Noboru

Noboru (written: 昇, 登, 謄, 盛, のぼる in hiragana or ノボル katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Jahana Noboru (謝花 昇, 1865–1908), official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture
• Kyokushūzan Noboru (旭鷲山 昇, born 1973), former professional sumo wrestler and current politician from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• Miyata Noboru (宮田 登, 1936–2000), Japanese folklorist
• Noboru Akiyama (秋山 登, 1934–2000), Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
• Noboru Ando (安藤 昇, 1926–2015), Japanese film actor known for his yakuza roles
• Noboru Ishiguro (石黒 昇, 1938–2012), animator who was born in Tokyo, Japan
• Noboru Iwamura (岩村 昇, 1927–2005), Japanese biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine
• Noboru Kawasaki (川崎 のぼる, born 1941), Japanese manga artist
• Noboru Kikuta (菊田 昇, 1926–1991), Japanese gynecologist
• Noboru Kousaka (上坂 昇, 1918–2013), Japanese former politician
• Noboru Misawa, anime director and storyboard artist in Japan
• Noboru Nakamura (中村 登, 1913–1981), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Noboru Nakayama (中山 昇, born 1987), former Japanese football player
• Noboru Okamoto (岡本 登, born 1937), Japanese hammer thrower
• Noboru Rokuda (六田 登, born 1952), Japanese manga artist
• Noboru Ryugaki (柳ヶ木 昇, born 1987), Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
• Noboru Shimura (志村 謄, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Noboru Sugai (須貝 昇, born 1949), Japanese professional golfer
• Noboru Sugimoto (杉本 盛, born 1914), Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Noboru Takeshita (竹下 登, 1924–2000), Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan (1987 to 1989)
• Noboru Tanaka (田中 登, 1937–2006), Japanese film director
• Noboru Tanaka (field hockey) (田中 昇, born 1912), Japanese field hockey player
• Noboru Terada (寺田 登, 1917–1986), Japanese freestyle swimmer
• Noboru Tsujihara (辻原 登, born 1945), prize-winning Japanese author of fiction
• Noboru Uchiyama (内山 昇, born 1954), Japanese boxer
• Noboru Ueda (上田 昇, born 1967), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Noboru Ueki (植木 昇, 1905–1992), Japanese photographer
• Noboru Waseda (早稲田 昇, born 1951), Japanese swimmer
• Noboru Yamaguchi (山口 登, 1902–1942), the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan
• Noboru Yamaguchi (author) (ヤマグチ ノボル, 1972–2013), male Japanese light novel and game scenario author
• Ryūō Noboru (龍皇 昇, born 1983), professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia

Fictional characters

• Noboru Shima (嶋 昇), a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Blade
• Noboru Yoshikawa (吉川 のぼる 昇), a character in the manga/anime series Great Teacher Onizuka

See also

• 4807 Noboru, a main-belt asteroid