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 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, born 1952), Japanese particle physicist
Yoichiro Yoshikawa (吉川 洋一郎, born 1957), Japanese composer, music arranger and film producer
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