Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name, and less commonly, a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in

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 ...

Some examples of possible writings

*義弘, "justice, vast" *義広, "justice, wide" *義寛, "justice, generosity" *吉弘, "good luck, vast" *吉広, "good luck, wide" *吉博, "good luck, doctor" *善弘, "virtuous, vast" *善大, "virtuous, big" *善博, "virtuous, doctor" *善裕, "virtuous, abundant" *芳弘, "virtuous/fragrant,vast" *芳広, "virtuous/fragrant, wide" *芳博, "virtuous/fragrant, doctor" *良弘, "good, vast" *良広, "good, wide" *良博, "good, doctor" *慶弘, "congratulate, vast" 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 ...

よしひろ 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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Given name

Notable people with the given name Yoshihiro are listed below. Names are written below in Japanese (except for people for whom the kanji used to write their name are not known) with the family name first, followed by a space and the given name.

Daimyō and samurai

Note: people in this section have their names written with the surname first. *

Hachisuka Yoshihiro (January 15, 1737 – August 29, 1754) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Tokushima Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Awa Province and Awaji Province ...

(蜂須賀至央, 1737–1754), Japanese daimyō *

Matsumae Yoshihiro Kakizaki Yoshihiro, later , was the first ''daimyō'' of Matsumae Domain in Ezo, (Hokkaidō), Japan. Biography Born on the third day of the ninth month of Tenbun 9 (1548), Yoshihiro was the third son of Kakizaki Suehiro. While the Kakizaki cl ...

(松前慶広, 1548–1616), Japanese samurai * Ōuchi Yoshihiro (大内義興, 1356–1399), daimyō *

Satomi Yoshihiro was a samurai of the Satomi family who fought against the Hōjō clan during Japan's Sengoku period. He participated in the Siege of Odawara (1561) againts Hōjō clan under Uesugi Kenshin. Later, he was defeated by Hōjō Ujiyasu at the battle ...

(里見義弘, 1530–1578), samurai *

Shimazu Yoshihiro was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa. Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unification o ...

(島津義弘, 1535–1619), seventeenth head of the Shimazu clan
Yoshihiro Muneyuki
(吉弘統幸, 1563–1600), aka Yoshihiro Kahei (吉弘嘉兵衛), samurai

Sports

Baseball

Yoshihiro Doi is a Japanese baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Yokohama BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball' ...

(土肥義弘, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball) *

Yoshihiro Ito (baseball) Yoshihiro Ito (伊藤義弘, born June 2, 1982 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. ...

(伊藤義弘, born 1982), Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball) * Yoshihiro Maru (丸佳浩, born 1989), Japanese baseball player (Nippon Professional Baseball) *

Yoshihiro Suzuki Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木義広, born January 5, 1983 in Mannō, Kagawa Prefecture) is a retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level ...

(鈴木義広, born 1983) is a Japanese baseball pitcher (Nippon Professional Baseball)

Football

Yoshihiro Nakano is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier ...

(中野嘉大, born 1993), Japanese football player * Yoshihiro Natsuka (名塚善寛, born 1969), Japanese football player * Yoshihiro Nishida (西田吉洋, born 1973), Japanese football player *

Yoshihiro Shoji is a Japanese football player for FC Gifu. Club statistics ''Updated to end of 2018 season''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑" 10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 240 out of 289) Refe ...

(庄司悦大, born 1989), Japanese football player *

Yoshihiro Uchimura is a Japanese retired football player. He last played for FC Imabari. Playing career Uchimura joined FC Imabari on 10 January 2019, but he retired after just one year and the promotion of the club to J3 League or simply J3 is the third divisi ...

(内村圭宏, born 1985), Japanese football player

Professional wrestling

Yoshihiro Asai Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name, and less commonly, a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in kanji. Some examples of possible writings *義弘, "justice, vast" *義広, "justice, wide" *義寛, "justice, g ...

(浅井嘉浩, born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler * Yoshihiro Momota (百田義浩, 1946–2000), Japanese professional wrestler * Yoshihiro Tajiri (田尻義博, born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler * Yoshihiro Takayama (高山善廣, 21st century), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter

Other

* Yoshihiro Akiyama (秋山成勲, born 1975), Japanese judoka * , Japanese sprinter * Yoshihiro Fujita (wrestler) (藤田芳弘, born 1952), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler * Yoshihiro Fujita (fighter) (born 1969), Japanese mixed martial artist * Yoshihiro Horigome (堀籠佳宏, born 1981), Japanese sprinter * Yoshihiro Ito (racing driver) (born 1977), Japanese racing driver *

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He represented Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There, he won a silver medal as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, alongside Toru Goto, Hiroshi Suzuki and Teijiro Tanik ...

(浜口喜博, born 1926), Japanese freestyle swimmer * Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢欣浩, born 1962), Japanese speed skater *, Japanese ice hockey player * Yoshihiro Murakami (村上佳宏, born 1976), Japanese modern pentathlete * Yoshihiro Nakao (中尾芳広, born 1972) Japanese mixed martial artist * Yoshihiro Okumura (奥村幸大, born 1983), Japanese swimmer *, Japanese rower *, Japanese gymnast *

Yoshihiro Sato is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1 at middleweight (−70 kg). He is the former world champion of Muay Thai in WKA and WPKC, and he won the Japanese national tournament of K-1 twice in 2006 and 2007. His official nickname is "Mugen ...

(佐藤嘉洋, born 1981), Japanese professional kickboxer and martial artist *, Japanese handball player *

Yoshihiro Tsumuraya is a Japanese former cyclist. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seo ...

(born 1964), Japanese cyclist *

Yoshihiro Yasumi is a Japanese former water polo player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international m ...

(born 1949), Japanese water polo player

Politics

Yoshihiro Katayama was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan from September 2010 through September 2011. He was the governor of Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is ...

(片山善博, born 1951), Japanese politician, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (2010) *

Yoshihiro Kawakami is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tōhaku District, Tottori and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Cou ...

(川上義博, born 1950), Japanese politician with the Democratic Party of Japan * Yoshihiro Kawano (河野義博, born 1977), Japanese politician with Kōmeitō *

Yoshihiro Murai is a Japanese politician and current governor of Miyagi Prefecture. A native of Toyonaka, Osaka and former serviceman of Japan Self-Defense Forces, he was first elected governor in 2005 after serving in the assembly of the prefecture since 1995. ...

(村井嘉浩, born 1960), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party, governor of Miyagi Prefecture * Yoshihiro Seki (関芳弘, born 1965), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party *

Yoshihiro Tokugawa was a Japanese political figure of the mid to late 20th century. The grandson of Tokugawa Yoshikatsu, the last lord of Owari han, he served as Grand Chamberlain of Japan from 1985 to 1988, serving as the Emperor of Japan's personal adviser. Yoshi ...

(徳川義寛, 1906–1996), Japanese political figure

Visual arts

Yoshihiro Fukagawa is a Japanese film director. His film ''Into the White Night'' was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. In an interview, Fukagawa explains that there have been many versions of '' ...

(深川栄洋, born 1976), Japanese film director *

Yoshihiro Nakamura is a Japanese film director and screenwriter, known for his 2009 film '' Fish Story'', which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, and ''A Boy and His Samurai'', which won the Audience Award at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival. Li ...

(中村義洋, fl. 21st century), Japanese film director * Yoshihiro Nishimura (西村喜廣, born 1967), Japanese film director *

Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name ''Yoshihiro'' is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ). Takahashi was born September 18, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita. He was very interested in drawing coming of a ...

(高橋義廣, fl. 21st century), Japanese manga artist *

Yoshihiro Tatsuki is a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. D ...

(立木義浩, 1935–2015), Japanese photographer * Yoshihiro Tatsumi (fl. 21st century), Japanese manga artist *

Yoshihiro Togashi is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several manga series in different genres during the past thr ...

(冨樫義博, born 1966), Japanese manga artist

Other

* Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 1952), American philosopher, political economist, and author *

Yoshihiro Hattori was a Japanese student on an exchange program to the United States who was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooting happened when Hattori, on his way to a Halloween party, went to the wrong house by mistake. Property owner Rodney P ...

(服部剛丈, 1975–1992), Japanese exchange student who was killed in the United States *

Yoshihiro Inoue was a former Aum Shinrikyo leader and terrorist who was executed in Japan in 2018. He was responsible for coordinating the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. His holy name was Aananda and his stage in the cult was Master Shogo. Biography Inoue ...

(井上嘉浩, 1969–2018), Japanese terrorist and Aum Shinrikyo member who was executed *

Yoshihiro Kawaoka is a virologist specializing in the study of the influenza and Ebola viruses. He holds a professorship in virology in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and at the University of Tokyo, Japan. ...

(河岡義裕, born 1955), Japanese virologist, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo *

Yoshihiro Narisawa is a Japanese chef and owner of the two-Michelin star restaurant Les Créations de Narisawa in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Career Narisawa was born in Aichi prefecture in 1969 to a baker and western sweets maker. He travelled to Europe at the age of ...

(成澤由浩, born 1969), Japanese chef *

Yoshihiro Tsurumi is a Japanese economist and professor of international business at Baruch College of the City University of New York and serves as President of the Pacific Basin Center Foundation in New York. Tsurumi, a native of Kumamoto Prefecture, lives in S ...

(霍見芳浩, born 1935), Japanese economist, professor of international business at Baruch College of the City University of New York *

Yoshihiro Yasuda Yoshihiro Yasuda (安田好弘 ''Yasuda Yoshihiro'', born December 4, 1947) is a famed and controversial lawyer in Japan who is known for his anti-death penalty activism. With the death penalty being a prominent method of prosecution in the Japa ...

(安田好弘, born 1948), Japanese lawyer and anti-death penalty activist *

Yoshihiro Yonezawa was a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53. He won the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category and 2010 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award. Biogra ...

(米澤嘉博, 1953–2006), Japanese manga critic

Surname

Mitsuyuki Yoshihiro is a Japanese football coach and former football player who is assistant manager of Japan Football League side Maruyasu Okazaki and who is assistant coach of Thailand U23. Club career Yoshihiro was born in Kudamatsu on May 4, 1985. After gradu ...

(吉弘充志, born 1985), Japanese football player

References

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