Yoshinaga is both a masculine

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and a Japanese surname.

Written forms

Yoshinaga 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: *義長, "justice, long" *義永, "justice, eternity" *佳長, "skilled, long" *佳永, "skilled, eternity" *善長, "virtuous, long" *善永, "virtuous, eternity" *吉長, "good luck, long" *吉永, "good luck, eternity" *良長, "good, long" *良永, "good, eternity" *恭長, "respectful, long" *嘉長, "excellent, long" *嘉永, "excellent, eternity" *能長, "capacity, long" *喜長, "rejoice, long" 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", ...

よしなが or

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ヨシナガ.

Notable people with the given name Yoshinaga

* Yoshinaga Ouchi (大内義長, 1532–1557), 16th century Kyushu warrior * Yoshinaga Asano (浅野幸長, 1576–1613), Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo period * Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田宜永, 1950–2020), award-winning novelist and screenwriter from Japan * Yoshinaga Matsudaira (松平慶永, 1828–1890), the 14th head of Fukui Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and politician of the Meiji era

Notable people with the surname Yoshinaga

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (August 5, 1924 – July 18, 2018) was a Japanese American political activist who played a major role in the Japanese American redress movement. She was the lead researcher of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Intern ...

(アイコ・ハージック・ヨシナガ, 1924–2018), American political activist who played a major role in the Japanese American redress movement *

Fumi Yoshinaga is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and boys' love works. Life Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She discovered amateur manga, doujinshi, in junior high school, when a friend showed her a doujinshi depicting a romant ...

(よしながふみ, born 1971), Japanese manga artist, known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works *, Japanese speed skater *

Nadao Yoshinaga Nadao "Najo" Yoshinaga (, August 8, 1919 – December 29, 2009) was a senator from Hawaii and a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Early life Yoshinaga was born in Wailuku, Maui on August 8, 1919. He graduated from Maui High School. H ...

(ナダオ・ヨシナガ, 1919–2009), Japanese-American politician *

Sayuri Yoshinaga is a Japanese actress and activist. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Career Her first media appearance was in the rad ...

(吉永小百合, born 1945), Japanese actress *, Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

*Miyuki Yoshinaga (吉永みゆき), human guise of the Orchid Undead from ''

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Written forms

Notable people with the given name Yoshinaga

Notable people with the surname Yoshinaga

Fictional characters

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