Yōichi, Yoichi, Youichi or Yohichi is 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 ...
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Possible writings
Yōichi 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. Some examples:
*洋一, "ocean, one"
*陽一, "sunshine, one"
*庸一, "common, one"
*楊一, "willow, one"
*耀一, "shine, one"
*陽市, "sunshine, city"
*耀市, "shine, city"
*蓉一, "lotus, one"
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 ...
よういち 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 ...
ヨウイチ.
Notable people with the name
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese video game producer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese film director
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Yoichi Iha (伊波 洋一, born 1952), Japanese politician
*, Japanese drifting driver
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese manga artist and animator
*, Japanese academic
*, Japanese environmentalist
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese mathematician
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese actor
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Yoichi Okamoto (1915–1985), American photographer
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese business theorist
*, Japanese motorcycle racer
*, Japanese chief executive
See also
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5176 Yoichi, a main-belt asteroid
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Japanese masculine given names