Taro (disambiguation)

Taro called:

• Taro, tropical crop
• Taro (river), river in Italy
• Taro (department), former French département in Italy
• Taro Iceland, Island of the Solomon Islands
• Taro (Solomon Islands), place on the homonymous island
• VW Taro, commercial vehicle

Taro is a surname, and may refer to:

• Gerda Taro (actually Gerta Pohorylles; 1910-1937 ), German, photographer

Taro stands for:

• Taro ( Iwate ), a Japanese formerly independent city in Iwate Prefecture, now part of Miyako ( Iwate )

Taro (太郎) is a Japanese proper noun ( meaning: the firstborn ). Bearer of this name are:

• Asashio taro I. (1864-1920), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Asashio taro II (1879-1961), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Asashio taro III. (1929-1988), Japanese sumo wrestler, Yokozuna
• Asashio taro IV ( born 1955 ), Japanese sumo wrestler
• Akebono taro (born 1969 ), American sumo wrestler
• Asasekiryu taro (* 1981), an assumed name of a Mongolian sumo wrestler
• Hirai taro (1905-1973), Japanese politicians
• Katsura taro (1848-1913), Japanese military officer, politician and Prime Minister
• Taro Aso ( born 1940 ), Japanese politician and Prime Minister
• Taro Kono ( born 1963 ), Japanese politician
• Taro Okamoto (1911-1996), artist and surrealist who has lived in the 1930s in Paris

See also:

• Taro, the little dragon boy, Japanese anime film
• Tarot (disambiguation)
• THARO
• Tharaud

• Disambiguation