Tomoyoshi

Tomoyoshi

Tomoyoshi Soeda (1854-1912), Meiji period politician, civil rights activist
Pronunciation	tomojoɕi (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tomoyosi (Kunrei-shiki) Tomoyosi (Nihon-shiki) Tomoyoshi (Hepburn)

Tomoyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Tomoyoshi can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 友義, "friend, justice"
• 友吉, "friend, good luck"
• 友善, "friend, virtuous"
• 友芳, "friend, virtuous/fragrant"
• 友良, "friend, good"
• 友慶, "friend, congratulate"
• 友嘉, "friend, excellent"
• 友好, "friend, good/like something"
• 友能, "friend, capacity"
• 友佳, "friend, excellent"
• 知義, "know, justice"
• 知吉, "know, good luck"
• 知善, "know, virtuous"
• 知芳, "know, virtuous/fragrant"
• 知良, "know, good"
• 智義, "intellect, justice"
• 智吉, "intellect, good luck"
• 智善, "intellect, virtuous"
• 共吉, "together, good luck"
• 朋能, "companion, capacity"
• 朝義, "morning/dynasty, justice"
• 朝吉, "morning/dynasty, good luck"
• 朝良, "morning/dynasty, good"

The name can also be written in hiragana ともよし or katakana トモヨシ.

Notable people with the name

• Tomoyoshi Fukushima (福島 丈貴, born 1993), Japanese water polo player
• Tomoyoshi Ikeya (池谷 友良, born 1962), Japanese footballer and manager
• Tomoyoshi Koyama (小山 知良, born 1983), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Tomoyoshi Murayama (村山 知義, 1901–1977), Japanese artist and playwright
• Tomoyoshi Ono (小野 智吉, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Tomoyoshi Soeda (添田 知義, 1854-1912), Meiji period politician, civil rights activist
• Tomoyoshi Tsurumi (鶴見 智美, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Tomoyoshi Watanabe (渡辺 具能, born 1941), Japanese politician