Ichirō (name)

Ichirō (いちろう, イチロー), also written Ichiro, Ichirou or Ichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. The name is occasionally given to the first-born son in a family.

Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 一郎: "first son"
 * 一朗: "first clear, bright"

People with the name

 * Ichiro Abe (安部 一郎), Japanese judoka
 * Ichirō Banzai (坂西 一良), Japanese general
 * Ichiro Fujiyama (藤山 一郎, 1911–1993), a Japanese singer
 * Ichiro Furuyama (古山 一郎), Japanese discus thrower
 * Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Prime Minister of Japan
 * Ichirō Hiura (日浦 市郎), Japanese shogi player
 * Ichiro Hosotani (細谷 一郎), Japanese footballer
 * Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗, born 1967), a Japanese rock guitarist
 * Ichirō Komatsu (小松 一郎), Japanese diplomat, civil servant and politician
 * Ichiro Miyake (三宅 市郎, 1881–1964), a Japanese mycologist
 * Ichiro "Aniki" Mizuki (水木 一郎, 1948–2022), a Japanese vocalist
 * Ichiro Murakoshi (村越 伊知郎, born 1930), a Japanese voice actor
 * Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎, born 1931), a Japanese voice actor
 * Ichiro Nakagawa (中川 一郎, 1925–1983), a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō
 * Ichirō Ozawa (小沢 一郎, born 1942), a Japanese politician, and Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan
 * Ichiro Serizawa (芹沢 一郎), Japanese fencer
 * Ichirō Shimada (島田 一郎, 1848–1878), an assassin of Ōkubo Toshimichi
 * Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, born 1973), a Japanese baseball outfielder
 * Ichiro Suzuki (engineer) (鈴木 一郎, born 1937), a Japanese automobile engineer
 * Ichiro Yamaguchi (山口 一郎, born 1980), a Japanese musician (sakanaction)
 * Ichiro Yoshizawa (吉沢 一郎, 1903–1998), a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader

Fictional characters

 * Ichiro Ogami (大神 一郎), a character in Sakura Wars video game.
 * Ichiro Miyata (宮田 一郎), a fictional character in the anime and manga series Fighting Spirit.
 * Ichiro Tanaka, character from Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
 * Ichiro Yamada, character from John Okada’s No-No Boy.
 * Ichiro Yamada (山田 一郎), a character in the Japanese multimedia series Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle.