List of Famous people named Minoru

Minoru Sano is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is the 1977 World bronze medalist and a five-time Japanese national champion (1972–76).

Minoru Arakawa is a Japanese businessman best known as the founder and former president of Nintendo of America, and the co-founder of Tetris Online, Inc.

Minoru Niihara is the original and current lead singer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.

Minoru Nakamura was a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1957 to 1969. He won 72 games in 13 seasons, winning a career high 20 games in 1965.

Minoru Watanabe is a Japanese stunt/suit actor.

Minoru Kihara is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at Japan Airlines until 2004.

Minoru Kobayashi is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Minoru Kanehisa is a Japanese bioinformatician. He is a project professor at Kyoto University, technical director of Pathway Solutions Inc and president of NPO Bioinformatics Japan. He is one of Japan's most recognized and respected bioinformatics experts and is known for developing the KEGG bioinformatics database.