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Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,427 total.
Male names occasionally end with the syllable -ko as in Mako, but very rarely using the kanji 子 (most often, if a male name ends in -ko, it ends in -hiko, using the kanji 彦 meaning "boy"). Common male name endings are -shi and -o; names ending with -shi are often adjectives, e.g., Atsushi, which might mean, for example, "(to be) faithful."
Akira Arimura (有村 章, 1923–2007), Japanese endocrinologist, biochemist, physiologist, and professor; Akira Asada (浅田 彰, born 1957), Japanese art critic and curator; Akira Asahara (浅原 晃), Japanese Magic: The Gathering player; Akira Back (born 1974), Korean-American chef; Akira Chen (born 1969), Taiwanese actor and film director
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [2]
The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking to, or referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.
Kanji (written: 幹二, 寛治, 莞爾 完治, 完次, 皖司, 侃志 or 勘司) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Kanji Akagi (赤木 完次, born 1933), Japanese sprinter; Kanji Furutachi (古舘 寛治, born 1968), Japanese actor; Kanji Ishimaru (石丸 幹二, born 1965), Japanese actor and singer
Shin'ichi Tanaka (photographer) (田中 新一), Japanese photographer; Shinichi Tomii (富井 慎一, born 1980), Japanese modern pentathlete; Shinichi Tsutsumi (真一, born 1964), Japanese stage and screen actor; Shinichi Watanabe (慎一, born 1964), Japanese anime director; Wakakirin Shinichi (真一, born 1983), Japanese sumo wrestler
The o suffix that is added to the word is one reading of the kanji for male (男). And recently, the kanji for 'dirty' in Japanese (汚), which also has the same reading, is often used by gyaru and gyaruo in a light hearted way, poking fun at themselves because of the reputation that their subculture has gained within society due to their dark ...