Minoru
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Minoru is a male Japanese given name
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Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
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- MinoruMinoru (horse)Minoru was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won two British Classic Races. He was bred by Lord Wavertree at his stud farm in Tully, Kildare town in County Kildare which today is the Irish National Stud....
is the name of King Edward VII's horse that won the 1909 Epsom DerbyEpsom DerbyThe Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...
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Possible Writings
- 実 "reality, truth"
- 實 "truth, reality"
- 稔 "bountiful harvest"
- みのる (hiraganaHiraganais a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
) - ミノル (katakanaKatakanais a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
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Real People
- Minoru ArakawaMinoru Arakawawas the founder and first president of Nintendo of America from 1980 to 2002.Born in Kyoto, Japan, he attended Kyoto University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1972, he was hired by Japanese conglomerate Marubeni as part of their international staff, with the responsibility of...
(荒川 實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America - Minoru ChiakiMinoru Chiakiwas a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life, he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to...
(千秋 実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor - Minoru FujitaMinoru Fujitais a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara.-Career:...
(藤田 ミノル, born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler - Minoru GendaMinoru Gendawas a well-known Japanese military aviator and politician. He is best known for planning the Pearl Harbor attack.- Early life :Minoru Genda was the second son of a farmer from Hiroshima. Two brothers were graduates of Tokyo University, another brother graduated from Chiba Medical College, and his...
(源田 実, 1904–1989), Japanese naval general - Minoru HiraiMinoru HiraiMinoru Hirai was a Japanese martial artist and creator of the Korindo style of aikido.As a youth, he studied many different martial arts including Togin-ryu, Okumura Nito-ryu, Takenouchi-ryu, Kito-ryu and Suburi-ryu...
(1903–1998), Japanese martial artist - Minoru HondaMinoru Hondawas a Japanese amateur astronomer.He discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968, including the periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková.He was the first to report the very bright V1500 Cygni at magnitude 3.0 on August 29, 1975; it peaked at 2.0, and many hundreds of independent discoveries...
(本田 実, 1913–1990), Japanese astronomer - Minoru InabaMinoru Inabais a Japanese voice actor from Shizuoka Prefecture. He is affiliated with Ken Production.Inaba is best known for his roles in Disney productions , Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory , Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , and The Transformers .-Television animation:*After War Gundam X - Rike Anto,...
(稲葉 実, born 1951), Japanese voice actor - Minoru KawasakiMinoru Kawasaki (film director), born 15 August 1958 is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his low budget, absurdist comedy films.Kawasaki began his career with some self-financed films, including Iko the Earth Patrol Girl, and manga to live action adaptions, before working on Ultraman Tiga...
(河崎 実, born 1958), Japanese film director, screenwriter and produce - Minoru KawasakiMinoru Kawasaki (politician)is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Saga Prefecture and graduate of Kyoto University, he worked at the Bank of Japan from 1984 until 2004 when he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councillors. He ran again in...
(川崎 稔, born 1961), Japanese politician - Minoru KitaniMinoru Kitaniwas one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan.- Biography :He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight opponents from the Kiseisha in a row during 1928. He played a celebrated...
(木谷 実, 1909–1975), Japanese professional Go player - Minoru KizawaMinoru Kizawais a Japanese astronomer.He has discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids:-References:...
(鬼沢 稔), Japanese astronomer - Minoru KojimaMinoru KojimaMinoru Kojima was the original guitarist for Japanese experimental punk band The Mad Capsule Markets. He is also known as Scene or Shin Murohime, which is apparently a conglomeration of characters from the names of different Boøwy members...
(born 1968), Japanese musician - Minoru MikiMinoru Mikiis a Japanese composer and artistic director, particularly known for his promotional activities in favour of Japanese traditional instruments and some of their performers....
(三木 稔, born 1930), Japanese composer and artistic director - Minoru MochizukiMinoru Mochizukiwas a Japanese martial artist who founded the dojo Yoseikan. He was a 10th dan in Aikido, 9th dan in jujutsu, 8th dan in iaido, 8th dan in judo, 8th dan in kobudo, 5th dan in kendo, 5th dan in karate, and a 5th dan in jojutsu....
(望月 稔, 1907–2003), Japanese martial artist - Minoru MoriMinoru Moriis considered to be Japan's most powerful and influential building tycoon. He joined his father, Taikichiro's, real estate business after graduating from Tokyo University and is now president and CEO of Mori Building, of which he and his older brother Kei's families own 100%...
(森 稔, born 1934), Japanese businessman - Minoru MukaiyaMinoru Mukaiyais a Japanese musician. He joined the jazz fusion band Casiopea in 1979 as keyboardist.He is also the producer of the train simulator game, Train Simulator and CEO of Ongakukan, even the first musician in Japan who plays iPad piano apps ever.-Discography:as a Keyboardist for Casiopea*Casiopea...
(向谷 実, born 1956), Japanese musician - Minoru NojimaMinoru Nojimais a Japanese classical pianist.Minoru Nojima was a child prodigy in Japan, won a major nationwide competition there as a teenager, studied with Lev Oborin in Moscow and then with Constance Keene and Abram Chasins in New York, and burst upon the international music scene as a second prize winner of...
, Japanese classical pianist - Minoru OtaMinoru Otawas an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and the final commander of the Japanese naval forces defending the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa.-Biography:...
(大田 実, 1919–1945) Japanese rear admiral - Minoru SaitoMinoru SaitoMinoru Saito is a Japanese solo yachtsman. He became the oldest person at age 71 to do a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. He has successfully made seven solo circumnavigations...
(born 1934), Japanese solo yachtsman - Dr. Minoru ShirotaMinoru Shirotawas the inventor of Yakult, the yogurt-like probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus casei strain shirota.In 1930, Dr. Minoru Shirota, working in a microbiology lab at Kyoto Imperial University's School of Medicine, became the first in the world to succeed in culturing a strain of lactic acid...
(代田 稔, 1899–1982) , Japanese scientist/inventor - Minoru ShiraishiMinoru Shiraishiis a Japanese voice actor who was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Pro-Fit. He is the only "live-action" character in the Newtype Anime magazine to be featured in the Monthly Top-10 Most-Popular Male Character charts...
(白石 稔, born 1978), Japanese voice actor - Minoru SuzukiMinoru Suzukiis a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and was the second King of Pancrase world champion...
(鈴木 実, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist - Minoru TakeuchiMinoru TakeuchiMinoru Takeuchi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a wing-spiker for the Men's National Team during the 1990s. He ended up in 10th place at the 1998 World Championship....
(born 1971), Japanese volleyball player - Minoru Tanaka (wrestler) (田中 稔, born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
- Minoru Tanaka (mathematician) (田中 實), Japanese mathematician
- Minoru Tanaka (actor)Minoru Tanaka (actor)was a Japanese actor born in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. He was a graduate of the Tokyo metropolitan Yukigaya high school, Mumeijuku and was represented by JVC Entertainment Networks at the time of his death.- Film roles :* Uruu no Machi...
(田中 実, born 1966), Japanese actor - Minoru TorihadaMinoru TorihadaMinoru Torihada is a male Japanese comedian who claims to come from Sakhalin. His assumed surname, Torihada means "goosebumps"...
(鳥肌実), Japanese comedian - Minoru YadaMinoru Yadais a Japanese voice actor.-Anime:*Professor Shikishima in Tetsujin 28-go *Silas in Adventures of Tom Sawyer *Grandpa in Kashi no Ki Mokku...
(矢田 稔), Japanese voice actor - Minoru YamasakiMinoru Yamasakiwas a Japanese-American architect, best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, buildings 1 and 2. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century...
(1912–1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center - Minoru NiizumaMinoru Niizumawas a Japanese abstract sculptor. He graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1955, and from 1954 through 1958 he exhibited with the Modern Art Association. Niizuma moved to New York in 1959, and from 1964 through 1970 he was an instructor at the Brooklyn Museum Art...
, an abstract sculptor
Fictional characters
- Minoru Edajima, from the anime Onegai Teacher
- Nico MinoruNico MinoruNico Minoru , is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. Created in 2003 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, the character first debuted in Runaways vol. 1 #1 with most of the other main characters...
, from the Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
' series Runaways (comics)Runaways (comics)Runaways is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series features a group of teenagers who discover that their parents are part of an evil crime group called the Pride. Created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, the series debuted in April of 2003 as part of Marvel Comics'...
Places
- Minoru ParkMinoru ParkMinoru Park is a park located on the site of a former horse-racing track and airstrip in Richmond, British Columbia. The Minoru Park's running track is often used for school competitions, such as track and field...
, park located in Richmond, British Columbia - Minoru ChapelMinoru ChapelMinoru Chapel is a small white wooden chapel that is now housed within Richmond, British Columbia's Minoru Park. The chapel was built in 1891 and was originally run by the Methodist Church, and later by the United Church. It was originally built on the corner of River Road and No. 3 Road...
, Richmond, British Columbia