is a stand-alone Japanese given name along with "Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.
Written forms Jirō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
次郎, "next, son" 次朗, "next, melodious" 二郎, "second, son" 二朗, "second, melodious" 治郎, "reign, son"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People Jiro (musician) (born 1972), bassist of the Japanese rock band GLAY Jiro Aichi (治郎, born 1969), Japanese politician Jirō Akagawa (次郎, born 1948), Japanese novelist Jiro Akama (二郎, born 1968), Japanese politician Jiro Ando (慈朗), Japanese manga artist Jirō Asada (次郎, born 1951), Japanese novelist , Japanese engineer Jiro Horikoshi (二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII , Japanese weightlifter Jiro Kamiharako (次郎, born 1966), Japanese ski jumper Jiro Kikkawa (1929–2016), Japanese Australian ornithologist Jiro Manio (born 1992), Filipino actor Jiro Nakano (二郎, 1902–2000), Japanese composer , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese politician Jiro Ono (born 1925), chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant Jiro Ono (politician) (born 1953), Japanese politician of Your Party , Japanese voice actor , Japanese businessman Jiro Wang (born 1981), Taiwanese actor and singer
Characters
Jiro (Blue Dragon) (ジーロ), a character in the Blue Dragon video game Jiro (Kamen Rider) (次狼) or Garulu (ガルル), a supporting character in the Kamen Rider Kiva tokusatsu series Jiro (Kikaider) (ジロー), the main protagonist in the Android Kikaider tokusatsu series Jiro Mochizuki, main protagonist in Black Blood Brothers Jirou Oriza, a character in Crush Gear Turbo Jiro Ueda (次郎), the main character in Trick TV series Jiro Shirogane, fantasy persona of Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in Voltron: Legendary Defender Jiro Yamada (山田 二郎), the second child of the team called Buster Bros!!! from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle , an idol from The Idolmaster SideM
Other uses Jiro (ジロ), the famed Sakhalin Husky of the 1958 Japanese Antarctica expedition, depicted in the 1983 Japanese film Nankyoku Monogatari; see Taro and Jiro Erlang Shen 二郎神 Chinese god