All around the world, Kaoru (馨 
, Kaoru 
, カオル ) is a common largely female, but seldom masculine first name. The forename Kaoru is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom male name, Japan, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, Japan, and the United States. Also, Kaoru is the last name as well as the forename.
Kaoru is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kaoru Niimi , the Anime character from Star Blazers 2199, Space Battleship Yamato 2199; Kaoru Seta , the fictional character from BanG Dream!, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!; Kaoru Shimizu , character in Major 2nd; Hanayama Kaoru , the fictional character of the Baki the Grappler franchise and Kaoru Yamazaki , the fictional character from Welcome to the N.H.K., among other works.
| kaoru inouyé (b. 1835) |
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kaoru ishikawa Japanese business theorist, JP (b. 1915) |
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kaoru moto United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, US (b. 1917) |
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| kaoru moriyama (b. 1904) |
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| kaoru kimura (b. 1917) |
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| kaoru saba (b. 1917) |
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| kaoru shimizudani Japanese actress (b. 1934) |
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| kaoru taniguchi Japanese local politician (b. 1935) |
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| kaoru watanabe Japanese vocalist (b. 1936) |
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| kaoru sekiba (b. 1926) |
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| kaoru ueda JP (b. 1928) |
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| kaoru fujii (b. 1933) |
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| kaoru kakudo Japanese violinist, JP (b. 1947) |
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| kaoru yamanaka (b. 1941) |
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| kaoru hirabayashi Japanese artist, JP (b. 1955) |
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