Saburō

Saburō or Saburo (さぶろう, サブロウ) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Saburō

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Related names	Taro Jiro

Written forms

Saburō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 三郎, "third son"
• 三朗, "three, bright"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

• Saburo Aizawa (相沢 三郎; 1889–1936), Japanese soldier
• Saburo Aoki (青木 三郎; born 1956), Japanese linguist
• Saburo Date (伊達 三郎) 1924–1991, Japanese actor
• Saburō Eda (江田 三郎; 1907–1977), Japanese politician
• Saburo Fujiki (藤木 三郎; born 1955), Japanese golfer
• Saburo Hasegawa (長谷川 三郎; 1906–1957), Japanese calligrapher and painter
• Saburo Hayakawa (早川 三郎; 1888–1973), Japanese politician
• Saburō Hyakutake (百武 三郎; 1872–1963), Japanese admiral
• Saburo Ienaga (家永 三郎; 1913–2002), Japanese historian
• Saburo Ishikura (石倉 三郎; born 1946), Japanese actor
• Saburo Ito (伊藤 三郎; 1915–1978), Japanese swimmer
• Saburo Kamei (亀井 三郎; 1938–2013), Japanese voice actor
• Saburō Kawabuchi (川淵 三郎; born 1936), Japanese footballer and manager
• Saburo Kawamoto (川本 三郎; born 1944), Japanese film and literary critic
• Saburo Kido (城戸三郎; 1902–1977), American lobbyist, attorney, and newspaper editor
• Saburō Kitajima (北島 三郎; born 1936), Japanese Enka singer
• Saburo Komoto (河本 三郎; born 1950), Japanese politician
• Saburō Kurusu (来栖 三郎; 1886–1954), Japanese diplomat
• Saburō Matsukata (松方 三郎; 1899–1973), Japanese Scout leader
• Saburō Moroi (諸井 三郎; 1903–1977), Japanese composer
• Saburo Murakami (村上 三郎; 1925–1996), Japanese visual and performance artist
• Saburo Muraoka (村岡 三郎; 1928–2013), Japanese artist
• Saburo Okita (大来 佐武郎; 1914–1993), Japanese economist and politician
• Saburō Sakai (坂井 三郎; 1916–2000), Japanese World War II fighter pilot
• Saburo Sato (佐藤 三郎; born 1960), Japanese sailor
• Saburo Shimono (下野 三郎; born 1937), Japanese-American actor
• Saburō Shinoda (篠田 三郎; born 1948), Japanese actor
• Takagi Saburō (高木 三郎; 1841–1909), Japanese diplomat and businessman
• Saburō Takata (高田 三郎; 1913–2000), Japanese composer
• Saburo Teshigawara (勅使川原 三郎; born 1953), Japanese choreographer and dancer
• Saburō Tokitō (時任 三郎; born 1958), Japanese actor and singer
• Saburo Tokura (戸倉 三郎; born 1954), Japanese jurist
• Saburo Yokomizo (横溝 三郎; born 1939), Japanese middle-distance runner

Fictional characters

• Saburo, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
• Saburo Arasaka, a character in the Cyberpunk role-playing game franchise
• Mutsumi Saburo from Sgt. Frog
• Saburo Kato from Space Battleship Yamato
• Saburou Aoyama (aka Goggle Blue) from Dai Sentai Goggle V
• Saburo (aka Hakaider) from Kikaider
• Saburo Ichimonji, the protagonist's third son, from Ran
• Sabnock Saburo from Mairimashita! Iruma-kun