# Yoshio

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**Yoshio** is both a masculine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_name) and a Japanese surname.

## Written forms

**Yoshio** can be written using many different combinations of [kanji](/source/Kanji) characters. Here are some examples:

- 義雄, "justice, masculine"
- 義男, "justice, man"
- 義夫, "justice, husband"
- 吉雄, "good luck, masculine"
- 吉男, "good luck, man"
- 吉夫, "good luck, husband"
- 善雄, "virtuous, masculine"
- 善男, "virtuous, man"
- 善夫, "virtuous, husband"
- 芳雄, "fragrant/virtuous, masculine"
- 芳男, "fragrant/virtuous, man"
- 芳夫, "fragrant/virtuous, husband"
- 喜雄, "rejoice, masculine"
- 喜男, "rejoice, noble"
- 喜夫, "rejoice, husband"
- 慶雄, "congratulate, masculine"
- 佳夫, "fine, husband"
- 嘉男, "excellent, man"
- 余四男, "too much, 4, man"
- 誉士夫, "reputation, knight, husband"

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

## Notable people with the name

- [Yoshio Abe](/source/Yoshio_Abe) (阿部 余四男, 1891–1960), Japanese zoologist
- [Yoshio Anabuki](/source/Yoshio_Anabuki) (穴吹 義雄, 1933–2018), Japanese former baseball player and former manager of the Nankai Hawks
- [Yoshio Fujiwara](/source/Yoshio_Fujiwara), (藤原 良夫, Birth and death unknown) former Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Fukuyama](/source/Yoshio_Fukuyama) (福山 喜雄, 1921–1995), theologian who holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago
- [Yoshio Furukawa](/source/Yoshio_Furukawa) (古川 好男, born 1934), former Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Hachiro](/source/Yoshio_Hachiro) (鉢呂 吉雄, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
- [Yoshio Harada](/source/Yoshio_Harada) (原田 芳雄, 1940–2011), Japanese actor
- [Yoshio Hoshino](/source/Yoshio_Hoshino) (星野 好男, born 1950), Japanese ice hockey player
- [Yoshio Iimuro](/source/Yoshio_Iimuro) (飯室 芳男, 1925–2023), Japanese triple jumper
- [Yoshio Inaba](/source/Yoshio_Inaba) (稲葉 義男, 1920–1998), Japanese actor who played Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's *Seven Samurai*
- [Yoshio Ishida](/source/Yoshio_Ishida) (石田 芳夫, born 1948), professional Go player
- [Yoshio Kato](/source/Yoshio_Kato) (加藤 好男, born 1957), former Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Kawai](/source/Yoshio_Kawai) (河合 義雄, born 1954), Japanese voice actor
- [Yoshio Kikugawa](/source/Yoshio_Kikugawa) (菊川 凱夫, born 1944), former Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Kimura](/source/Yoshio_Kimura_(politician)) (木村 義雄, born 1948), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- [Yoshio Kimura (shogi)](/source/Yoshio_Kimura_(shogi)) (木村 義雄, 1905–1986), Japanese shogi player
- [Yoshio Kitagawa](/source/Yoshio_Kitagawa) (北川 佳男, born 1978), former Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Kitajima](/source/Yoshio_Kitajima) (北島 義生, born 1975), Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Kodaira](/source/Yoshio_Kodaira) (小平 義雄, 1905–1949), Japanese rapist and serial killer
- [Yoshio Kodama](/source/Yoshio_Kodama) (児玉 誉士夫, 1911–1984), prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan
- [Yoshio Koizumi](/source/Yoshio_Koizumi) (小泉 佳穂, born 1996), Japanese footballer
- [Yoshio Kojima](/source/Yoshio_Kojima) (小島 義雄, born 1980), Japanese comedian famous for appearing in only a small bathing suit
- [Yoshio Kushida](/source/Yoshio_Kushida) (串田 嘉男, born 1957), Japanese astronomer
- [Yoshio Machida](/source/Yoshio_Machida) (町田 良夫, born 1967), experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist
- [Yoshio Maki](/source/Yoshio_Maki) (牧 義夫, born 1958), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
- [Yoshio Makino](/source/Yoshio_Markino) (牧野 義雄, 1869–1956), Japanese artist and author who spent much of his life in London
- [Yoshio Masui](/source/Yoshio_Masui) (増井 禎夫, born 1931), Japanese cell biologist
- [Yoshio Mikami](/source/Yoshio_Mikami) (三上 義夫, 1875–1950), Japanese mathematician and wasan historian
- [Yoshio Miki](/source/Yoshio_Miki) (三木 義雄, 1905–????), Japanese hurdler
- [Yoshio Minato](/source/Yoshio_Minato) (湊 義雄, born 1949), Japanese rower
- [Yoshio Mochizuki](/source/Yoshio_Mochizuki) (望月 義夫, 1947–2019), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- [Yoshio Morikawa](/source/Yoshio_Morikawa) (森川 嘉男, born 1945), Japanese racewalker
- [Yoshio Nakagawa](/source/Yoshio_Nakagawa) (中川 義雄, born 1938), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- [Yoshio Nakamura](/source/Yoshio_Nakamura) (中村 佳央, born 1970), Japanese judoka
- [Yoshio Nishi](/source/Yoshio_Nishi) (西 義郎, 1934–2019), Japanese scholar of Tibeto-Burman linguistics
- [Yoshio Nishina](/source/Yoshio_Nishina) (仁科 芳雄, 1890–1951), the founding father of modern physics research in Japan
- [Yoshio Nomura](/source/Yoshio_Nomura) (野村 義男, born 1964), Japanese idol, musician and actor
- [Yoshio Oishi](/source/%C5%8Cishi_Yoshio) (大石 良雄, 1659–1703), the chamberlain of the Akō han in Harima Province, Japan (1679–1701)
- [Yoshio Okada](/source/Yoshio_Okada) (岡田 吉夫, 1926–2002), former Japanese football player
- [Yoshio Sakai](/source/Yoshio_Sakai) (酒井 義雄, 1910–?), Japanese field hockey player
- [Yoshio Sakamoto](/source/Yoshio_Sakamoto) (坂本 賀勇, born 1959), Japanese game designer working for Nintendo
- [Yoshio Sakurauchi](/source/Yoshio_Sakurauchi) (櫻内 義雄, 1912–2003), Japanese politician
- [Yoshio Sawai](/source/Yoshio_Sawai) (澤井 啓夫, born 1977), Japanese gag manga creator
- [Yoshio Shimura](/source/Yoshio_Shimura) (志村 義夫, born 1940), Japanese cyclist
- [Yoshio Shinozuka](/source/Yoshio_Shinozuka) (篠塚 良雄, 1923–2014), former Imperial Army soldier who served with a top secret Japanese biological warfare group in World War II
- [Yoshio Shirai](/source/Yoshio_Shirai) (白井 義男, 1923–2003), professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan
- [Yoshio Sugimoto](/source/Yoshio_Sugimoto) (杉本 良夫, born 1939), Japanese sociologist
- [Yoshio Tabata](/source/Yoshio_Tabata) (田端 義夫, 1919–2013), Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter and electric guitarist
- [Yoshio Tachibana](/source/Yoshio_Tachibana) (立花 芳夫, 1890–1946), lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army
- [Yoshio Taniguchi](/source/Yoshio_Taniguchi) (谷口 吉生, 1937–2024), Japanese architect who redesigned the Museum of Modern Art in New York
- [Yoshio Tarui](/source/Yoshio_Tarui) (樽井 芳雄, 1902–1977), Japanese photographer
- [Yoshio Tezuka](/source/Yoshio_Tezuka) (手塚 仁雄, born 1966), Japanese politician
- [Yoshio Tsuchiya](/source/Yoshio_Tsuchiya) (土屋 嘉男, 1927–2017), Japanese actor who has appeared in several films
- [Yoshio Ueki](/source/Yoshio_Ueki) (植木 善大, born 1969), professional Go player
- [Yoshio Urushibara](/source/Yoshio_Urushibara) (漆原 良夫, born 1944), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
- [Yoshio Utsumi](/source/Yoshio_Utsumi) (内海 善雄, born 1942), the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union 1998–2006
- [Yoshio Watanabe](/source/Yoshio_Watanabe) (渡辺 義雄, 1907–2000), renowned Japanese photographer
- [Yoshio Yamada](/source/Yamada_Yoshio) (山田 孝雄||1873–1958), Japanese linguist
- [Yoshio Yatsu](/source/Yoshio_Yatsu) (谷津 義男, 1934–2021), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
- [Yoshio Yoda](/source/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](/source/McHale's_Navy)*
- [Yoshio Yoshida](/source/Yoshio_Yoshida_(baseball)) (吉田 義男, 1933–2025), Japanese baseball player and manager
- [Yoshio Yoshida](/source/Yoshio_Yoshida_(pilot)) (吉田 好雄, 1921 – before 2000), Japanese World War II flying ace

## Notable people with the surname Yoshio

- [Kosaku Yoshio](/source/Yoshio_K%C5%8Dsaku) (吉雄 耕牛, 1724–1800), Japanese scholar of "Dutch studies", and the chief Dutch translator in Nagasaki
- [Shoji Yoshio](/source/Shoji_Yoshio) (吉尾 詔二, born 1943), Japanese sprint canoeist

## Fictional characters

Yoshio Saotome (早乙女 好雄), from [Tokimeki Memorial](/source/Tokimeki_Memorial)

## Nicknames and other uses

[Yoshio](/source/Yoshio_(singer)), artistic name of Mexican-Japanese singer born Gustavo Nakatani Ávila

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