Zenjirō

Zenjirō, Zenjiro or Zenjirou is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Zenjirō 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 "zen" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("善" for virtuous, "全" for all, "然" and so on).


 * 善二郎, "virtuous, second son"
 * 善次郎, "virtuous, second son"
 * 全二郎, "all, second son"
 * 全次郎, "all, second son"

Other combinations...


 * 善治郎, "virtuous, to manage/cure, son"
 * 善次朗, "virtuous, next, clear"
 * 全治郎, "all, to manage/cure, son"
 * 全次朗, "all, next, clear"
 * 然次朗, "so, next, clear"

The name can also be written in hiragana ぜんじろう or katakana ゼンジロウ.

Notable people with the name

 * Zenjirō Horikiri (堀切 善次郎), Japanese politician and cabinet minister
 * Zenjiro Kaneko (金子 善次郎), Japanese politician
 * Zenjiro Watanabe (渡辺 善次郎), Japanese figure skater
 * Zenjiro Yasuda (安田 善次郎), Japanese entrepreneur
 * Zenjiro Yasuda (field hockey) (安田 善治郎), Japanese field hockey coach

Fictional characters

 * Zenjiro, a character in the manga series Kodocha
 * Zenjiro Tsurugi (剣 ゼンジロウ), a character in the anime series Digimon Xros Wars