Taiyō is the romanization for some

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

words, such as ''太陽'' for

sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light a ...

and ''大洋'' for

ocean The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, which are also referred to as ''oceans'' (the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian, Southern Ocean ...

. It can also refer to:

Persons

A male Japanese given name *, Japanese footballer *

Taiyō Kea Maunakea Mossman (born November 18, 1975) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known under his ring name . Best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), he is the only wrestler in AJPW's history to have held the Tri ...

(born 1975), American professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional wrestler *Taiyo Hamster

Organisations

* ''Taiyō'' (magazine), a Japanese magazine * Taiyo Yakuhin or Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry, a pharmaceutical product manufacturing company located in

Takayama, Gifu Takayama City Hall is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,473 in 35,644 households, and a population density of 41 persons per km2. The total area of the city was making it the largest cit ...

, Japan, now part of

Teva Pharmaceuticals Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (also known as Teva Pharmaceuticals) is an Israeli multinational Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical company. Teva specializes primarily in generic drugs, but other business interests include branded-drug ...

* Taiyō Whales, one of the previous names of the

Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current ...

Maruha Nichiro is a Japanese seafood company, beginning its operation in 1880, when its founder, Ikujiro Nakabe, began a fish sale business in Osaka. The company is the largest of its kind in Japan, with Nippon Suisan Kaisha and Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. as its main co ...

, a Japanese seafood company once known as Taiyo *

Taiyo Yuden is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Kyobashi, Chuo, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 70 years ago, Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japa ...

, a manufacturer of electronic components * Taiyo Department Store, a now-defunct department store in Kumamoto, Kumamoto famous for a 1973 fire

Other

* Japanese aircraft carrier ''Taiyō'', the first of the Taiyō class escort aircraft carriers *

Taiyo (Locomía album) ''Taiyo'' is the debut studio album by Spanish Europop group Locomía. The formation consisted of four members: Xavier Font, Juan Antonio Fuentes, Carlos Armas and Manuel Arjona. The word that gives the title its name means "sun" in Japanese. Its ...

, 1989 * ''Taiyo'' (Chisato Moritaka album), 1996 *

Taiyō (song) Go!Go!7188 (Go Go Nana Ichi Hachi Hachi), also known simply as Go!Go!, was a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to J-pop. History In June 1998, Yumi Nakashima (nicknamed Yuu) and Akiko Hamada (nicknamed ...

, the first single by Japanese band GO!GO!7188 * Taiyō, a

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the pr ...

variety * Taiyo, a Japanese satellite launched in 1975 to study thermosphere and sun {{disambiguation, given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names