Noboru
Noboru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Jahana Noboru, official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture
- Kyokushūzan Noboru, former professional sumo wrestler and current politician from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Miyata Noboru, Japanese folklorist
- Noboru Akiyama, Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
- Noboru Ando, Japanese film actor known for his yakuza roles
- Noboru Ishiguro, animator who was born in Tokyo, Japan
- Noboru Iwamura, Japanese biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine
- Noboru Kawasaki, Japanese manga artist
- Noboru Kousaka, Japanese former politician
- Noboru Misawa, anime director and storyboard artist in Japan
- Noboru Nakamura, Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Noboru Nakayama, former Japanese football player
- Noboru Okamoto, Japanese hammer thrower
- Noboru Rokuda, Japanese manga artist
- Shouta Aoi, Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
- Noboru Shimura, Japanese footballer
- Noboru Sugai, Japanese professional golfer
- Noboru Sugimoto, Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan
- Noboru Tanaka, Japanese film director
- Noboru Tanaka, Japanese field hockey player
- Noboru Terada, Japanese freestyle swimmer
- Noboru Tsujihara, prize-winning Japanese author of fiction
- Noboru Uchiyama, Japanese boxer
- Noboru Ueda, former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Noboru Ueki, Japanese photographer
- Noboru Waseda, Japanese swimmer
- Noboru Yamaguchi, the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan
- Noboru Yamaguchi, male Japanese light novel and game scenario author
- Ryūō Noboru, professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
Fictional characters
- Noboru Shima, a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Blade
