title: Minoru
text: # Minoru
  
  Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America
  * Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor
  * Minoru Fujita (藤田 ミノル, born 1977), Japanese professional wrestler
  * Minoru Genda (源田 実, 1904–1989), Japanese naval general
  * Minoru Hata (畑 実, born 1989), Japanese footballer
  * Minoru Hirai (平井 稔, 1903–1998), Japanese martial artist
  * Minoru Honda (本田 実, 1913–1990), Japanese astronomer
  * Minoru Inaba (稲葉 実, born 1951), Japanese voice actor
  * Minoru Inuzuka (犬塚 稔, 1901–2007), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  * Minoru Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Minoru Kawasaki (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Minoru Kihara (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer
  * Minoru Kino (木野 実, born 1945), Japanese handball player
  * Minoru Kitani (木谷 実, 1909–1975), Japanese professional Go player
  * Minoru Kizawa (鬼沢 稔, born 1947), Japanese astronomer
  * Minoru Kobata (小畑 穣, born 1946), Japanese footballer
  * Minoru Kobayashi (小林 稔, born 1976), Japanese footballer
  * Minoru Kojima (室姫 深, born 1968), Japanese musician
  * Minoru Makihara (槙原 稔, 1930–2020), Japanese business executive
  * Minoru Miki (三木 稔, 1930–2011), Japanese composer and artistic director
  * Minoru Misawa (三沢 実, born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
  * Minoru Mochizuki (望月 稔, 1907–2003), Japanese martial artist
  * Minoru Mori (森 稔, born 1934), Japanese businessman
  * Minoru Mukaiya (向谷 実, born 1956), Japanese musician
  * Minoru Nakamura (中村 稔, born 1938), Japanese baseball player
  * Minoru Nakano (中野 稔, born 1936), Japanese ice hockey player
  * Minoru Niizuma (新妻 実, 1930–1998), an abstract sculptor
  * Minoru Nojima (野島 稔, 1945–2020), Japanese classical pianist
  * Minoru Ota (大田 実, 1919–1945), Japanese rear admiral
  * Minoru Saito (斉藤 実, born 1934), Japanese solo yachtsman
  * Dr. Minoru Shirota (代田 稔, 1899–1982), Japanese scientist/inventor
  * Minoru Shiraishi (白石 稔, born 1978), Japanese voice actor
  * Minoru Suzuki (鈴木 実, born 1968), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
  * Minoru Takeuchi (竹内 実, born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
  * Minoru Tanaka (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Minoru Tatsukawa (達川 実, born 1952), Japanese volleyball player and coach
  * Minoru Tōjō (東城 穣, born 1976), Japanese football referee
  * Minoru Tomita (冨田 稔, 1924–2015), Japanese mathematician
  * Minoru Torihada (鳥肌 実, born 1970), Japanese comedian
  * Minoru Wakasa (若狭 実, born 1951), Japanese ski jumper
  * Minoru Watanabe (渡辺 実, born 1962), Japanese actor
  * Minoru Yada (矢田 稔, born 1931), Japanese voice actor
  * Minoru Yamamoto (山本 秀, 1912/1913–1996), Japanese classical composer
  * Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center
  * Minoru Yanagida (柳田 稔, born 1954), Japanese politician
  * Minoru Yasui (安井 稔, 1916–1986), American lawyer
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Minoru Edajima, from the anime Onegai Teacher
  * Nico Minoru, from the Marvel Comics series Runaways (comics)
  * Minoru “Minnow” Ito, from the novel We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
  * 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 (峰田 実), from the manga and anime My Hero Academia
  * Minoru Minorikawa (御法川 実), from the original 428: Shibuya Scramble
  