What is "yojiro"

Yōjirō, Yojiro or Youjirou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Yōjirō Ishizaka, influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan
• Yojiro Takahagi (born 1986), Japanese football player currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• Yōjirō Takita (born 1955), Academy Award-winning Japanese filmmaker
• Yojiro Terada (born 1947), Japanese racing driver from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
• Yojiro Uetake (born 1943), Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling