canadian judoka
- , Japanese president and Grandmaster of the Kyudokan School
- , Japanese martial artist
- , Japanese astronomer
- , Japanese wrestler
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Minoru Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
- , Japanese baseball pitcher
- , Japanese former volleyball player
- , Japanese physician, writer, and humanitarian
- , Japanese professional baseball second baseman
- , Japanese bioinformatician
- , Japanese artist
- , Japanese filmmaker
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese master of Shotokan karate
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese actor, voice actor, and weather forecaster
- Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
- , Japanese handball player
- , Japanese historian
- , Japanese professional Go player
- , Japanese politician and former Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- , Japanese astronomer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese badminton player
- , Japanese musician
- , Japanese weightlifter
- , Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
- , Japanese football player
- , Japanese business executive
- , Japanese jazz pianist
- , Japanese composer and artistic director
- , Japanese cinematographer
- , Japanese photographer
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- , Japanese martial artist
- , Japanese businessman
- , Japanese musician
- , Japanese shakuhachi player
- , Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
- , Japanese cross-country skier
- , Japanese baseball player
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- , Japanese abstract sculptor
- , Japanese classical pianist
- , Japanese artist
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese rugby union player
- , Japanese sailor
- , Japanese rear admiral
- , Japanese important member of the Gutai Group's younger generation
- , Japanese geochemist and Professor Emeritus
- , Japanese solo yachtsman
- , Japanese photographer
- , Japanese celebrity chef
- , Japanese former competitive figure skater
- , Japanese Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army
- , Japanese film director
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese scientist/inventor
- , Japanese former football player
- , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese former sumo wrestle
- , Japanese trade union leader
- , Japanese comedian and actor
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese trade union leader
- , Japanese botanist
- Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
- , Japanese volleyball player and coach
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese football referee
- , Japanese mathematician
- , Japanese comedian
- , Japanese actor and voice actor
- , 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
- , Japanese ski jumper
- , Japanese actor
- , Japanese voice actor
- , Japanese classical composer
- , American architect who designed the World Trade Center
- , Japanese politician
- , Japanese officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- , American lawyer
- , Japanese businessman
- , Japanese painter, sculptor, and performance artist
- , Japanese field hockey player
Fictional characters
- Minoru Edajima, from the anime Onegai Teacher
- Nico Minoru, from the Marvel Comics series Runaways (comics)
- Minoru âÂÂMinnowâ Ito, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
- Minoru Kohinata, from the manga Karate ShÃ
ÂkÃ
Âshi Kohinata Minoru by Baba Yasushi
- Minoru, from the anime film Fireworks (2017 film)
- Minoru Mineta (å³°ç° å®Â), from the manga and anime My Hero Academia
- Minoru Minorikawa (御æ³Âå· å®Â), from the original
- Minoru Kageno (å½±éÂÂå®Â) (reincarnated as Cid Kagenou (ã·ãÂÂãÂȋ«ã²ãÂÂã¼) from the light novel, manga and anime The Eminence in Shadow
See also
- , Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
- , Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare