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

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and ''大洋'' for

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. It can also refer to:

People

A male Japanese given name *, Japanese footballer *

Taiyō Kea Maunakea Mossman (born November 18, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known under his stage name . He is the only wrestler to have held the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, the World Tag Team Championship and t ...

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

Organisations

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

Takayama, Gifu file:高山市役所.JPG, Takayama City Hall is a Cities of Japan, 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 ...

, Japan * 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 curren ...

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'' (Chisato Moritaka album), 1996 * Taiyō (song), the first single by Japanese band GO!GO!7188 * Taiyō, a

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