Yoshihiko

Yoshihiko

Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese politician
Pronunciation	joɕiçiko (IPA)
Gender	Male
Language	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosihiko (Kunrei-shiki) Yosihiko (Nihon-shiki) Yoshihiko (Hepburn)

Yoshihiko is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Yoshihiko can be written using different combinations of kanji characters, such as:

• 義彦, "justice, elegant boy"
• 義比古, "justice, young man (archaic)"
• 吉彦, "good luck, elegant boy"
• 吉比古, "good luck, young man (archaic)"
• 善彦, "virtuous, elegant boy"
• 芳彦, "virtuous/fragrant, elegant boy"
• 良彦, "good, elegant boy"
• 慶彦, "congratulate, elegant boy"
• 由彦, "reason, to rise, elegant boy"
• 与志彦, "give, determination, elegant boy"
• 嘉彦, "excellent, elegant boy"
• 佳彦, "skilled, elegant boy"

The name can also be written in hiragana as よしひこ or katakana as ヨシヒコ.

Notable people with the name

• Yoshihiko Amano (天野 佳彦; born 1971), Japanese basketball player
• Yoshihiko Amino (網野 善彦; 1928–2004), Japanese Marxist historian
• Yoshihiko Fukuda (福田 良彦; born 1970), Japanese politician
• Yoshihiko Funazaki (舟崎 克彦; 1945–2015), Japanese novelist, poet, illustrator, manga artist and songwriter
• Yoshihiko Hosoda (細田 善彦), Japanese actor
• Yoshihiko Itō (伊藤 義彦; born 1951), Japanese photographer
• Yoshihiko Ito (chemist) (伊藤 嘉彦; 1937–2006), Japanese chemist
• Yoshihiko Kanatsu (金津 義彦; born 1961), Japanese fencer
• Yoshihiko Kikuchi (義彥 菊池; born 1941), emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus
• Yoshihiko Matsui (松井 良彦; born 1956), Japanese filmmaker
• Yoshihiko Matsumoto (松本 慶彦; born 1981), Japanese volleyball player
• Yoshihiko Nikawadori (荷川取 義浩; born 1961), Japanese handball player
• Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; born 1957), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• Yoshihiko Osaki (大崎 剛彦; 1939–2015), Japanese swimmer
• Yoshihiko Saito (斎藤 嘉彦; born 1972), Japanese hurdler
• Yoshihiko Takahashi (高橋 慶彦; born 1957), Japanese baseball player
• Yoshihiko Umakoshi (馬越 嘉彦; born 1968), Japanese animator and character designer
• Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu (吉松 義彦; 1920–1988), Japanese judoka