Yoshiki

Yoshiki

Yoshiki, Japanese rock star, composer, designer, and philanthropist
Pronunciation	joɕikʲi (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosiki (Kunrei-shiki) Yosiki (Nihon-shiki) Yoshiki (Hepburn)

Yoshiki is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

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

• 義樹, "justice, tree"
• 義基, "justice, foundation"
• 義機, "justice, opportunity"
• 義起, "justice, to rise"
• 義希, "justice, hope"
• 吉樹, "good luck, tree"
• 吉基, "good luck, foundation"
• 吉機, "good luck, opportunity"
• 吉起, "good luck, to rise"
• 吉希, "good luck, hope"
• 善樹, "virtuous, tree"
• 善基, "virtuous, foundation"
• 善機, "virtuous, opportunity"
• 善起, "virtuous, to rise"
• 善希, "virtuous, hope"
• 芳樹, "virtuous/fragrant, tree"
• 芳基, "virtuous/fragrant, foundation"
• 芳機, "virtuous/fragrant, opportunity"
• 芳起, "virtuous/fragrant, to rise"
• 芳希, "virtuous/fragrant, hope"
• 良樹, "good, tree"
• 良基, "good, foundation"
• 良機, "good, opportunity"
• 慶起, "congratulate, to rise"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしき or katakana ヨシキ.

Notable people with the name

• Yoshiki Hayama (葉山 嘉樹; 1894–1945), Japanese novelist
• Yoshiki Hayashi (林 佳樹; born 1965), better known as Yoshiki, Japanese musician and record producer
• Yoshiki Hiraki (平木 良樹; born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Fujimoto (藤本 佳希; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Fukuyama (福山 芳樹; born 1963), Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Yoshiki Kuramoto (蔵本 由紀; born 1940), Japanese physicist
• Yoshiki Matsushita (松下 佳貴; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Nakai (中井 義樹; born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Nakamura (仲村 佳樹; born 1969), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshiki Oka (岡 佳樹; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Okamoto (岡本 吉起; born 1961), Japanese video game designer
• Yoshiki Onoda (小野田 嘉幹; born 1925), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Yoshiki Sakurai (櫻井 圭記; born 1977), Japanese screenwriter
• Yoshiki Sasai (笹井 芳樹; 1962–2014), Japanese biologist
• Yoshiki Sunada (砂田 毅樹; born 1995), Japanese baseball player
• Yoshiki Takahara (高原 宜希; born 1998), Japanese snowboarder
• Yoshiki Takahashi (footballer) (高橋 義希; born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Takaya (高屋 良樹; born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshiki Tanaka (田中 芳樹; born 1952), Japanese novelist
• Yoshiki Tonogai (外海 良基), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshiki Tsukamoto (塚本 好喜; born 1991), Japanese badminton player
• Yoshiki Yamamoto (山本 祥輝; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiki Yamashita (山下 芳生; born 1960), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

• Yoshiki Kishinuma (岸沼 良樹), a character in video game Corpse Party
• Yoshiki Tsujinaka (辻中 佳紀), a main character in The Summer Hikaru Died

See also

• Yoshiki District (disambiguation)
• Japanese name