# Masayoshi

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**Masayoshi** is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Masayoshi can be written using different [kanji](/source/Kanji) characters and can mean:

- , "correct, justice, righteous; wherefore, a reason"
- , "correct, justice, righteous; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
- , "correct, justice, righteous; rejoice, take pleasure in"
- , "correct, justice, righteous; intimate, friendly, harmonious"
- , "correct, justice, righteous; graceful, gentle, pure"
- , "correct, justice, righteous; good luck, joy, congratulations"
- , "correct, justice, righteous; perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant"
- , "prosperous, bright, clear; good, pleasing, skilled"
- , "prosperous, bright, clear; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
- , "prosperous, bright, clear; good, bribe, servant"
- , "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined; best regards, good"
- , "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined; auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune"
- , "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined; intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness"
- , "holy, saint, sage, master, priest; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
- , "politics, government; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
- , "direction, person, alternative; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
- , "leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about; righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning"
- , "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness; fond, pleasing, like something"
- , "correct, save, assist; good, pleasing, skilled"

The name can also be written in [hiragana](/source/Hiragana) () or [katakana](/source/Katakana) ().

## People with the name

- [Abe Masayoshi](/source/Abe_Masayoshi) (阿部 正由, 1769 – 1808), Japanese *daimyō*
- [Masayoshi Ebina](/source/Masayoshi_Ebina) (蛯名 正義, born 1969), Japanese jockey
- [Masayoshi Esashi](/source/Masayoshi_Esashi) (江刺 正喜, born 1949), Japanese engineer
- [Masayoshi Hamada](/source/Masayoshi_Hamada) (浜田 昌良, born 1957), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Haneda](/source/Masayoshi_Haneda) (羽田 昌義, born 1976), Japanese actor
- [Hotta Masayoshi](/source/Hotta_Masayoshi) (堀田 正睦, 1810 – 1864), Japanese *Rōjū*
- [Masayoshi Ito](/source/Masayoshi_Ito) (伊東 正義, 1913 – 1994), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe](/source/Masayoshi_%22Mabo%22_Kabe) (加部 正義, born 1949), Japanese-French musician
- [Masayoshi Kan](/source/Masayoshi_Kan) (簡 優好, born 1972), Japanese sprinter
- [Masayoshi Kato](/source/Masayoshi_Kato) (加藤 政義, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
- [Kanematsu Masayoshi](/source/Kanematsu_Masayoshi) (兼松 正吉, 1542 – 1627), Japanese samurai
- [Kurimoto Masayoshi](/source/Kurimoto_Masayoshi) (栗本 昌臧, 1756 – 1834), Japanese entomologist
- [Masayoshi Manabe](/source/Masayoshi_Manabe) (真鍋 政義, born 1963), Japanese volleyball player
- [Matsukata Masayoshi](/source/Matsukata_Masayoshi) (松方 正義, 1835 – 1924), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Motegi](/source/Masayoshi_Motegi) (茂木 正淑, born 1962), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Masayoshi Nagata](/source/Masayoshi_Nagata) (永田 雅宜, 1927 – 2008), Japanese mathematician
- [Masayoshi Namiki](/source/Masayoshi_Namiki) (並木 正芳, born 1949), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Nataniya](/source/Masayoshi_Nataniya) (那谷屋 正義, born 1957), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Okada](/source/Masayoshi_Okada) (岡田 正義, born 1958), Japanese football referee
- [Masayoshi Ōhira](/source/Masayoshi_%C5%8Chira) (大平 正芳, 1910 – 1980), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Ōishi](/source/Masayoshi_%C5%8Cishi) (大石 昌良, born 1980), Japanese musician
- [Masayoshi Oshikawa](/source/Masayoshi_Oshikawa) (押川 方義, 1850–1928), Japanese Protestant missionary and educator
- [Ryūhō Masayoshi](/source/Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D_Masayoshi) (琉鵬 正吉, born 1977), Japanese sumo wrestler
- [Satake Masayoshi](/source/Satake_Masayoshi) (佐竹 昌義, 1081 – 1147), Japanese samurai
- [Masayoshi Shimizu](/source/Masayoshi_Shimizu) (清水 聖義, born 1941), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Soken](/source/Masayoshi_Soken) (祖堅 正慶, born 1975), Japanese video game composer
- [Masayoshi Son](/source/Masayoshi_Son) (孫正義, born 1957), Korean-Japanese businessman
- [Masayoshi Takanaka](/source/Masayoshi_Takanaka) (高中 正義, born 1953), Japanese guitarist
- [Masayoshi Takemura](/source/Masayoshi_Takemura) (武村 正義, born 1934), Japanese politician
- [Masayoshi Toyoda](/source/Masayoshi_Toyoda) (豊田 正義, born 1966), Japanese journalist
- [Masayoshi Urabe](/source/Masayoshi_Urabe) (浦邊 雅祥, born 1965), Japanese musician
- [Masayoshi Watanabe](/source/Masayoshi_Watanabe) (渡邉 正義, born 1954), Japanese chemist
- [Masayoshi Yamaguchi](/source/Masayoshi_Yamaguchi) (山口 正義, born 1947), Japanese professor
- [Masayoshi Yamamoto](/source/Masayoshi_Yamamoto) (山本 雅賢), Japanese artistic gymnast
- [Masayoshi Yamashita](/source/Masayoshi_Yamashita) (山下 昌良, born 1961), Japanese bass guitarist
- [Masayoshi Yamazaki](/source/Masayoshi_Yamazaki) (山崎 まさよし / 山崎 将義, born 1971), Japanese musician
- [Masayoshi Yoshino](/source/Masayoshi_Yoshino) (吉野 正芳, born 1948), Japanese politician

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