Yoshinari is both a masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Yoshinari can be written using many 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:
*義也, "justice, to be"
*義成, "justice, turn into"
*佳也, "skilled, to be"
*佳成, "skilled, turn into"
*善也, "virtuous, to be"
*善成, "virtuous, turn into"
*吉也, "good luck, to be"
*吉成, "good luck, turn into"
*良也, "good, to be"
*良成, "good, turn into"
*恭也, "respectful, to be"
*嘉也, "excellent, to be"
*嘉成, "excellent, turn into"
*能成, "capacity, turn into"
*喜成, "rejoice, turn into"
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 ...
よしなり 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 f ...
ヨシナリ.
Notable people with the given name Yoshinari
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Yoshinari Minamoto (源 義成, 1200–1219), the second son of the second Kamakura shōgun of Japan, Minamoto no Yoriie
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Yoshinari Hatakeyama (畠山 義就, 1437?–1491), Japanese samurai and feudal lord (daimyō) of the Muromachi period (early 15th century)
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Yoshinari Mori (森 可成, 1523–1570), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and the head of the Mori family, who served the Saitō clan
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Yoshinari Kuwana (桑名 吉成, 1551–1615), senior retainer under the Chōsokabe clan during the latter years of the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan
*, Japanese alpine skier
*, Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah
*, former Japanese football player
Notable people with the surname Yoshinari
*, Japanese-Peruvian football player who currently plays for C.D. Universidad César Vallejo
*, Japanese key animator, storyboard artist, and anime director
See also
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Yoshinari Station, train station in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
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Japanese masculine given names