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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 錬太郎, 練太郎, 廉太郎, 漣太郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Other Forms FormsRentaro, Rentarō
Meaning & History
From Japanese 錬 (ren) meaning "smelt metals", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.Famous bearers are Rentarō Mikuni, was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actor, and a further seven nominations and Rentarō Taki, was a pianist and one of the best-known composers of Japan.