Minoru

For other uses, see Minoru (disambiguation).

Minoru

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
• Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor
• Minoru Fujita (藤田 ミノル, born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler
• Minoru Genda (源田 実, 1904–1989), Japanese naval general
• Minoru Hata (畑 実, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Minoru Hirai (平井 稔, 1903–1998), Japanese martial artist
• Minoru Honda (本田 実, 1913–1990), Japanese astronomer
• Minoru Inaba (稲葉 実, born 1951), Japanese voice actor
• Minoru Inuzuka (犬塚 稔, 1901–2007), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Minoru Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• Minoru Kawasaki (disambiguation), multiple people
• Minoru Kihara (disambiguation), multiple people
• Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
• Minoru Kino (木野 実, born 1945), Japanese handball player
• Minoru Kitani (木谷 実, 1909–1975), Japanese professional Go player
• Minoru Kizawa (鬼沢 稔, born 1947), Japanese astronomer
• Minoru Kobata (小畑 穣, born 1946), Japanese footballer
• Minoru Kobayashi (小林 稔, born 1976), Japanese footballer
• Minoru Kojima (室姫 深, born 1968), Japanese musician
• Minoru Makihara (槙原 稔, 1930–2020), Japanese business executive
• Minoru Miki (三木 稔, 1930–2011), Japanese composer and artistic director
• Minoru Misawa (三沢 実, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
• Minoru Mochizuki (望月 稔, 1907–2003), Japanese martial artist
• Minoru Mori (森 稔, born 1934), Japanese businessman
• Minoru Mukaiya (向谷 実, born 1956), Japanese musician
• Minoru Muraoka (村岡 実, born 1923), Japanese shakuhachi player
• Minoru Nakamura (中村 稔, born 1938), Japanese baseball player
• Minoru Nakano (中野 稔, born 1936), Japanese ice hockey player
• Minoru Niizuma (新妻 実, 1930–1998), an abstract sculptor
• Minoru Nojima (野島 稔, 1945–2020), Japanese classical pianist
• Minoru Ota (大田 実, 1919–1945), Japanese rear admiral
• Minoru Saito (斉藤 実, born 1934), Japanese solo yachtsman
• Dr. Minoru Shirota (代田 稔, 1899–1982), Japanese scientist/inventor
• Minoru Shiraishi (白石 稔, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
• Minoru Suzuki (鈴木 実, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Minoru Takeuchi (竹内 実, born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
• Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
• Minoru Tatsukawa (達川 実, born 1952), Japanese volleyball player and coach
• Minoru Tōjō (東城 穣, born 1976), Japanese football referee
• Minoru Tomita (冨田 稔, 1924–2015), Japanese mathematician
• Minoru Torihada (鳥肌 実, born 1970), Japanese comedian
• Minoru Wakasa (若狭 実, born 1951), Japanese ski jumper
• Minoru Watanabe (渡辺 実, born 1962), Japanese actor
• Minoru Yada (矢田 稔, born 1931), Japanese voice actor
• Minoru Yamamoto (山本 秀, 1912/1913–1996), Japanese classical composer
• Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center
• Minoru Yanagida (柳田 稔, born 1954), Japanese politician
• Minoru Yasui (安井 稔, 1916–1986), American lawyer

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 Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru by Baba Yasushi
• Minoru, from the Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
• 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