| Takayoshi | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Takayoshi (written: 孝允, 孝佳, 孝義, 孝悦, 高兆, 高義, 高吉, 隆儀, 隆義, 隆徳, 貴義, 將能, 賢良 or 崇兆) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Takayoshi Amma (安間 貴義) (born 1969), Japanese footballer and manager
- Daikirin Takayoshi (大麒麟 將能) (1942–2010), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Hineno Takayoshi (日根野 高吉) (1539–1600), Japanese samurai
- Takayoshi Ishihara (石原 崇兆) (born 1992), Japanese footballer
- Takayoshi Kawagoe (川越 孝悦) (born 1949), Japanese long jumper
- Kido Takayoshi (木戸 孝允) (1833–1877), Japanese samurai and politician
- Takayoshi Nagamine (長嶺 高兆) (1945–2012), Japanese karateka
- Takayoshi Ohmura (大村 孝佳) (born 1983), Japanese musician
- Takayoshi Ono (小野 隆儀) (born 1978), Japanese footballer
- Takayoshi Shikida (式田 高義) (born 1977), Japanese footballer
- Takayoshi Taniguchi (谷口 隆義) (born 1949), Japanese politician
- Takayoshi Tanimoto (谷本 貴義) (born 1975), Japanese singer
- Takayoshi Toda (戸田 賢良) (born 1979), Japanese footballer
- Takayoshi Yamano (山野 孝義) (born 1955), Japanese footballer
- Takayoshi Yoshioka (吉岡 隆徳) (1909–1984), Japanese sprinter
Takayoshi Amma is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Daikirin Takayoshi, born Masakatsu Tsutsumi, was a sumo wrestler from Saga Prefecture, Japan. He began his professional career in 1958 and reached his highest rank of ōzeki twelve years later in 1970. He retired in 1974, and until June 2006 he was an elder of the Sumo Association under the name Oshiogawa.
Hineno Takayoshi was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, and first daimyō of Suwa Domain under the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hineno was originally in the service of Saitō Dōsan of Mino Province; however, after the fall of the Saito he changed his allegiance to Oda Nobunaga, and subsequently to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1590, for his services in storming Yamanaka Castle during the Siege of Odawara, he was awarded a 28,000 koku holding at Takashima in Shinano Province. Over the next seven years, he constructed Takashima Castle, otherwise known as the "floating castle of Suwa. During the invasion of Korea, he remained on guard duty at Nagoya in Hizen Province. In 1600, during the Battle of Sekigahara, he supported the eastern Army under Tokugawa Ieyasu; however, he dies shortly before the battle at the age of 62. His grave is at the temple of Jiun-ji in Suwa, Nagano.
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