Jiro (given name)

Jirō or Jiro (じろう, ジロウ) is a stand-alone Japanese given name along with "Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.

Jirō

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Taro Saburo

Possible writings

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
• Jiro Hiratsuka (平塚 次郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Jiro Hirokawa (廣川 二郎), Japanese engineer
• Jiro Horikoshi (二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII
• Jiro Hosotani (細谷 治朗, born 1950), 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
• Jiro Ogawa (小川 次郎, born 1939), Japanese ice hockey player
• Jiro Okabe (岡部 次郎, 1864–1925), Japanese politician
• Jiro Ono (chef) (born 1925), chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant
• Jiro Ono (politician) (born 1953), Japanese politician of Your Party
• Jiro Saito (voice actor) (斉藤 次郎), Japanese voice actor
• Jiro Saito (businessman) (斎藤 次郎, born 1936), 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 Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Jiro Yamada (山田 二郎), the second child of the team called Buster Bros!!! from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima
• Jiro Yamashita (山下次郎), an idol from The Idolmaster SideM
• Haida Jiro (ハイ田ジロウ), character in the anime Aggretsuko

Other uses

• Jiro (ジロ), the famed Sakhalin Husky of the 1958 Japanese Antarctica expedition, depicted in the 1983 Japanese film Nankyoku Monogatari; see Taro and Jiro
• Erlang Shen 二郎神 Chinese god