Tsuyoshi is a masculine

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Possible writings

Tsuyoshi can be written using different

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

characters. Here are some examples: *剛, "sturdy" *剛史, "sturdy, history" *剛志, "sturdy, will" *剛士, "sturdy, gentleman/samurai" *剛司, "sturdy, administer" *豪, "overpowering" *毅, "strong" *力, "power" *強, "force" *津芳, "river crossing, virtuous/fragrant" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

つよし or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

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Notable people with the name

Tsuyoshi Abe is a Chinese-Japanese (中国系日本人) actor based in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent (his grandmother was Japanese), he is able to speak both Mandarin and Japanese fluently. Early life Abe's original name was Li Zhendong (� ...

(阿部力, born 1982), a Japanese actor * Tsuyoshi Arawashi (荒鷲毅, born 1986), Mongolian sumo wrestler * Tsuyoshi Chitose (千歳强直, 1898-1984), the founder of Chito-ryu karate * Tsuyoshi Dōmoto (堂本剛, born 1979), a Japanese performing artist * Tsuyoshi Fujita (藤田剛, born 1961), Japanese rugby union player *

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa is an American historian specializing in modern Russian and Soviet history and the relations between Russia, Japan, and the United States. He taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was director of the Cold War Studies pro ...

(長谷川毅, born 1941), a Japanese historian *

Tsuyoshi Hayashi is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his role as Hoji Tomasu/Deka Blue in the 2004 TV series ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger''. Filmography TV series * ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri'' (KTV, 2003, ep10-11) * ''Marusa!!'' (Fuji TV, 2003, ep9) * ''Ons ...

(林剛史, born 1982), a Japanese actor *

Tsuyoshi Ichinohe is a Japanese ski jumper. In the World Cup his highest place in an individual event was number 14 from January 2006 in Sapporo. He participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Pragelato near Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Pi ...

(一戸剛, born 1976), a Japanese ski jumper * Tsuyoshi Ihara (伊原剛志, born 1963), a Japanese actor *

Tsuyoshi Inukai Inukai Tsuyoshi ( ja, 犬養毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. Inukai was Japan's second oldest prime minister while serving, as he ...

(犬養毅, 1855–1932), the 29th Prime Minister of Japan * Tsuyoshi Kashiwado (柏戸剛, 1938–1996), a Japanese sumo wrestler and 47th

yokozuna , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the on ...

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (born November 21, 1964) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH. Kikuchi idolized and patterned his style after the Dynamite Kid. Professional wrestling career All Jap ...

(菊地毅, born 1964), a Japanese professional wrestler *

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He is currently working on television as a football commentator. Club career When Kitazawa was a junior high student, he played for Yomiuri Junior Youth. After being re ...

(北澤豪, born 1968), a Japanese football player *

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist, submission grappler and professional wrestler who competed in the Heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor from 1994 till 2022, he has competed for the UFC, PRIDE Fighting Championships ...

(高阪剛, born 1970), a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter * Tsuyoshi Kotogaume (琴ヶ梅剛史, born 1963), a Japanese sumo wrestler *

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a former member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia. Early life Kusanagi grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. Career Music In 1987, at age 13, Kusanagi auditioned to enter John ...

(草彅剛, born 1974), a Japanese actor and a member of the idol group ''SMAP'' *

Tsuyoshi Makino Tsuyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tsuyoshi can be written using different kanji characters. Here are some examples: *剛, "sturdy" *剛史, "sturdy, history" *剛志, "sturdy, will" *剛士, "sturdy, gentleman/samur ...

(牧野剛, 1945–2016), a Japanese author * Tsuyoshi Midorikawa (緑川毅志, born 1985), a Kazakh manga artist * Tsuyoshi Mienoumi (三重ノ海剛司, born 1948), a Japanese sumo wrestler and 57th yokozuna *

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, poet, and human-rights advocate, who is a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. He has sold more than 20 million records worldwide and has appeared in movies and television dramas. His wife Etsu ...

(長渕剛, born 1956), a Japanese singer-songwriter *

Tsuyoshi Nakaima is a Japanese manga artist who is the author and artist of sports manga. He is best known for the Sumo series ''Ucchare Goshogawara'', for which he received the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award in ''shōnen'' category. and which got an OVA adaptatio ...

(なかいま強, born 1960), a Japanese manga artist *

Tsuyoshi Nakasako Tsuyoshi Nakasako ( ja, 中迫剛; born January 29, 1974) is a Japanese retired heavyweight kickboxer who competed in K-1. During his ten-year career from 1998 until 2008, he fought a variety of K-1 champions including Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aert ...

(中迫剛, born 1974), a Japanese professional kickboxer *

Tsuyoshi Nishioka is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines and Hanshin Tigers, as well as Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins. Nishioka played in the 2006 ...

(西岡剛, born 1984), a Japanese professional baseball player *

Tsuyoshi Ogata is a Japanese long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon. Ogata was born in Kumano, Hiroshima. In August 2003 he came twelfth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. In August 2005 he won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Champion ...

(尾方剛, born 1973), a Japanese long-distance runner *

Tsuyoshi Ōhashi (born 1972) is a Japanese manga artist, born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for his manga series ''Kaishain no Melody'', which won the 1998 Bungeishunjū Manga Award (for the second volume—the first volume was no ...

(大橋, 剛志, born 1971), a Japanese manga artist *

Tsuyoshi Sekito is a Japanese video game composer, arranger, and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1995. As a composer, he is best known for scoring ''Brave Fencer Musashi'' (1998), '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' (2005) and '' The Last ...

(関戸剛, born 1963), a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer *, Japanese footballer *

Tsuyoshi Shinjo , also known as , is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder and current manager for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Born on January 28, 1972, Shinjo is the second Japanese-born position player ...

(新庄剛志, born 1970), a Japanese professional baseball outfielder *Tsuyoshi Suzuki, a Japanese DJ and the co-founder of the label ''Matsuri Productions'' *

Tsuyoshi Takagi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Overview A native of Tsuruga, Fukui and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University is a private ...

(高木毅, born 1956), a Japanese politician *

Tsuyoshi Takashiro is a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer. Biography Takashiro was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 18, 1964. At university, he received the “Tokyo International Video Biennale" prize. It was the first in his career. After that he became a filmm ...

(高城剛, born 1964), a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer *, Japanese footballer * Tsuyoshi Tezuka (手塚強, born 1975), a Japanese professional drifting driver * Tsuyoshi Tochinoshin (栃ノ心剛史, born 1987), a Georgian sumo wrestler *, Japanese alpine skier *

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a Japanese cellist. He started to study music under the tutorship of Hideo Saito, founder of the Tokyo Conservatory."Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi", Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Tsutsumi made his debut as celli ...

(堤剛, born 1942), a Japanese cellist *

Tsuyoshi Wada is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs. Wada pitched in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Bei ...

(和田毅, born 1981), a Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese jazz pianist and composer *

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won four silver medals; he also helped Japan win a bronze relay medal in 1964 by swimming in the heat, and placed ...

(山中毅, 1939–2017), Japanese freestyle swimmer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese golfer * Tsuyoshi Yoshitake (吉武剛, born 1981), a Japanese football player

Fictional characters

*Tsuyoshi Ohki (大木剛), a character in the manga and anime series ''

Kodomo no Omocha , also known as ''Kodocha'' for short, is a Japanese manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J.C. Staff and released on December 16, 1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was p ...

'' *Tsuyoshi Kaijo (海城剛), the lead character in the tokusatsu series ''

Himitsu Sentai Goranger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' superhero television series. ''Gorenger'', created by Shotaro Ishinomori, was the first in the long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of ''tokusatsu'' programming. The series aired on NET (now TV Asahi) from April 5, ...

'' *Tsuyoshi Utada (歌田強), a character in anime series ''

Machine Robo Rescue is a 2003 Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It's the third incarnation of the ''Machine Robo'' anime trilogy, which is based on the toyline by PLEX and Bandai. It is directed by Mamoru Kanbe (''Cardcaptor Sakura'') and ...

''. *Tsuyoshi Nakanojo (中之条剛), a character in the manga and anime series ''

Nichijou is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine '' Shōnen Ace'', and was also serialized in ''Comptiq'' between the March 2007 ...

'' *Tsuyoshi Saigo (西郷強), a character from the manga ''

Little Ghost Q-Taro Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

'' *Tsuyoshi Watanabe (渡辺つよし), a character in Dragons

Rioting A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targete ...

. *Tsuyoshi “Hunk” Garrett, a character in Dreamworks’ Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender *Tsuyoshi Minami (南烈), a fictional character of Japanese basketball manga ''

Slam Dunk A slam dunk, also simply known as dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one ...

'' *Tsuyoshi Yamada (山田剛司), from

Densha Otoko is a Japanese movie, television series, manga, novel, and other media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old ''otaku'' who intervened when a drunk man started to harass several women on a train. The ''otaku'' ultimate ...

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