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Across the world, Tarō (太郎 , Tarō, تارو) is a rare masculine first name. The first name Tarō is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a very rare boy's name. Very seldom, Tarō is the last name as well as the forename.
Tarō is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Urashima Tarō , the character in Japanese legend, Urashima Tarō; Shōtarō Kaneda , the fictional character from Akira; Tarō Misaki , the fictional character from Captain Tsubasa and Taro Yamada , the main character from the video game Yandere Simulator.