# 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 Muraoka (村岡 実, born 1923), Japanese shakuhachi player
* 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 Shōkōshi 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
* Minoru Kageno (影野実) (reincarnated as Cid Kagenou (シド・カゲノー) from the light novel, manga and anime The Eminence in Shadow