Yōjirō

Yōjirō, Yojiro or Youjirou is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yōjirō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

The characters used for "jiro" (二郎 or 次郎) literally means "second son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the second child. 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, "楊" and so on).


 * 洋二郎, "ocean, second son"
 * 洋次郎, "ocean, second son"
 * 陽二郎, "sunshine, second son"
 * 陽次郎, "sunshine, second son"
 * 楊二郎, "willow, second son"
 * 楊次郎, "willow, second son"
 * 庸二郎, "common, second son"
 * 庸次郎, "common, second son"

Other combinations...


 * 洋治郎, "ocean, to manage/cure, son"
 * 洋次朗, "ocean, next, clear"
 * 陽治郎, "sunshine, to manage/cure, son"
 * 陽次朗, "sunshine, next, clear"
 * 曜次朗, "weekday, next, clear"

The name can also be written in hiragana ようじろう or katakana ヨウジロウ.

Notable people with the name

 * Yojiro Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, 1900–1986), influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan
 * Yojiro Kimura (木村 陽二郎), Japanese botanist
 * Yojiro Noda (野田 洋次郎), Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
 * Yojiro Takahagi (髙萩 洋次郎, born 1986), Japanese football player currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
 * Yojiro Takita (滝田 洋二郎, born 1955), Academy Award-winning Japanese filmmaker
 * Yojiro Terada (寺田 陽次郎, born 1947), Japanese racing driver from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
 * Yojiro Uetake (上武 洋次郎, born 1943), Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling