Yōichirō

Yōichirō, Yoichiro, Youichirou or Yohichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name.

Yōichirō

Yoichiro Nambu (1921–2015), Japanese-American physicist
Pronunciation	joɯitɕiɾoɯ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yoitiro (Kunrei-shiki) Yoitiro (Nihon-shiki) Yōichirō, Yoichiro, Youichirou (Hepburn)

Possible writings

Yōichirō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

The characters used for "ichiro" (一郎) literally means "first son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the oldest son. The "yo" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("洋" for ocean, "陽" for sunshine, "曜" and so on).

• 洋一郎, "ocean, first son"
• 陽一郎, "sunshine, first son"
• 庸一郎, "common, first son"
• 楊一郎, "willow, first son"
• 耀一郎, "shine, first son"

Other combinations...

• 陽市朗, "sunshine, city, clear"
• 耀市郎, "shine, city, son"
• 洋一朗, "ocean, one, clear"
• 蓉一朗, "lotus, one, clear"

The name can also be written in hiragana よういちろう or katakana ヨウイチロウ.

Notable people with the name

• Yoichiro Esaki (江崎 洋一郎) (born 1958), Japanese politician
• Yoichiro Hirase (平瀬 與一郎) (1859–1925), Japanese malacologist
• Yoichiro Kakitani (柿谷 曜一朗) (born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Yoichiro Kawaguchi (河口 洋一郎) (born 1952), Japanese artist
• Yoichiro Morikawa (森川 陽一郎) (born 1979), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
• Yoichiro Murakami (村上 陽一郎) (born 1936), Japanese philosopher
• Yoichiro Nambu (南部 陽一郎) (1921–2015), Japanese-born American physicist
• Yoichiro Takahashi (高橋 陽一郎) (born 1963), Japanese film and television director
• Yoichiro Suzuki (鈴木 洋一郎, born 1952), Japanese particle physicist
• Yoichiro Yoshikawa (吉川 洋一郎, born 1957), Japanese composer, music arranger and film producer