Minoru

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


 * Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
 * Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実), Japanese actor
 * Minoru Fujita (藤田 ミノル), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Minoru Genda (源田 実), Japanese naval general
 * Minoru Hata (畑 実), Japanese footballer
 * Minoru Hirai (平井 稔), Japanese martial artist
 * Minoru Honda (本田 実), Japanese astronomer
 * Minoru Inaba (稲葉 実), Japanese voice actor
 * Minoru Inuzuka (犬塚 稔), 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), Japanese handball player
 * Minoru Kitani (木谷 実), Japanese professional Go player
 * Minoru Kizawa (鬼沢 稔), Japanese astronomer
 * Minoru Kobata (小畑 穣), Japanese footballer
 * Minoru Kobayashi (小林 稔), Japanese footballer
 * Minoru Kojima (室姫 深), Japanese musician
 * Minoru Makihara (槙原 稔), Japanese business executive
 * Minoru Miki (三木 稔), Japanese composer and artistic director
 * Minoru Misawa (三沢 実), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Minoru Mochizuki (望月 稔), Japanese martial artist
 * Minoru Mori (森 稔), Japanese businessman
 * Minoru Mukaiya (向谷 実), Japanese musician
 * Minoru Muraoka (村岡 実), Japanese shakuhachi player
 * Minoru Nakamura (中村 稔), Japanese baseball player
 * Minoru Nakano (中野 稔), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Minoru Niizuma (新妻 実), an abstract sculptor
 * Minoru Nojima (野島 稔), Japanese classical pianist
 * Minoru Ota (大田 実), Japanese rear admiral
 * Minoru Saito (斉藤 実), Japanese solo yachtsman
 * Dr. Minoru Shirota (代田 稔), Japanese scientist/inventor
 * Minoru Shiraishi (白石 稔), Japanese voice actor
 * Minoru Suzuki (鈴木 実), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * Minoru Takeuchi (竹内 実), Japanese volleyball player
 * Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Minoru Tatsukawa (達川 実), Japanese volleyball player and coach
 * Minoru Tōjō (東城 穣), Japanese football referee
 * Minoru Tomita (冨田 稔), Japanese mathematician
 * Minoru Torihada (鳥肌 実), Japanese comedian
 * Minoru Wakasa (若狭 実), Japanese ski jumper
 * Minoru Watanabe (渡辺 実), Japanese actor
 * Minoru Yada (矢田 稔), Japanese voice actor
 * Minoru Yamamoto (山本 秀), Japanese classical composer
 * Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center
 * Minoru Yanagida (柳田 稔), Japanese politician
 * Minoru Yasui (安井 稔), 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