Sho Timothy Yano is an American physician. Yano is a child prodigy and has an estimated IQ of 200. Yano's father, Katsura, is originally from Japan and his mother, Kyung, is originally from South Korea. Yano reportedly was reading by age two, writing by age three, playing classical music on the piano at age four, and composing by age five. He went to the Mirman School as a child. After scoring 1500 out of 1600 on the SAT at age eight, he graduated from the American School of Correspondence at age nine then entered Loyola University Chicago also at age nine, graduating summa cum laude at age 12. He then entered the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in the MSTP, which is designed for those seeking to earn an MD and PhD. He was awarded a PhD in molecular genetics and cell biology there in 2009, at the age of 18. He entered his second year of medical school at the University of Chicago in 2009, becoming at age 21 the youngest person to graduate with an MD from the University of Chicago, for which he has been called a "real-life Doogie Howser". He is currently a pediatric neurology resident at the University of Chicago.
Shō was used as a girl's name back in the olden days. Based on some research that I've done (gathering names from passenger lists and US census data), Shō was uncommon in the late Edo period and the Meiji period. Those that do have the name were more likely to have theirs written in kana.This goes back to the fact that 2 syllable names were preferred at the time, more so before the Meiji period. Towards the 2nd half of the Meiji period and the Taishō period, those types of names were quickly shunted out in popularity by names ending in *ko.
My son has a little boy in his preschool class with the name Sho-un (Pronounced: SHAWN). He is of Asian decent, and I'm pretty sure the first part of his name relates to Sho/Shou, but I'm unsure what the "un" means/relates to. I've often wondered if this was their way of taking a name that they liked and spelling it to relate to their heritage.
― Anonymous User 11/13/2010
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Also the name of Sho Sakurai, a Japanese idol, singer, rapper, actor, newscaster, host and former radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi. He was the official newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV and the special newscaster for the 2010 Winter Olympics. For his work as an actor, singer and newscaster, Sakurai became one of the recipients of GQ Japan's Men of the Year award in 2009.
In Japanese, the Roman letter spelling of this would be "shou".Possible kanji meanings of "shou": -proper/right -prosper/thrive -bright/clear -God's sheepNames that include "shou": Shou Shouji Shouhei