Minoru
Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Minoru Arakawa, Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
- Minoru Chiaki, Japanese actor
- Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler
- Minoru Genda, Japanese naval general
- Minoru Hata, Japanese footballer
- Minoru Hirai, Japanese martial artist
- Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer
- Minoru Inaba, Japanese voice actor
- Minoru Inuzuka, Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Minoru Ito, Japanese sport shooter
- Minoru Kawasaki, Japanese film director, screenwriter and produce
- Minoru Kawasaki, Japanese politician
- Minoru Kimura, Brazilian kickboxer
- Minoru Kino, Japanese handball player
- Minoru Kitani, Japanese professional Go player
- Minoru Kizawa, Japanese astronomer
- Minoru Kobata, Japanese footballer
- Minoru Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Minoru Kojima, Japanese musician
- Minoru Miki, Japanese composer and artistic director
- Minoru Misawa, Japanese ice hockey player
- Minoru Mochizuki, Japanese martial artist
- Minoru Mori, Japanese businessman
- Minoru Mukaiya, Japanese musician
- Minoru Nakamura, Japanese baseball player
- Minoru Nakano, Japanese ice hockey player
- Minoru Nojima, Japanese classical pianist
- Minoru Ota Japanese rear admiral
- Minoru Saito, Japanese solo yachtsman
- Dr. Minoru Shirota, Japanese scientist/inventor
- Minoru Shiraishi, Japanese voice actor
- Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Minoru Takeuchi, Japanese volleyball player
- Minoru Tanaka , Japanese professional wrestler
- Minoru Tanaka , Japanese actor
- Minoru Tatsukawa, Japanese volleyball player and coach
- Minoru Tōjō, Japanese football referee
- Minoru Torihada, Japanese comedian
- Minoru Wakasa, Japanese ski jumper
- Minoru Watanabe, Japanese actor
- Minoru Yada, Japanese voice actor
- Minoru Yamamoto, Japanese classical composer
- Minoru Yamasaki, American architect who designed the World Trade Center
- Minoru Niizuma, an abstract sculptor
Fictional characters
- Minoru Edajima, from the anime Onegai Teacher
- Nico Minoru, from the Marvel Comics series Runaways
- 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, from the manga and anime My Hero Academia
