Higashi (other)

Higashi is the Japanese word for ''east''. In kanji it is represented as wikt:東, 東.

Higashi may also refer to:

Places

*Higashi, Shibuya, a district of Shibuya, Tokyo
*Higashi, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture
*Higashi, Okinawa, a village in Okinawa Prefecture
*Higashi-ku is the name of wards of four cities:
**Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, a ward of Fukuoka
**Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, a ward of Hiroshima
**Higashi-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya
**Higashi-ku, Sapporo, a ward of Sapporo

People with the surname

*Junya Higashi, Japanese footballer
*Keigo Higashi, Japanese footballer
*Kelly Higashi, American judge and lawyer
*Koichi Higashi, Japanese footballer
*Kotaro Higashi, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese boxer
*, Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

* Joe Higashi, a character from SNK's Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series
* Ultraman Taro (character)#Kotaro Higashi, Kotaro Higashi, an alter ego of Ultraman Taro (character), Ultraman Taro from the 1973 tokusatsu series of the Ultraman Taro, same name.
* Setsuna Higashi, a character in ''Fresh Pretty Cure!''

Other uses

* Higashi (food), Japanese confectionery
* One of the Maug Islands

See also

*Azuma (disambiguation) (the Japanese character for ''east'' is also pronounced ''azuma'')
*East (disambiguation)

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Japanese-language surnames