Saburō

Saburō
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

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

Possible writings

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

• Saburo Aizawa, a Japanese soldier
• Saburo Fujiki, a Japanese golfer
• Saburō Hayashi, a Japanese soldier
• Saburo Ienaga, a controversial Japanese historian
• Saburo Ishikura, a Japanese actor
• Saburo Kamei, a Japanese voice actor
• Saburō Kitajima, a Japanese Enka singer
• Saburō Kurusu, a Japanese diplomat
• Saburo Okita, a Japanese economist
• Saburō Sakai, a Japanese World War II fighter pilot

When the name is used as a suffix, it often turns to "-zaburō".

• Bandō Tamasaburō V, kabuki actor
• Tsumasaburō Bandō, film actor
• Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, kabuki actor
• Kenzaburō Ōe, Nobel prize laureate in literature

Fictional characters

• 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 Ookuchi from Elite Yankee Saburo
• Saburo Ichimonji, the protagonist's third son, from Ran