Yatarō
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| name = Yatarō
| image = Yataro_Iwasaki_Portrait_Closeup_1874.png
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| caption = Yataro Iwasaki (1835–1885), Japanese businessman, founder of Mitsubishi financial combine
| pronunciation = jataɾoɯ (IPA)
| gender = Male
| meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used
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| origin = Japanese
| alternative spelling = Yataro (Kunrei-shiki)
Yataro (Nihon-shiki)
Yatarō, Yataro, Yatarou (Hepburn)
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Yatarō, Yataro or Yatarou is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Yatarō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
The characters used for "taro" (太郎) literally means "thick (big) son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the first son. The "ya" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("矢" for arrow, "野" for field, "弥" and so on).
- 矢太郎, "arrow, big son"
- 野太郎, "field, big son"
- 弥太郎, "more and more, big son"
- 彌太郎, "more and more, big son"
- 八太郎, "eight, big son"
- 夜太郎, "night, big son"
Other combinations...
- 矢太朗, "arrow, thick, bright"
- 矢多朗, "arrow, many, bright"
- 勇汰朗, "bravery, excessive, bright"
- 野太朗, "field, thick, bright"
- 弥太朗, more and more, thick, bright"
The name can also be written in hiragana やたろう or katakana ヤタロウ.
Notable people with the given name Yatarō
- {{Nihongo|Yataro Iwasaki|岩崎 弥太郎||1835–1885}}, Japanese businessman
- {{Nihongo|Yataro Kojima|小島 弥太郎||1522–1582}}, Japanese samurai
- {{Nihongo|Yataro Kurokawa|黒川 弥太郎||1910–1984}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Yataro Mishima|三島 彌太郎||1867–1919}}, Japanese businessman and banker
- {{Nihongo|Yataro Tsuda|津田 弥太郎||born 1952}}, Japanese politician
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