Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name, and less commonly, a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in
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 ...
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Some examples of written forms
*義弘, "justice, vast"
*義広, "justice, wide"
*義寛, "justice, generosity"
*吉弘, "good luck, vast"
*吉広, "good luck, wide"
*吉博, "good luck, doctor"
*善弘, "virtuous, vast"
*善大, "virtuous, big"
*善博, "virtuous, doctor"
*善裕, "virtuous, abundant"
*芳弘, "virtuous/fragrant,vast"
*芳広, "virtuous/fragrant, wide"
*芳博, "virtuous/fragrant, doctor"
*良弘, "good, vast"
*良広, "good, wide"
*良博, "good, doctor"
*慶弘, "congratulate, vast"
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", ...
よしひろ 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 ...
ヨシヒロ.
Given name
Notable people with the given name Yoshihiro are listed below. Names are written below in Japanese (except for people for whom the kanji used to write their name are not known) with the family name first, followed by a space and the given name.
Daimyō and samurai
Note: people in this section have their names written with the surname first.
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Matsumae Yoshihiro (松前 慶広, 1548–1616), Japanese samurai
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Ōuchi Yoshihiro
, also known as Ouchi ''Sakyo-no-Tayu,'' was a Muromachi period samurai clan head and military leader.
Yoshirio was the second son of Ōuchi Hiroyo, and a member of the Ōuchi clan which served under Ashikaga Takauji. The Ōuchi became known as ...
(大内 義興, 1356–1399), daimyō
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Satomi Yoshihiro (里見 義弘, 1530–1578), samurai
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Shimazu Yoshihiro
was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa. Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unificatio ...
(島津 義弘, 1535–1619), seventeenth head of the Shimazu clan
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Yoshihiro Muneyuki (吉弘 統幸, 1563–1600), aka Yoshihiro Kahei (吉弘 嘉兵衛), samurai
Sports
Baseball
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Yoshihiro Doi (土肥 義弘, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)
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Yoshihiro Ito (baseball) (伊藤 義弘, born 1982), Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)
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Yoshihiro Maru
is a Japanese people, Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Career
In , Hiroshima Toyo Carp selected him in the third ...
(丸 佳浩, born 1989), Japanese baseball player (Nippon Professional Baseball)
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Yoshihiro Suzuki
Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木 義広, born January 5, 1983, in Mannō, Kagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese retired professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball
is a professional baseball ...
(鈴木 義広, born 1983) is a Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)
Football
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Yoshihiro Nakano (中野 嘉大, born 1993), Japanese football player
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Yoshihiro Natsuka (名塚 善寛, born 1969), Japanese football player
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Yoshihiro Nishida (西田 吉洋, born 1973), Japanese football player
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Yoshihiro Shoji (庄司 悦大, born 1989), Japanese football player
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Yoshihiro Uchimura (内村 圭宏, born 1985), Japanese football player
Professional wrestling
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Yoshihiro Asai (浅井 嘉浩, born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler
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Yoshihiro Momota (百田 義浩, 1946–2000), Japanese professional wrestler
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Yoshihiro Tajiri
is a Japanese professional wrestler and Professional wrestling promotion, promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Ki ...
(田尻 義博, born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler
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Yoshihiro Takayama
is a Japanese former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting for UWF International (UWFI) in the 1990s, Takayama joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1997 after UWF-i folded. In 2000, he joined Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), an ...
(高山 善廣, 21st century), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
Other
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Yoshihiro Akiyama
, also known as and by his nickname Sexyama, is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka who won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championships for South Korea and for Japan at the 2002 Asian Games. He is the former K-1 HERO's Light Heavyw ...
(秋山 成勲, born 1975), Japanese judoka
* , Japanese sprinter
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Yoshihiro Fujita (wrestler) (藤田 芳弘, born 1952), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler
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Yoshihiro Fujita (fighter) (born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist
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Yoshihiro Horigome (堀籠 佳宏, born 1981), Japanese sprinter
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Yoshihiro Ito (racing driver) (born 1977), Japanese racing driver
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Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (浜口 喜博, born 1926), Japanese freestyle swimmer
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Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢 欣浩, born 1962), Japanese speed skater
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Yoshihiro Murakami (村上 佳宏, born 1976), Japanese modern pentathlete
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Yoshihiro Nakao
(born June 25, 1972) is a Japanese semi-retired professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and former K-1 kickboxer and PRIDE FC fighter who has defeated the likes of Don Frye, Choi Mu-Bae, Jim York (fighter), Jim York, Wesley Correi ...
(中尾 芳広, born 1972) Japanese mixed martial artist
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Yoshihiro Okumura
is a Japanese international swimmer, competing in the freestyle. At the 2003 Summer Universiade, he won the title in the Men's 200m Freestyle. He won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), o ...
(奥村 幸大, born 1983), Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese rower
*, Japanese gymnast
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Yoshihiro Sato (佐藤 嘉洋, born 1981), Japanese professional kickboxer and martial artist
*, Japanese handball player
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Yoshihiro Tsumuraya (born 1964), Japanese cyclist
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Yoshihiro Yasumi (born 1949), Japanese water polo player
Politics
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Yoshihiro Katayama (片山 善博, born 1951), Japanese politician, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (2010)
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Yoshihiro Kawakami (川上 義博, born 1950), Japanese politician with the Democratic Party of Japan
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Yoshihiro Kawano (河野 義博, born 1977), Japanese politician with Kōmeitō
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Yoshihiro Murai
is a Japanese politician who has served as governor
A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head o ...
(村井 嘉浩, born 1960), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party, governor of Miyagi Prefecture
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Yoshihiro Seki
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Komatsushima, Tokushima and graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University
, colloquially know ...
(関 芳弘, born 1965), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party
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Yoshihiro Tokugawa (徳川 義寛, 1906–1996), Japanese political figure
Visual arts
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Yoshihiro Fukagawa (深川 栄洋, born 1976), Japanese film director
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Yoshihiro Nakamura
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter, known for his 2009 film '' Fish Story'', which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, and '' A Boy and His Samurai'', which won the Audience Award at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival.
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(中村 義洋, fl. 21st century), Japanese film director
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Yoshihiro Nishimura
is a Japanese film director, special effects and makeup effects artist, and a screenwriter who has worked predominantly in the horror genre. Nishimura has been described as "a legendary director and effects artist" and "the Tom Savini of Japan" ...
(西村 喜廣, born 1967), Japanese film director
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Yoshihiro Takahashi
is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name ''Yoshihiro'' is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ).
Takahashi was born on September 18th, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita, a village in the Tōhoku region ...
(高橋 義廣, fl. 21st century), Japanese manga artist
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Yoshihiro Tatsuki (立木 義浩, 1935–2015), Japanese photographer
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Yoshihiro Tatsumi
was a Japanese manga artist whose work was first published in his teens, and continued through the rest of his life. He is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative manga in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957. H ...
(fl. 21st century), Japanese manga artist
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Yoshihiro Togashi
is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by the publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several different manga series in different Literary ge ...
(冨樫 義博, born 1966), Japanese manga artist
Other
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Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 1952), American philosopher, political economist, and author
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Yoshihiro Hattori
was a Japanese student on an exchange program to the United States who was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooting happened when Hattori, on his way to a Halloween party, went to the wrong house by mistake. Property owner Rodney ...
(服部 剛丈, 1975–1992), Japanese exchange student who was killed in the United States
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Yoshihiro Inoue (井上嘉浩, 1969–2018), Japanese terrorist and Aum Shinrikyo member who was executed
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Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕, born 1955), Japanese virologist, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo
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Yoshihiro Narisawa (成澤 由浩, born 1969), Japanese chef
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Yoshihiro Tsurumi (霍見 芳浩, born 1935), Japanese economist, professor of international business at Baruch College of the City University of New York
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Yoshihiro Yasuda (安田 好弘, born 1948), Japanese lawyer and anti-death penalty activist
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Yoshihiro Yonezawa
was a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53. He won the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category and 2010 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award.
Biogra ...
(米澤 嘉博, 1953–2006), Japanese manga critic
Surname
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Mitsuyuki Yoshihiro (吉弘 充志, born 1985), Japanese football player
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Yoshihiro Kikuhime
References
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