Yashiro Shougun Yoshimune

Yashiro is a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yashiro can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

*社, "company"
*矢士呂, "arrow, knight, backbone"
*矢白, "arrow, white"

The name can also be written in hiragana やしろ or katakana ヤシロ.

Yashirō or Yashirou is a separate Japanese given name, though it may be romanized the same way Yashiro. Some examples:

*矢四郎, "arrow, four, son"
*弥四郎, "more and more, four, son"
*野四郎, "field, four, son"
*夜史郎, "night, history, son"
*八史朗, "eight, history, clear"
*耶司郎, "question mark, administer, son"

The name can also be written in hiragana やしろう or katakana ヤシロウ.

Notable people with the given name Yashiro

* , Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Yashiro

* , Japanese enka singer and painter
* , Japanese composer
* , Japanese samurai
* , Japanese businessman
* , Japanese gravure idol, actress, and TV personality
Misao Yashiro
(矢代 操, 1852–1891), Japanese educator, one of the founders of Meiji Law School (later Meiji University).
* , Japanese former basketball player
* Satoshi Yashiro (born 1974), former Japanese football player
* , Japanese actor and voice actor
* , Japanese shogi player
* , admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Navy Minister
* , Japanese academic and art historian

Fictional characters

* Yashiro (矢代), the main character in ''Twittering Birds Never Fly''
* Yashiro Isana (伊佐那 社), the main character in ''K'' (TV series)
* Yashiro Gaku (八代 学), the main antagonist in Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
* Yashiro Nanakase (七枷 社), a character from '' The King Of Fighters''
* Yashiro Nene (八尋 寧々), the protagonist of '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''

See also

* Yashiro, Hyōgo
* Yashiro Station

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Japanese-language surnames
Japanese masculine given names