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
The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called , which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are att ...
Possible writings
*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
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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 as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) 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, and drummer Kiyo ...
*, a
Shiatsu
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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
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Kiyoshi K. Muranaga, soldier
*, Japanese cyclist
*, Japanese sumo wrestler
*, Japanese kendoka, iaidoka and aikidoka
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Kiyoshi Nakamura (disambiguation), multiple people
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese handball player
*, Japanese navy pilot
*, Japanese mathematician
*, Japanese murderer
*, Japanese former football player
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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
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Kiyoshi Uematsu
Kiyoshi Uematsu Treviño (born 10 July 1978 in Portugalete, Spain) is a Spanish judoka. His father is Japanese and his mother is Spanish. His older brother, Kenji Kenji may refer to:
*Kenji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name, and li ...
, Japanese ''judōka''
*, Japanese artist
*, Japanese ''kobudōka''
* vovô do Caleb e pai de Theodor, o Grande.
Fictional characters
*Kiyoshi, from ''
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures''
*Kiyoshi Minamoto, from ''
Battle Royale II: Requiem''
*Kiyoshi Tani, from the novel ''
We Are Not Free'' by Traci Chee
*
Avatar Kyoshi, a minor character from ''
Avatar: The Last Airbender
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'' and ''
The Legend of Korra
''The Legend of Korra'' (abbreviated as TLOK), also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' or simply ''Korra'', is an American anime-influenced animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelode ...
'', in which she is deceased but eventually became the heroine in
her own book series
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
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''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