Yoshiyuki Explained
Yoshiyuki is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Yoshiyuki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
- 義幸, "justice, happiness"
- 義之, "justice, of"
- 義行, "justice, to go"
- 吉幸, "good luck, happiness"
- 吉之, "good luck, of"
- 吉行, "good luck, to go"
- 善幸, "virtuous, happiness"
- 善之, "virtuous, of"
- 善行, "virtuous, to go"
- 芳幸, "virtuous/fragrant, happiness"
- 芳之, "virtuous/fragrant, of"
- 芳行, "virtuous/fragrant, to go"
- 嘉之, "excellent, of"
- 嘉行, "excellent, to go"
- 好之, "good/like something, of"
- 慶之, "congratulate, of"
- 良幸, "good, happiness"
The name can also be written in hiragana よしゆき or katakana ヨシユキ.
Notable people with the given name Yoshiyuki
- , Japanese bobsledder
- , Japanese sumo wrestler
- Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (岩本 義行, 1912–2008), Japanese baseball player
- Yoshiyuki Kamei (亀井 善之, 1936–2006), Japanese politician
- , Japanese footballer and manager
- Yoshiyuki Kawashima (川島 義之, 1878–1945), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- , Japanese footballer
- , Japanese fashion designer
- Yoshiyuki Kouno (河野 義行, born 1950), victim of the Matsumoto incident
- Yoshiyuki Kubota (窪田 義行, born 1972), Japanese shogi player
- Yoshiyuki Matsumoto (松本 佳介, born 1971), Japanese shogi player
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (松岡 義之, born 1957), Japanese judoka
- , Japanese swimmer
- , Japanese curler and curling coach
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (貞本 義行, born 1962), Japanese character designer and manga artist
- Yoshiyuki Sakaki (榊 佳之, born 1942), Japanese molecular biologist
- Yoshiyuki Sato (佐藤 佳幸, born 1975), Japanese ski mountaineer
- , Japanese speed skater
- Yoshiyuki Shimozuma (下妻 由幸, born 1977), Japanese voice actor
- Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 喜幸, born 1941), Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist
- Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (鶴田 義行, 1903–1986), Japanese swimmer
- Yoshiyuki Yoshida (吉田 善行, born 1974), Japanese mixed martial artist
Notable people with the surname Yoshiyuki
- Eisuke Yoshiyuki (吉行 栄助, 1906–1940), Japanese writer
- Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (吉行 淳之介, 1923–1994), Japanese writer
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki (吉行 和子, born 1935), Japanese actress
- Kohei Yoshiyuki (吉行 耕平, born 1946), Japanese photographer
- , Japanese poet and writer
- Yumi Yoshiyuki (吉行 由実, born 1965), Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter
See also
- 5172 Yoshiyuki, a main-belt asteroid
