, also written Ichiro, Ichirou or Ichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. The name is occasionally given to the first-born son in a family. Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 一郎: "first son" 一朗: "first clear, bright" People with the name , Japanese judoka , Japanese general Ichiro Fujiyama (藤山 一郎, 1911–1993), a Japanese singer , Japanese discus thrower Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎, 1883–1959), a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Prime Minister of Japan , Japanese shogi player , Japanese footballer Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗, born 1967), a Japanese rock guitarist , Japanese diplomat, civil servant and politician Ichiro Miyake (三宅 市郎, 1881–1964), a Japanese mycologist Ichiro "Aniki" Mizuki (水木 一郎, 1948–2022), a Japanese vocalist Ichiro Murakoshi (村越 伊知郎, born 1930), a Japanese voice actor Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎, born 1931), a Japanese voice actor Ichiro Nakagawa (中川 一郎, 1925–1983), a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō Ichirō Ozawa (小沢 一郎, born 1942), a Japanese politician, and Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan , Japanese fencer Ichirō Shimada (島田 一郎, 1848–1878), an assassin of Ōkubo Toshimichi Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, born 1973), a Japanese baseball outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (engineer) (鈴木 一郎, born 1937), a Japanese automobile engineer Ichiro Yamaguchi (山口 一郎, born 1980), a Japanese musician (sakanaction) Ichiro Yoshizawa (吉沢 一郎, 1903–1998), a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader Fictional characters Ichiro Ogami (大神 一郎), a character in Sakura Wars video game. Ichiro Miyata (宮田 一郎), a fictional character in the anime and manga series Fighting Spirit. Ichiro Tanaka, character from Medal of Honor: Rising Sun. Ichiro Yamada, character from John Okada’s No-No Boy. Ichiro Yamada (山田 一郎), a character in the Japanese multimedia series Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle. References Japanese masculine given names