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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 希一郎, 基一郎, 喜一郎, 紀一朗, 紀壱郎, 記一郎, 記市郎, 鬼一郎, 樹一朗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Other Forms FormsKiichiro, Kiichirō
Meaning & History
From Japanese 希 (ki) meaning "hope", 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are also possible.Famous bearers are Kiichiro Toyoda, he was a Japanese entrepreneur and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to take Toyoda Loom Works into automobile manufacturing would create what would eventually become Toyota Motor Corporation, the largest automobile manufacturer in the world and Kiichirō Furukawa, he was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory.