Minoru

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 “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