Yashiro is a

Japanese surname Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

and a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Yashiro can be written using different combinations of

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters. Here are some examples: *社, "shrine" *矢士呂, "arrow, knight, backbone" *矢白, "arrow, white" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

やしろ or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

ヤシロ. Yashirō or Yashirou is a separate Japanese given name, though it may be romanized the same way Yashiro. Some examples: *矢四郎, "arrow, four, son" *弥四郎, "more and more, four, son" *野四郎, "field, four, son" *夜史郎, "night, history, son" *八史朗, "eight, history, clear" *耶司郎, "question mark, administer, son" The name can also be written in

やしろう or

ヤシロウ.

Notable people with the given name Yashiro

* , Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Yashiro

* , Japanese enka singer and painter * , Japanese composer * , Japanese samurai * , Japanese businessman * , Japanese gravure idol, actress, and TV personality * Misao Yashiro (矢代操, 1852–1891), Japanese educator, one of the founders of Meiji Law School (later Meiji University). * , Japanese former basketball player * , Japanese actor and voice actor * , Japanese shogi player * , admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Navy Minister * , Japanese academic and art historian

Fictional characters

* Yashiro (矢代), the main character in ''

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'' * Yashiro Isana (伊佐那社), the main character in ''K'' (TV series) * Yashiro Gaku (八代学), the main antagonist in

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi ''Erased'', known in Japan as ''Boku dake ga Inai Machi'' (, "The Town Where Only I Am Missing"; abbr. , ''BokuMachi''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Young Ace ...

* Yashiro Nanakase (七枷社), a character from ''

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'' * Yashiro Nene (八尋寧々), the protagonist of ''

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun is a Japanese manga series written by Iro and illustrated by Aida, which results in their conjoined name 'AidaIro'. It has been serialized in Square Enix's magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since 2014. It has been collected in 23 ''tankōbon ...

Written forms

Notable people with the given name Yashiro

Notable people with the surname Yashiro

Fictional characters

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