Yōichirō

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

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), Japanese particle physicist
 * Yoichiro Yoshikawa (吉川 洋一郎), Japanese composer, music arranger and film producer