Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings
*''
Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry
*Kyōshi, a
Japanese honorific
Written forms
*清, "cleanse"
*淳, "pure"
*潔, "undefiled"
*清志, "cleanse, intention"
*清司, "cleanse, official"
*聖, "holy"
*澄, "lucidity"
*潔司, "undefiled, official"
People with the name
*
Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler
*, Japanese sport wrestler
*, Japanese pole vaulter
*, Japanese film actor
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese ice hockey player
*, Japanese admiral
*, Japanese artist
*, Japanese
Enka
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singer
*, Japanese historian and Shinto priest
*, Japanese drummer of
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
(stylized in all caps) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada (musician), Takahiro Yamada, and dr ...
*, a
Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR),
*, Japanese academic, historian and writer
*, Japanese mathematician
*, Japanese general soldier
*, Japanese Christian journalist
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese businessman
*, Japanese actor
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese American author and advocate
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese golfer
*, Japanese philosopher
*
Kiyoshi K. Muranaga (1922–1944), soldier
*, Japanese cyclist
*, Japanese sumo wrestler
*, Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka
*
Kiyoshi Nakamura (disambiguation), multiple people
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese composer
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese navy pilot
*, Japanese mathematician
*, Japanese murderer
*, Japanese former football player
*
Kiyoshi Saitō (disambiguation), multiple people
*, Japanese ''anime'' producer and animator
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese physician and bacteriologist
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese poet
*, Japanese
Yakuza
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*, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese boxer
*, Japanese Methodist minister
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese baseballer
*, Japanese consul
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese fencer
*
Kiyoshi Uematsu
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(born 1978), Japanese ''judōka''
*, Japanese artist
*, Japanese ''kobudōka''
Fictional characters
* Kiyoshi, from ''
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures''
* , from ''
Battle Royale II: Requiem''
* Kiyoshi Tani, from the novel ''
We Are Not Free'' by Traci Chee
* , from the Indonesian program television show in and
Karma
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*
Avatar Kyoshi, a minor character from ''
Avatar: The Last Airbender'' and ''
The Legend of Korra
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'', in which she is deceased but eventually became the heroine in
her own book series
* Kiyoshi Teppei, from ''
Kuroko's Basketball''
Literature
*''The Legend of Kyoshi'', a fantasy novel duology set in the
''Avatar'' franchise
**
''The Rise of Kyoshi'', the first book in the series, published on July 16, 2019
**
''The Shadow of Kyoshi'', the second book in the series, published on July 21, 2020
See also
*
Kyoshi (disambiguation)
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Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names