• Minoru is the name of King Edward VII's horse that won the 1909 Epsom Derby.

Possible Writings

• 実 "reality, truth"
• 實 "truth, reality"
• 稔 "bountiful harvest"
• みのる (hiragana)
• ミノル (katakana)

Real People

• 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 Hirai (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 Kawasaki (河崎 実, born 1958), Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer
• Minoru Kitani (木谷 実, 1909 - 1975), Japanese professional Go player
• Minoru Kizawa (鬼沢 稔), Japanese astronomer
• Minoru Kojima (born 1968), Japanese musician
• Minoru Miki (三木 稔, born 1930), Japanese composer and artistic director
• 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 Nojima, Japanese classical pianist
• Minoru Ota (大田 実, 1919 - 1945) Japanese rear admiral
• Minoru Saito (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 (born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
• Minoru Tanaka (田中 稔, born 1972), Japanese professional wrestler
• Minoru Tanaka (mathematician) (田中 實), Japanese mathematician
• Minoru Tanaka (actor) (田中 実, born 1966), Japanese actor
• Minoru Torihada (鳥肌実), Japanese comedian
• Minoru Yada (矢田 稔), Japanese voice actor
• Minoru Yamasaki (1912 – 1986), American architect who designed the World Trade Center
• Niizuma Minoru, an abstract sculptor

Fictional Characters

• Nico Minoru, fictional character in the Marvel Comics comic book series Runaways

Places

• Minoru Park, park located in Richmond, British Columbia
• Minoru Chapel, Richmond, British Columbia

See also

• Japanese names