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Yoshinaga

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Yoshinaga
Yoshinaga Asano (1576–1613), Japanese samurai
Pronunciationjoɕinaga (IPA)
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningdepends on the kanji used.
Other names
Alternative spellingYosinaga (Kunrei-shiki)

Yosinaga (Nihon-shiki)

Yoshinaga (Hepburn)

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

Written forms

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

  • 義長, "justice, long"
  • 義永, "justice, eternity"
  • 佳長, "skilled, long"
  • 佳永, "skilled, eternity"
  • 善長, "virtuous, long"
  • 善永, "virtuous, eternity"
  • 吉長, "good luck, long"
  • 吉永, "good luck, eternity"
  • 良長, "good, long"
  • 良永, "good, eternity"
  • 恭長, "respectful, long"
  • 嘉長, "excellent, long"
  • 嘉永, "excellent, eternity"
  • 能長, "capacity, long"
  • 喜長, "rejoice, long"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしなが or katakana ヨシナガ.

Notable people with the given name Yoshinaga

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  • Yoshinaga Ouchi (大内 義長, 1532–1557), 16th century Kyushu warrior
  • Yoshinaga Asano (浅野 幸長, 1576–1613), Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo period
  • Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田 宜永, 1930–2020), award-winning novelist and screenwriter from Japan
  • Yoshinaga Matsudaira (松平 慶永, 1828–1890), the 14th head of Fukui Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and politician of the Meiji era

Notable people with the surname Yoshinaga

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  • Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (アイコ・ハージック・ヨシナガ, 1924–2018), American political activist who played a major role in the Japanese American redress movement
  • Fumi Yoshinaga (よしなが ふみ, born 1971), Japanese manga artist, known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works
  • Kazuki Yoshinaga (吉永 一貴, born 1999), Japanese speed skater
  • Nadao Yoshinaga (ナダオ・ヨシナガ, 1919–2009), Japanese-American politician
  • Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合, born 1945), Japanese actress
  • Shoi Yoshinaga (吉永 昇偉, born 2000), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

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See also

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