Tokutarō

Tokutarō

Tokutaro Shimizu (1882–1963), Japanese politician
Pronunciation	tokɯtaɾoɯ (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tokutaro (Kunrei-shiki) Tokutaro (Nihon-shiki) Tokutarō, Tokutaro, Tokutarou, Tokutaroh (Hepburn)

Tokutarō is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Tokutarō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. 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 "toku" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("徳" for benevolence, "得" for gain, "啄" and so on).

• 徳太郎, "benevolence, big son"
• 得太郎, "gain, big son"
• 啄太郎, "peck, big son"
• 篤太郎, "sincere, big son"
• 竺太郎, "bamboo, big son"

Other combinations...

• 徳太朗, "benevolence, thick, bright"
• 徳多朗, "benevolence, many, bright"
• 徳汰朗, "benevolence, excessive, bright"
• 得太朗, "gain, thick, bright"
• 得多朗, "gain, many, bright"
• 登久太郎, "climb up, long time, big son"

The name can also be written in hiragana とくたろう or katakana トクタロウ.

Notable people with the name

• Tokutaro Sakurai (桜井 徳太郎, 1897–1980), Japanese general
• Tokutaro Shimizu (清水 徳太郎, 1882–1963), Japanese politician
• Tokutaro Takayama (高山 登久太郎, 1928–2003), Japanese Yakuza member
• Tokutarō Tanaka (田中 徳太郎, 1909–1989), Japanese photographer
• Tokutaro Ukon (右近 徳太郎, 1913–1944), Japanese footballer
• Tokutarō Watanabe, Japanese businessman