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Yoshinaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.


Possible writings

Yoshinaga can be written using different combinations of
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: *義長, "justice, long" *義永, "justice, eternity" *佳長, "skilled, long" *佳永, "skilled, eternity" *善長, "virtuous, long" *善永, "virtuous, eternity" *吉長, "good luck, long" *吉永, "good luck, eternity" *良長, "good, long" *良永, "good, eternity" *恭長, "respectful, long" *嘉長, "excellent, long" *嘉永, "excellent, eternity" *能長, "capacity, long" *喜長, "rejoice, long" 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 ...
よしなが 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 ...
ヨシナガ.


Notable people with the given name Yoshinaga

* Yoshinaga Ouchi (大内 義長, 1532–1557), 16th century Kyushu warrior * Yoshinaga Asano (浅野 幸長, 1576–1613), Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo period *
Yoshinaga Fujita was a Japanese novelist and screenwriter. Prizes Fujita was the 125th recipient of the Naoki Prize in 2001 Novels * '' Adrift in Tokyo'' (Japanese title 転々, ''tenten'') * ''A Laughing Frog'' (Warau Kaeru) * ''Territory of Love'' (愛の領 ...
(藤田 宜永, 1930–2020), award-winning novelist and screenwriter from Japan * Yoshinaga Matsudaira (松平 慶永, 1828–1890), the 14th head of Fukui Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and politician of the Meiji era


Notable people with the surname Yoshinaga

* Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (アイコ・ハージック・ヨシナガ, 1925–2018), American political activist who played a major role in the Japanese American redress movement *
Fumi Yoshinaga is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and boys' love works. Life Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She discovered amateur manga, doujinshi, in junior high school, when a friend showed her a doujinshi depicting a roman ...
(よしなが ふみ, born 1971), Japanese manga artist, known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works *, Japanese speed skater *
Nadao Yoshinaga Nadao "Najo" Yoshinaga (August 8, 1919 – December 29, 2009) was a senator from Hawaii and a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Early life Yoshinaga was born in Wailuku, Maui on August 8, 1919. He graduated from Maui High School. He s ...
(ナダオ・ヨシナガ, 1919–2009), Japanese-American politician * Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合, born 1945), Japanese actress *, Japanese footballer


Fictional characters

*Miyuki Yoshinaga (吉永 みゆき), human guise of the Orchid Undead from '' Kamen Rider Blade''


See also

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Yoshinaga, Okayama was a town located in Wake District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,254 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The ...
, former town located in Wake District, Japan *
Yoshinaga Station is a passenger railway station located in the Yoshinaga neighborhood of the city of Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Yoshinaga Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and ...
, train station in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan *''
Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle is a Japanese light novel series written by Sennendou Taguchi, following Kazumi Yoshinaga and his normal junior high school life with younger sister Futaba Yoshinaga who won a prize from a lottery of a wolf-like gargoyle nicknamed "Gar-ku ...
'', a Japanese light novel series written by Sennendou Taguchi {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names