Tarō (given name)

Possible writings

• 太郎, "strong, heroic, masculine"
• 多朗, "abundance, prolific, melodious"
• 立楼, "stand up, upright, watchtower"
• 汰滝, "selected waterfall"

  People with the given name

• Taro Achi, Japanese light novelist and screenwriter
• Akebono Tarō, retired sumo wrestler from Hawaii
• Taro Ando, Japanese slalom canoeist
• Asashio Tarō IV, retired sumo wrestler from Muroto, Japan
• Taro Aso, Japanese politician and the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
• Taro Chiezo, Manhattan based, Japanese artist
• Taro Gold, American writer, entertainer, and entrepreneur
• Tarō Gomi, a Japanese children's book illustrator and writer
• Taro Hakase, musician, violinist, and composer from Suita, Japan
• Taro Ichihara, Japanese opera singer
• Taro Ishida, a Japanese voice actor, and actor from Kyoto, Japan
• Taro Iwashiro, a Japanese composer
• Taro Kagawa, Japanese footballer
• Katsura Tarō, Japanese soldier who served in the Imperial Japanese Army, and was Prime Minister of Japan three times in a row
• Tarō Kimura, Japanese journalist
• Tarō Kimura, Japanese politician
• Taro Kono, a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives
• Taro Kudo, a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer
• Maruse Taro, Japanese mime artist, comedian, vaudevillian and movie star
• Tarou Masuoka, Japanese voice actor
• Tarō Okamoto, a Japanese artist from Kawasaki Japan
• Taro Shoji, a Japanese ryūkōka singer
• Taro Sugimoto, Japanese footballer
• Taro Teshima, Japanese rower
• Taro Urabe, former Japanese football player
• Taro Yamaguchi, Japanese actor
• Taro Yamasaki, Japanese American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and the eldest son of architect Minoru Yamasaki
• Tarō Yamamoto, Japanese politician and actor who is well known for portraying Shogo Kawada in Battle Royale
• Taro Yamamoto , Japanese American abstract expressionist artist who served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War
• Taro Yashima, pseudonym of a Japanese artist and expatriate in the United States
• Yoko Taro, a Japanese video game director and scenario writer

  People with -tarō as a name suffix

• Shintaro Abe, Japanese politician, and father of current Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe
• Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and writer
• Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician and the 83rd Prime Minister of Japan
• Shōtarō Ikenami, Japanese author who won the Naoki Award for popular literature in 1960
• Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese politician, author, and the Governor of Tokyo from 1999-2012
• Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga artist known for his works such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
• Iwasaki Yatarō, Japanese businessman, financier, shipping industrialist, and founder of Mitsubishi
• Tsurutarō Kataoka, a Japanese comedian, actor, artist, and professional boxer
• Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, producer, director, and singer
• Kotaro Koizumi, Japanese actor and the eldest son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi
• Komura Jutarō, Japanese politician and a statesman and diplomat in the Meiji Period
• Rentarō Mikuni, Japanese film actor
• Nakamura Kantarō II, Japanese kabuki, film, and television actor
• Kyotaro Nishimura, Japanese mystery novelist
• Ryōtarō Shiba, Japanese historical novel author from Osaka
• Kataro Shirayamadani, a Japanese ex-patriate ceramics painter who did most of his work in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Ryōtarō Sugi, Japanese actor and singer from Kobe
• Kantarō Suzuki, an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Army, and the former Prime Minister of Japan
• Umetaro Suzuki, Japanese scientist from the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan
• Rentarō Taki, a Japanese composer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the best-known composers of Japan
• Shuntarō Tanikawa, a Japanese poet and translator

  Characters

• Momotarō, the hero from a fairy tale
• Jotarō Kujō, the protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
• Rantaro Amami, a character in
• Monotaro, one of the Monokubs in
• Kitarō, the titular protagonist of the GeGeGe no Kitarō manga series created by Shigeru Mizuki
• Kintarō, the hero from a fairy tale
• Urashima Tarō, the hero from a fairy tale
• Shippeitaro, the hero from a fairy tale
• Ultraman Taro, the sixth Ultra Brother
• Taro Soramame, a character in Dr. Slump media
• Taro Kagami of the pilot version of Death Note
• Taro Namatame, an antagonist of Persona 4
• Taro Kato, a character in Gorenger
• Taro, a character in
• Taro Nagazumi, a character in Mind Your Language
• Hamutaro, Japanese hamster character.
• Taro Sato, a character in Kamen Rider Build
• Gut Buster Taro, a character from Kamen Rider Zero-One
• Yumetaro, the protagonist of Gimmick!
• Jataro Kemuri, one of the Warriors of Hope in the game
• Ryūtarō Naruhodō, Susato Mikotoba pretending to be Ryūnosuke Naruhodō's cousin in the game
• Q-Taro Burgerberg, one of the participants in Your Turn to Die: Death Game By Majority, also known as Kimi Ga Shine: Tasuketsu Death Game
• Ryotaro Dojima, a detective in Persona 4