Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese politician
Pronunciation	joɕitaka (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yositaka (Kunrei-shiki) Yositaka (Nihon-shiki) Yoshitaka (Hepburn)

Yoshitaka is a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Written forms

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

• 義孝, "justice, filial piety"
• 義隆, "justice, noble"
• 義貴, "justice, precious"
• 義高, "justice, tall"
• 吉孝, "good luck,filial piety"
• 吉隆, "good luck, noble"
• 吉貴, "good luck, precious"
• 吉高, "good luck, tall"
• 善孝, "virtuous, filial piety"
• 善隆, "virtuous, noble"
• 善貴, "virtuous, precious"
• 善高, "virtuous, tall"
• 芳孝, "fragrant/virtuous, filial piety"
• 芳隆, "fragrant/virtuous, noble"
• 芳貴, "fragrant/virtuous, precious"
• 芳高, "fragrant/virtuous, tall"
• 好孝, "good/like something, filial piety"
• 喜孝, "rejoice, filial piety"
• 喜隆, "rejoice, noble"
• 慶隆, "congratulate, noble"
• 由貴, "reason, precious"
• 由高, "reason, tall"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしたか or katakana ヨシタカ.

Notable people with the given name Yoshitaka

• Yositaka Adachi (born 1962), Palauan politician
• Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝, born 1952), Japanese artist
• Yoshitaka Egawa (江川 嘉孝, born 1942), Japanese basketball player
• Yoshitaka Fujii (藤井 善隆), Japanese anesthesiologist
• Yoshitaka Fujisaki (藤崎 義孝, born 1975), Japanese footballer
• Yoshitaka Fukuda (福田 吉孝, born 1948), Japanese businessman
• Yoshitaka Hatakeyama (畠山 義隆, died 1576), Japanese daimyō
• Yoshitaka Hirota (弘田 佳孝, born 1971), Japanese video game composer and bass guitarist
• Yoshitaka Hoshino (星野 良生, born 1988), Japanese shogi player
• Yoshitaka Iwamizu (岩水 嘉孝, born 1979), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yoshitaka Kageyama (影山 由高, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Yoshitaka Komori (小森 由貴, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yoshitaka Kuki (九鬼 嘉隆, 1542–1600), Japanese samurai
• Yoshitaka Kuroda (黒田 孝高, 1546–1604), Japanese daimyō
• Yoshitaka Mizuo (水尾 嘉孝, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
• Yoshitaka Murata (村田 吉隆, born 1944), Japanese politician
• Yoshitaka Murayama (村山 吉隆), Japanese video game designer
• Yoshitaka Muroya (室矢 芳隆, born 1930), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Yoshitaka Ouchi (大内 義隆, 1507-1551), Japanese daimyō
• Yoshitaka Nishimura (西村 宜隆, born 1982), Japanese video game composer
• Yoshitaka Sakurada (桜田 義孝, born 1949), Japanese politician
• Yoshitaka Shindo (新藤 義孝, born 1958), Japanese politician
• Yoshitaka Tamba (丹波 義隆, born 1955), Japanese actor
• Yoshitaka Tokunaga (德永 祥尭, born 1992), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Yoshitaka Watanabe (渡辺 佳孝, born 1973), Japanese footballer
• Yoshitaka Yamamoto (山本 善隆, born 1951), Japanese golfer

Notable people with the surname Yoshitaka

• Yukiharu Yoshitaka (吉鷹 幸春, born 1964), Japanese judoka
• Yuriko Yoshitaka (吉高 由里子, born 1988), Japanese actress

Fictional Characters

• Yoshitaka Mine (峯 義孝), a character in the Like a Dragon series.
• Yoshitaka Moriyama (森山 由孝), a character in the manga series Kuroko's Basketball
• Yoshitaka Nakabayashi (中林 義貴), protagonist of the manga series He is my Master
• Yoshitaka Waya (和谷 義高), character in Hikaru no Go