Yoshio

Yoshio

Yoshio Kimura (1905–1986), Japanese shogi player
Pronunciation	joɕio (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosio (Kunrei-shiki) Yosio (Nihon-shiki) Yoshio (Hepburn)

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

Possible writings

Yoshio can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 義雄よしお, "justice, masculine"
• 義男よしお, "justice, man"
• 義夫よしお, "justice, husband"
• 吉雄よしお, "good luck, masculine"
• 吉男よしお, "good luck, man"
• 吉夫よしお, "good luck, husband"
• 善雄よしお, "virtuous, masculine"
• 善男ぜんなん, "virtuous, man"
• 善夫よしお, "virtuous, husband"
• 芳雄よしお, "fragrant/virtuous, masculine"
• 芳男よしお, "fragrant/virtuous, man"
• 芳夫よしお, "fragrant/virtuous, husband"
• 喜雄よしお, "rejoice, masculine"
• 喜男よしお, "rejoice, noble"
• 喜夫よしお, "rejoice, husband"
• 慶雄よしお, "congratulate, masculine"
• 佳夫よしお, "fine, husband"
• 嘉男よしお, "excellent, man"
• 余よ四よん男なん, "too much, 4, man"
• 誉ほまれ士し夫おっと, "reputation, knight, husband"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしお or katakana ヨシオ.

Notable people with the name

• Yoshio Abe (阿部あべ 余あまり四よん男なん, 1891–1960), Japanese zoologist
• Yoshio Anabuki (穴吹あなぶき 義雄よしお, 1933–2018), Japanese former baseball player and former manager of the Nankai Hawks
• Yoshio Fujiwara, (藤原ふじわら 良夫よしお, Birth and death unknown) former Japanese football player
• Yoshio Fukuyama (福山ふくやま 喜雄よしお, 1921–1995), theologian who holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago
• Yoshio Furukawa (古川ふるかわ 好男よしお, born 1934), former Japanese football player
• Yoshio Hachiro (鉢はち呂りょ 吉雄よしお, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
• Yoshio Harada (原田はらだ 芳雄よしお, 1940–2011), Japanese actor
• Yoshio Hoshino (星野ほしの 好男よしお, born 1950), Japanese ice hockey player
• Yoshio Iimuro (飯室いいむろ 芳男よしお, born 1925), Japanese triple jumper
• Yoshio Inaba (稲葉いなば 義男よしお, 1920–1998), Japanese actor who played Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai
• Yoshio Ishida (石田いしだ 芳夫よしお, born 1948), professional Go player
• Yoshio Kato (加藤かとう 好男よしお, born 1957), former Japanese football player
• Yoshio Kawai (河合かわい 義雄よしお, born 1954), Japanese voice actor
• Yoshio Kikugawa (菊川きくかわ 凱夫ときお, born 1944), former Japanese football player
• Yoshio Kimura (木村きむら 義雄よしお, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Yoshio Kimura (shogi) (木村きむら 義雄よしお, 1905–1986), Japanese shogi player
• Yoshio Kitagawa (北川きたがわ 佳男よしお, born 1978), former Japanese football player
• Yoshio Kitajima (北島きたじま 義生よしお, born 1975), Japanese football player
• Yoshio Kodaira (小平こだいら 義雄よしお, 1905–1949), Japanese rapist and serial killer
• Yoshio Kodama (児玉こだま 誉ほまれ士し夫おっと, 1911–1984), prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan
• Yoshio Koizumi (小泉こいずみ 佳穂かほ, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Yoshio Kojima (小島こじま 義雄よしお, born 1980), Japanese comedian famous for appearing in only a small bathing suit
• Yoshio Kushida (串田くしだ 嘉男よしお, born 1957), Japanese astronomer
• Yoshio Machida (町田まちだ 良夫よしお, born 1967), experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist
• Yoshio Maki (牧まき 義夫よしお, born 1958), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
• Yoshio Makino (牧野まきの 義雄よしお, 1869–1956), Japanese artist and author who spent much of his life in London
• Yoshio Masui (増井ますい 禎夫さだお, born 1931), Japanese cell biologist
• Yoshio Mikami (三上みかみ 義夫よしお, 1875–1950), Japanese mathematician and wasan historian
• Yoshio Miki (三木みき 義雄よしお, 1905–????), Japanese hurdler
• Yoshio Minato (湊みなと 義雄よしお, born 1949), Japanese rower
• Yoshio Mochizuki (望月もちづき 義夫よしお, 1947–2019), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Yoshio Morikawa (森川もりかわ 嘉男よしお, born 1945), Japanese racewalker
• Yoshio Muto, Japanese diplomat who served as Imperial Japan's consul general in the United States in 1941
• Yoshio Nakagawa (中川なかがわ 義雄よしお, born 1938), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Yoshio Nakamura (中村なかむら 佳けい央ひさし, born 1970), Japanese judoka
• Yoshio Nishi (西にし 義郎よしお, 1934–2019), Japanese scholar of Tibeto-Burman linguistics
• Yoshio Nishina (仁科にしな 芳雄よしお, 1890–1951), the founding father of modern physics research in Japan
• Yoshio Nomura (野村のむら 義男よしお, born 1964), Japanese idol, musician and actor
• Yoshio Oishi (大石おおいし 良雄よしお, 1659–1703), the chamberlain of the Akō han in Harima Province, Japan (1679–1701)
• Yoshio Okada (岡田おかだ 吉夫よしお, 1926–2002), former Japanese football player
• Yoshio Sakai (酒井さかい 義雄よしお, 1910–?), Japanese field hockey player
• Yoshio Sakamoto (坂本さかもと 賀が勇いさむ, born 1959), Japanese game designer working for Nintendo
• Yoshio Sakurauchi (櫻内さくらうち 義雄よしお, 1912–2003), Japanese politician
• Yoshio Sawai (澤井さわい 啓あきら夫おっと, born 1977), Japanese gag manga creator
• Yoshio Shimura (志村しむら 義夫よしお, born 1940), Japanese cyclist
• Yoshio Shinozuka (篠塚しのづか 良雄よしお, 1923–2014), former Imperial Army soldier who served with a top secret Japanese biological warfare group in World War II
• Yoshio Shirai (白井しらい 義男よしお, 1923–2003), professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan
• Yoshio Sugimoto (杉本すぎもと 良夫よしお, born 1939), Japanese sociologist
• Yoshio Tabata (田端たばた 義夫よしお, 1919–2013), Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter and electric guitarist
• Yoshio Tachibana (立花たちばな 芳夫よしお, 1890–1946), lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army
• Yoshio Taniguchi (谷口たにぐち 吉生よしお, born 1937), Japanese architect who redesigned the Museum of Modern Art in New York
• Yoshio Tarui (樽井たるい 芳雄よしお, 1902–1977), Japanese photographer
• Yoshio Tezuka (手塚てづか 仁ひとし雄ゆう, born 1966), Japanese politician
• Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋つちや 嘉男よしお, 1927–2017), Japanese actor who has appeared in several films
• Yoshio Ueki (植木うえき 善よし大だい, born 1969), professional Go player
• Yoshio Urushibara (漆原うるしばら 良夫よしお, born 1944), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
• Yoshio Utsumi (内海うつみ 善雄よしお, born 1942), the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union 1998–2006
• Yoshio Watanabe (渡辺わたなべ 義雄よしお, 1907–2000), renowned Japanese photographer
• Yoshio Yamada (山田やまだ 孝雄たかお||1873–1958), Japanese linguist
• Yoshio Yatsu (谷津たにつ 義男よしお, 1934–2021), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
• Yoshio Yoda (ヨシオ・ジェームス・ヨダ, 1934–2023), Japanese-American actor who played Fuji Kobiaji on the television series McHale's Navy
• Yoshio Yoshida (吉田よしだ 義男よしお, born 1933), Japanese baseball player and manager
• Yoshio Yoshida (吉田よしだ 好雄よしお, 1921 – before 2000), Japanese World War II flying ace

Notable people with the surname Yoshio

• Kosaku Yoshio (吉雄よしお 耕こう牛うし, 1724–1800), Japanese scholar of "Dutch studies", and the chief Dutch translator in Nagasaki
• Shoji Yoshio (吉尾よしお 詔みことのり二に, born 1943), Japanese sprint canoeist

Fictional characters

Yoshio Saotome (早乙女さおとめ 好雄よしお), from Tokimeki Memorial

Nicknames and other uses

Yoshio, artistic name of Mexican-Japanese singer born Gustavo Nakatani Ávila